diff --git a/chain/src/txhashset.rs b/chain/src/txhashset.rs
index 98723e68c..eef74ac9d 100644
--- a/chain/src/txhashset.rs
+++ b/chain/src/txhashset.rs
@@ -622,6 +622,8 @@ impl<'a> Extension<'a> {
 	pub fn dump_output_pmmr(&self) {
 		debug!(LOGGER, "-- outputs --");
 		self.output_pmmr.dump_from_file(false);
+		debug!(LOGGER, "--");
+		self.output_pmmr.dump_stats();
 		debug!(LOGGER, "-- end of outputs --");
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/src/core/pmmr.rs b/core/src/core/pmmr.rs
index 103fc9a38..db45de363 100644
--- a/core/src/core/pmmr.rs
+++ b/core/src/core/pmmr.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ where
 	/// sit well with the design, but TxKernels have to be summed and the
 	/// fastest way to to be able to allow direct access to the file
 	fn get_data_file_path(&self) -> String;
+
+	/// For debugging purposes so we can see how compaction is doing.
+	fn dump_stats(&self);
 }
 
 /// A Merkle proof.
@@ -566,6 +569,11 @@ where
 		}
 	}
 
+	pub fn dump_stats(&self) {
+		debug!(LOGGER, "pmmr: unpruned - {}", self.unpruned_size());
+		self.backend.dump_stats();
+	}
+
 	/// Debugging utility to print information about the MMRs. Short version
 	/// only prints the last 8 nodes.
 	/// Looks in the underlying hash file and so ignores the remove log.
@@ -1034,6 +1042,8 @@ mod test {
 		fn get_data_file_path(&self) -> String {
 			"".to_string()
 		}
+
+		fn dump_stats(&self) {}
 	}
 
 	impl<T> VecBackend<T>
diff --git a/store/src/pmmr.rs b/store/src/pmmr.rs
index 29bc48999..81f7cf45f 100644
--- a/store/src/pmmr.rs
+++ b/store/src/pmmr.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ where
 
 impl<T> Backend<T> for PMMRBackend<T>
 where
-	T: PMMRable,
+	T: PMMRable + ::std::fmt::Debug,
 {
 	/// Append the provided Hashes to the backend storage.
 	#[allow(unused_variables)]
@@ -210,6 +210,16 @@ where
 	fn get_data_file_path(&self) -> String {
 		self.data_file.path()
 	}
+
+	fn dump_stats(&self) {
+		debug!(
+			LOGGER,
+			"pmmr backend: unpruned - {}, hashes - {}, data - {}",
+			self.unpruned_size().unwrap_or(0),
+			self.hash_size().unwrap_or(0),
+			self.data_size().unwrap_or(0)
+		);
+	}
 }
 
 impl<T> PMMRBackend<T>