diff --git a/osdep/BSDEthernetTap.cpp b/osdep/BSDEthernetTap.cpp
index 946cf9fc5..efba03147 100644
--- a/osdep/BSDEthernetTap.cpp
+++ b/osdep/BSDEthernetTap.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ BSDEthernetTap::BSDEthernetTap(
 		if (std::find(devFiles.begin(),devFiles.end(),std::string(tmpdevname)) == devFiles.end()) {
 			long cpid = (long)vfork();
 			if (cpid == 0) {
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+				fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: ifconfig %s create" ZT_EOL_S, tmpdevname);
+#endif
 				::execl("/sbin/ifconfig","/sbin/ifconfig",tmpdevname,"create",(const char *)0);
 				::_exit(-1);
 			} else if (cpid > 0) {
@@ -117,6 +120,9 @@ BSDEthernetTap::BSDEthernetTap(
 			if (!stat(devpath,&stattmp)) {
 				cpid = (long)vfork();
 				if (cpid == 0) {
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+					fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: ifconfig %s name %s" ZT_EOL_S, tmpdevname, _dev.c_str());
+#endif
 					::execl("/sbin/ifconfig","/sbin/ifconfig",tmpdevname,"name",_dev.c_str(),(const char *)0);
 					::_exit(-1);
 				} else if (cpid > 0) {
@@ -163,6 +169,9 @@ BSDEthernetTap::BSDEthernetTap(
 	OSUtils::ztsnprintf(metstr,sizeof(metstr),"%u",_metric);
 	long cpid = (long)vfork();
 	if (cpid == 0) {
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+		fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: ifconfig %s lladdr %s mtu %s metric %s up" ZT_EOL_S, _dev.c_str(), ethaddr, mtustr, metstr);
+#endif
 		::execl("/sbin/ifconfig","/sbin/ifconfig",_dev.c_str(),"lladdr",ethaddr,"mtu",mtustr,"metric",metstr,"up",(const char *)0);
 		::_exit(-1);
 	} else if (cpid > 0) {
@@ -192,6 +201,9 @@ BSDEthernetTap::~BSDEthernetTap()
 
 	long cpid = (long)vfork();
 	if (cpid == 0) {
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+			fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: ifconfig %s destroy" ZT_EOL_S, _dev.c_str());
+#endif
 		::execl("/sbin/ifconfig","/sbin/ifconfig",_dev.c_str(),"destroy",(const char *)0);
 		::_exit(-1);
 	} else if (cpid > 0) {
@@ -215,6 +227,9 @@ static bool ___removeIp(const std::string &_dev,const InetAddress &ip)
 	long cpid = (long)vfork();
 	if (cpid == 0) {
 		char ipbuf[64];
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+		fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: ifconfig %s inet %s -alias" ZT_EOL_S, _dev.c_str(), ip.toIpString(ipbuf));
+#endif
 		execl("/sbin/ifconfig","/sbin/ifconfig",_dev.c_str(),"inet",ip.toIpString(ipbuf),"-alias",(const char *)0);
 		_exit(-1);
 	} else if (cpid > 0) {
@@ -245,6 +260,9 @@ bool BSDEthernetTap::addIp(const InetAddress &ip)
 	long cpid = (long)vfork();
 	if (cpid == 0) {
 		char tmp[128];
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+		fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: ifconfig %s %s %s alias" ZT_EOL_S, _dev.c_str(), ip.isV4() ? "inet" : "inet6", ip.toString(tmp));
+#endif
 		::execl("/sbin/ifconfig","/sbin/ifconfig",_dev.c_str(),ip.isV4() ? "inet" : "inet6",ip.toString(tmp),"alias",(const char *)0);
 		::_exit(-1);
 	} else if (cpid > 0) {
@@ -375,6 +393,9 @@ void BSDEthernetTap::setMtu(unsigned int mtu)
 		if (cpid == 0) {
 			char tmp[64];
 			OSUtils::ztsnprintf(tmp,sizeof(tmp),"%u",mtu);
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+			fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: ifconfig %s mtu %s" ZT_EOL_S, _dev.c_str(), tmp);
+#endif
 			execl("/sbin/ifconfig","/sbin/ifconfig",_dev.c_str(),"mtu",tmp,(const char *)0);
 			_exit(-1);
 		} else if (cpid > 0) {
diff --git a/osdep/ManagedRoute.cpp b/osdep/ManagedRoute.cpp
index 85f2c67c9..83c6d8fb9 100644
--- a/osdep/ManagedRoute.cpp
+++ b/osdep/ManagedRoute.cpp
@@ -250,14 +250,26 @@ static void _routeCmd(const char *op,const InetAddress &target,const InetAddress
 		char iptmp[64];
 		if (via) {
 			if ((ifscope)&&(ifscope[0])) {
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+				fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: route %s -ifscope %s %s %s" ZT_EOL_S, ifscope,((target.ss_family == AF_INET6) ? "-inet6" : "-inet"),target.toString(ttmp),via.toIpString(iptmp));
+#endif
 				::execl(ZT_BSD_ROUTE_CMD,ZT_BSD_ROUTE_CMD,op,"-ifscope",ifscope,((target.ss_family == AF_INET6) ? "-inet6" : "-inet"),target.toString(ttmp),via.toIpString(iptmp),(const char *)0);
 			} else {
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+				fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: route %s %s %s %s" ZT_EOL_S, op,((target.ss_family == AF_INET6) ? "-inet6" : "-inet"),target.toString(ttmp),via.toIpString(iptmp));
+#endif
 				::execl(ZT_BSD_ROUTE_CMD,ZT_BSD_ROUTE_CMD,op,((target.ss_family == AF_INET6) ? "-inet6" : "-inet"),target.toString(ttmp),via.toIpString(iptmp),(const char *)0);
 			}
 		} else if ((localInterface)&&(localInterface[0])) {
 			if ((ifscope)&&(ifscope[0])) {
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+				fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: route %s -ifscope %s %s %s -interface %s" ZT_EOL_S, op, ifscope,((target.ss_family == AF_INET6) ? "-inet6" : "-inet"),target.toString(ttmp),localInterface);
+#endif
 				::execl(ZT_BSD_ROUTE_CMD,ZT_BSD_ROUTE_CMD,op,"-ifscope",ifscope,((target.ss_family == AF_INET6) ? "-inet6" : "-inet"),target.toString(ttmp),"-interface",localInterface,(const char *)0);
 			} else {
+#ifdef ZT_TRACE
+				fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: route %s %s %s -interface %s" ZT_EOL_S, op,((target.ss_family == AF_INET6) ? "-inet6" : "-inet"),target.toString(ttmp),localInterface);
+#endif
 				::execl(ZT_BSD_ROUTE_CMD,ZT_BSD_ROUTE_CMD,op,((target.ss_family == AF_INET6) ? "-inet6" : "-inet"),target.toString(ttmp),"-interface",localInterface,(const char *)0);
 			}
 		}
@@ -566,4 +578,4 @@ void ManagedRoute::remove()
 	_applied.clear();
 }
 
-} // namespace ZeroTier
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace ZeroTier