diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 71bdbc9b38ddb..8d3c3d000adf3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -1420,6 +1420,9 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging with ExecutorAllocationCli
     val callSite = getCallSite
     val cleanedFunc = clean(func)
     logInfo("Starting job: " + callSite.shortForm)
+    if (conf.getBoolean("spark.logLineage", false)) {
+      logInfo("RDD's recursive dependencies:\n" + rdd.toDebugString)
+    }
     dagScheduler.runJob(rdd, cleanedFunc, partitions, callSite, allowLocal,
       resultHandler, localProperties.get)
     progressBar.foreach(_.finishAll())