diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0d174ac24a1b1b2f00593632f86f62d3387d2efa..4ff9f0c6007de2e531133ce1c4aebf733a8f41d2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ update-patches: FORCE
 	scripts/update-patches.sh
 	scripts/patch.sh
 
+refresh-patches: FORCE
+	@
+	export $(GLUON_ENV)
+	scripts/update.sh
+	scripts/patch.sh
+	scripts/update-patches.sh
+
 update-feeds: FORCE
 	@$(GLUON_ENV) scripts/feeds.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/update-patches.sh b/scripts/update-patches.sh
index 939c16407b23ecaea9efcdd94c84ba8716a79cfb..c40c63b8bf2a11021663f894a10a9a5ca9ae972a 100755
--- a/scripts/update-patches.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-patches.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ for module in $GLUON_MODULES; do
 	for commit in $(git rev-list --reverse --no-merges base..patched); do
 		(( ++n ))
 		mkdir -p "${GLUON_PATCHESDIR}/$module"
+		echo "Updating: $(git log --format=%s -n 1 "$commit")"
 		git -c core.abbrev=40 show --pretty=format:'From: %an <%ae>%nDate: %aD%nSubject: %B' --no-renames --binary "$commit" > "${GLUON_PATCHESDIR}/$module/$(printf '%04u' "$n")-$(git show -s --pretty=format:%f "$commit").patch"
 	done
 done