diff --git a/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php b/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
index 84fdb0db5..490ba435d 100644
--- a/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
+++ b/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
@@ -171,8 +171,10 @@ class EventDispatcher
                     throw $e;
                 }
             } else {
-                $args = implode(' ', array_map(array('Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor','escape'), $event->getArguments()));
-                if (0 !== ($exitCode = $this->process->execute($callable . ($args === '' ? '' : ' '.$args)))) {
+                $args = implode(' ', array_map(array('Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor', 'escape'), $event->getArguments()));
+                $exec = $callable . ($args === '' ? '' : ' '.$args);
+                $this->io->writeError(sprintf('> %s', $exec));
+                if (0 !== ($exitCode = $this->process->execute($exec))) {
                     $this->io->writeError(sprintf('<error>Script %s handling the %s event returned with an error</error>', $callable, $event->getName()));
 
                     throw new \RuntimeException('Error Output: '.$this->process->getErrorOutput(), $exitCode);
@@ -196,6 +198,8 @@ class EventDispatcher
     {
         $event = $this->checkListenerExpectedEvent(array($className, $methodName), $event);
 
+        $this->io->writeError(sprintf('> %s::%s', $className, $methodName));
+
         return $className::$methodName($event);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcherTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcherTest.php
index a44c6bc5d..8fc11b98a 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcherTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
             'Composer\Test\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherTest::call'
         ), $io);
 
-        $io->expects($this->once())
+        $io->expects($this->at(0))
+            ->method('writeError')
+            ->with('> Composer\Test\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherTest::call');
+
+        $io->expects($this->at(1))
             ->method('writeError')
             ->with('<error>Script Composer\Test\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherTest::call handling the post-install-cmd event terminated with an exception</error>');
 
@@ -93,12 +97,11 @@ class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
         $dispatcher = $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher')
             ->setConstructorArgs(array(
                 $this->getMock('Composer\Composer'),
-                $this->getMock('Composer\IO\IOInterface'),
+                $io = $this->getMock('Composer\IO\IOInterface'),
                 $process,
             ))
             ->setMethods(array(
                 'getListeners',
-                'executeEventPhpScript',
             ))
             ->getMock();
 
@@ -111,14 +114,22 @@ class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
             'Composer\\Test\\EventDispatcher\\EventDispatcherTest::someMethod',
             'echo -n bar',
         );
+
         $dispatcher->expects($this->atLeastOnce())
             ->method('getListeners')
             ->will($this->returnValue($listeners));
 
-        $dispatcher->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('executeEventPhpScript')
-            ->with('Composer\Test\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherTest', 'someMethod')
-            ->will($this->returnValue(true));
+        $io->expects($this->at(0))
+            ->method('writeError')
+            ->with($this->equalTo('> echo -n foo'));
+
+        $io->expects($this->at(1))
+            ->method('writeError')
+            ->with($this->equalTo('> Composer\Test\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherTest::someMethod'));
+
+        $io->expects($this->at(2))
+            ->method('writeError')
+            ->with($this->equalTo('> echo -n bar'));
 
         $dispatcher->dispatchScript(ScriptEvents::POST_INSTALL_CMD, false);
     }
@@ -149,12 +160,12 @@ class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
         );
     }
 
-    public function testDispatcherOutputsCommands()
+    public function testDispatcherOutputsCommand()
     {
         $dispatcher = $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher')
             ->setConstructorArgs(array(
                 $this->getMock('Composer\Composer'),
-                $this->getMock('Composer\IO\IOInterface'),
+                $io = $this->getMock('Composer\IO\IOInterface'),
                 new ProcessExecutor,
             ))
             ->setMethods(array('getListeners'))
@@ -165,6 +176,10 @@ class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
             ->method('getListeners')
             ->will($this->returnValue($listener));
 
+        $io->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('writeError')
+            ->with($this->equalTo('> echo foo'));
+
         ob_start();
         $dispatcher->dispatchScript(ScriptEvents::POST_INSTALL_CMD, false);
         $this->assertEquals('foo', trim(ob_get_clean()));
@@ -187,7 +202,11 @@ class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
             ->method('getListeners')
             ->will($this->returnValue($listener));
 
-        $io->expects($this->once())
+        $io->expects($this->at(0))
+            ->method('writeError')
+            ->willReturn('> exit 1');
+
+        $io->expects($this->at(1))
             ->method('writeError')
             ->with($this->equalTo('<error>Script '.$code.' handling the post-install-cmd event returned with an error</error>'));