diff --git a/historic/jam/src/build.jam b/historic/jam/src/build.jam
index 2b460e950..9c600ab66 100644
--- a/historic/jam/src/build.jam
+++ b/historic/jam/src/build.jam
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ else
     locate-target = [ .path $(locate-target) ] ;
 }
 
+if --show-locate-target in $(ARGV)
+{
+  ECHO $(locate-target) ;
+}
+
 # We have some different files for UNIX, VMS, and NT.
 jam.source =
     command.c compile.c debug.c expand.c glob.c
diff --git a/jam_src/build.jam b/jam_src/build.jam
index 2b460e950..9c600ab66 100644
--- a/jam_src/build.jam
+++ b/jam_src/build.jam
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ else
     locate-target = [ .path $(locate-target) ] ;
 }
 
+if --show-locate-target in $(ARGV)
+{
+  ECHO $(locate-target) ;
+}
+
 # We have some different files for UNIX, VMS, and NT.
 jam.source =
     command.c compile.c debug.c expand.c glob.c