diff -ru a/boost_1_54_0/tools/build/v2/engine/builtins.c b/boost_1_54_0/tools/build/v2/engine/builtins.c
--- a/boost_1_54_0/tools/build/v2/engine/builtins.c	2013-05-20 21:14:18.000000000 -0700
+++ b/boost_1_54_0/tools/build/v2/engine/builtins.c	2013-11-01 13:24:05.990717300 -0700
@@ -635,6 +635,8 @@
     LISTITER iter;
     LISTITER end;
 
+    printf("builtin_glob_back(%s)\n", object_str(file));
+
     /* Null out directory for matching. We wish we had file_dirscan() pass up a
      * PATHNAME.
      */
@@ -648,6 +650,7 @@
     */
     if ( !strcmp( f.f_base.ptr, "." ) || !strcmp( f.f_base.ptr, ".." ) )
     {
+        printf("skipping %s\n", f.f_base.ptr);
         PROFILE_EXIT( BUILTIN_GLOB_BACK );
         return;
     }
@@ -666,7 +669,11 @@
         {
             globbing->results = list_push_back( globbing->results, object_copy(
                 file ) );
+            printf("%s matched\n", object_str(list_item(iter)));
             break;
+        } else
+        {
+            printf("%s did not match\n", object_str(list_item(iter)));
         }
     }
 
@@ -744,6 +751,7 @@
 
 static LIST * append_if_exists( LIST * list, OBJECT * file )
 {
+    printf("testing existence of %s\n", object_str(file));
     return file_query( file )
         ? list_push_back( list, object_copy( file ) )
         : list ;
@@ -755,6 +763,9 @@
     LIST * const plist = list_new( object_copy( pattern ) );
     struct globbing globbing;
 
+    
+    printf("glob1(%s, %s)\n", object_str(dirname), object_str(pattern));
+
     globbing.results = L0;
     globbing.patterns = plist;
 
@@ -775,6 +786,10 @@
 
     list_free( plist );
 
+    printf("glob1 returns ");
+    list_print(globbing.results);
+    printf("\n");
+
     return globbing.results;
 }
 
@@ -783,6 +798,8 @@
 {
     LIST * result = L0;
 
+    printf("glob_recursive(%s)\n", pattern);
+
     /* Check if there's metacharacters in pattern */
     if ( !has_wildcards( pattern ) )
     {
@@ -790,6 +807,7 @@
         OBJECT * const p = object_new( pattern );
         result = append_if_exists( result, p );
         object_free( p );
+        printf("no wild cards\n");
     }
     else
     {
@@ -818,6 +836,10 @@
                 ? glob_recursive( dirname->value )
                 : list_push_back( dirs, object_new( dirname->value ) );
 
+            printf("searching dirs: ");
+            list_print(dirs);
+            printf("\n");
+
             if ( has_wildcards( basename->value ) )
             {
                 OBJECT * const b = object_new( basename->value );
@@ -869,6 +891,10 @@
         }
     }
 
+    printf("glob_recursive returns ");
+    list_print(result);
+    printf("\n");
+
     return result;
 }