diff --git a/builder/build.go b/builder/build.go
index a598f01965..063a0c289f 100644
--- a/builder/build.go
+++ b/builder/build.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"go/types"
 	"hash/crc32"
+	"log"
 	"math/bits"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -568,11 +569,42 @@ func Build(pkgName, outpath, tmpdir string, config *compileopts.Config) (BuildRe
 			defer irbuilder.Dispose()
 			irbuilder.SetInsertPointAtEnd(block)
 			ptrType := llvm.PointerType(mod.Context().Int8Type(), 0)
+
+			targetData := llvm.NewTargetData(mod.DataLayout())
+			uintptrType := mod.Context().IntType(targetData.PointerSize() * 8)
+			int32Type := mod.Context().Int32Type()
+
+			printstrFn := mod.NamedFunction("runtime.printstring")
+
+			if config.PrintInit() {
+				log.Println("creating runtime.initAll")
+			}
+
 			for _, pkg := range lprogram.Sorted() {
-				pkgInit := mod.NamedFunction(pkg.Pkg.Path() + ".init")
+				pkgpathName := pkg.Pkg.Path() + ".init"
+				pkgInit := mod.NamedFunction(pkgpathName)
 				if pkgInit.IsNil() {
 					panic("init not found for " + pkg.Pkg.Path())
 				}
+
+				if config.PrintInit() {
+					log.Println("\t", pkgpathName)
+
+					pkgpathLen := llvm.ConstInt(uintptrType, uint64(len(pkgpathName+"\n")), false)
+					pkgpathInitializer := mod.Context().ConstString(pkgpathName+"\n", false)
+					pkgpathGlobal := llvm.AddGlobal(mod, pkgpathInitializer.Type(), pkgpathName)
+					pkgpathGlobal.SetInitializer(pkgpathInitializer)
+					pkgpathGlobal.SetAlignment(1)
+					pkgpathGlobal.SetUnnamedAddr(true)
+					pkgpathGlobal.SetLinkage(llvm.LinkOnceODRLinkage)
+					pkgpathGlobal.SetGlobalConstant(true)
+					pkgpathPtr := llvm.ConstGEP(pkgpathGlobal.GlobalValueType(), pkgpathGlobal, []llvm.Value{
+						llvm.ConstInt(int32Type, 0, false),
+						llvm.ConstInt(int32Type, 0, false),
+					})
+
+					irbuilder.CreateCall(printstrFn.GlobalValueType(), printstrFn, []llvm.Value{pkgpathPtr, pkgpathLen, llvm.Undef(ptrType)}, "")
+				}
 				irbuilder.CreateCall(pkgInit.GlobalValueType(), pkgInit, []llvm.Value{llvm.Undef(ptrType)}, "")
 			}
 			irbuilder.CreateRetVoid()
diff --git a/compileopts/config.go b/compileopts/config.go
index 7ce7ae5470..dd3c97c1b1 100644
--- a/compileopts/config.go
+++ b/compileopts/config.go
@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ func (c *Config) DumpSSA() bool {
 	return c.Options.DumpSSA
 }
 
+// PrintInit returns whether to debug init function creation
+func (c *Config) PrintInit() bool {
+	return c.Options.PrintInit
+}
+
 // VerifyIR returns whether to run extra checks on the IR. This is normally
 // disabled but enabled during testing.
 func (c *Config) VerifyIR() bool {
diff --git a/compileopts/options.go b/compileopts/options.go
index e543dca459..c1a8e2fe02 100644
--- a/compileopts/options.go
+++ b/compileopts/options.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	PrintSizes      string
 	PrintAllocs     *regexp.Regexp // regexp string
 	PrintStacks     bool
+	PrintInit       bool
 	Tags            []string
 	GlobalValues    map[string]map[string]string // map[pkgpath]map[varname]value
 	TestConfig      TestConfig
diff --git a/interp/interp.go b/interp/interp.go
index 30b0872485..1b096177d6 100644
--- a/interp/interp.go
+++ b/interp/interp.go
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ func Run(mod llvm.Module, timeout time.Duration, debug bool) error {
 	// finished, the call to the package initializer can be removed.
 	for _, call := range initCalls {
 		initName := call.CalledValue().Name()
+		if strings.HasSuffix(initName, "runtime.printstring") {
+			continue
+
+		}
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(initName, ".init") {
 			return errorAt(call, "interp: expected all instructions in "+initAll.Name()+" to be *.init() calls")
 		}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e2736fd17b..a6bc59d835 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1639,6 +1639,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Internal flags, that are only intended for TinyGo development.
 	printIR := flag.Bool("internal-printir", false, "print LLVM IR")
+	printInit := flag.Bool("internal-printinit", false, "print init() functions")
 	dumpSSA := flag.Bool("internal-dumpssa", false, "dump internal Go SSA")
 	verifyIR := flag.Bool("internal-verifyir", false, "run extra verification steps on LLVM IR")
 	// Don't generate debug information in the IR, to make IR more readable.
@@ -1748,6 +1749,7 @@ func main() {
 		PrintSizes:      *printSize,
 		PrintStacks:     *printStacks,
 		PrintAllocs:     printAllocs,
+		PrintInit:       *printInit,
 		Tags:            []string(tags),
 		TestConfig:      testConfig,
 		GlobalValues:    globalVarValues,