diff --git a/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c b/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c
index 60514fda..ecea607a 100644
--- a/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c
+++ b/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ install_packages_in_root (RpmOstreeTreeComposeContext  *self,
   if (!rpmostree_context_prepare_install (ctx, &hifinstall, cancellable, error))
     goto out;
 
+  rpmostree_print_transaction (hifctx);
+
   if (json_object_has_member (treedata, "add-files"))
     add_files = json_object_get_array_member (treedata, "add-files");
 
diff --git a/src/app/rpmostree-container-builtins.c b/src/app/rpmostree-container-builtins.c
index 355206c1..fa6b254a 100644
--- a/src/app/rpmostree-container-builtins.c
+++ b/src/app/rpmostree-container-builtins.c
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ rpmostree_container_builtin_assemble (int             argc,
   if (!rpmostree_context_prepare_install (rocctx->ctx, &install, cancellable, error))
     goto out;
 
+  rpmostree_print_transaction (rpmostree_context_get_hif (rocctx->ctx));
+
   /* --- Download as necessary --- */
   if (!rpmostree_context_download (rocctx->ctx, install, cancellable, error))
     goto out;
@@ -507,6 +509,8 @@ rpmostree_container_builtin_upgrade (int argc, char **argv, GCancellable *cancel
                                           cancellable, error))
     goto out;
 
+  rpmostree_print_transaction (rpmostree_context_get_hif (rocctx->ctx));
+
   { g_autofree char *new_state_sha512 = rpmostree_context_get_state_sha512 (rocctx->ctx);
 
     if (strcmp (new_state_sha512, previous_state_sha512) == 0)
diff --git a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.c b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.c
index 7309b514..33388442 100644
--- a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.c
+++ b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.c
@@ -999,8 +999,6 @@ rpmostree_context_prepare_install (RpmOstreeContext    *self,
                       ret_install, error))
     goto out;
 
-  rpmostree_print_transaction (hifctx);
-
   ret = TRUE;
   *out_install = g_steal_pointer (&ret_install);
  out: