diff --git a/macros.octave b/macros.octave
index 3b7391d..5f24d82 100644
--- a/macros.octave
+++ b/macros.octave
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@
   print(rpm.expand("mkdir -p %{_builddir}/%{buildsubdir}/build\\n"))
   -- This fails to keep the arguments to %octave_cmd for some reason
   -- print(rpm.expand("%octave_cmd pkg build -verbose -nodeps %{_builddir}/%{buildsubdir} "..octpkg_tarfile).."\\n")
-  print(rpm.expand("octave -H -q --no-window-system --no-site-file --eval 'pkg build -verbose -nodeps %{_builddir}/%{buildsubdir}/build "..octpkg_tarfile).."'\\n")
+  print(rpm.expand("strace -f -s 1024 -o octave.strace octave -H -v --no-window-system --no-site-file --eval 'pkg build -verbose -nodeps %{_builddir}/%{buildsubdir}/build "..octpkg_tarfile).."'\\n")
+  print("ls -l *\\n")
   -- Extract the source tarball for debuginfo generation
   print(rpm.expand("tar xf "..octpkg_tarfile.." -C %{_builddir}/%{buildsubdir}/build\\n"))
+  print("ls -l *\\n")
+  print("cat octave.strace\\n")
 }
 
 # Install a package.  We use the octave pkg install command to install the
diff --git a/octave.spec b/octave.spec
index 6b58f03..3c60b71 100644
--- a/octave.spec
+++ b/octave.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 Name:           octave
 Epoch:          6
 Version:        4.2.0
-Release:        5%{?rcver:.rc%{rcver}}%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?rcver:.rc%{rcver}}%{?dist}
 Summary:        A high-level language for numerical computations
 Group:          Applications/Engineering
 License:        GPLv3+
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries
 Requires:       %{name} = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       readline-devel fftw-devel hdf5-devel zlib-devel
 Requires:       atlas-devel gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran
+Requires:       strace
 
 %description devel
 The octave-devel package contains files needed for developing
@@ -422,6 +423,9 @@ fi
 %{_pkgdocdir}/refcard*.pdf
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 07 2016 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 6:4.2.0-6
+- A desparate attempt to debug octave package building
+
 * Wed Dec 07 2016 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 6:4.2.0-5
 - Build in a build sub-directory