diff --git a/cmd/helm/helm.go b/cmd/helm/helm.go
index cdacf0b0c..5140c40b9 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/helm.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/helm.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ func init() {
 
 func debug(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 	if settings.Debug {
-		format = fmt.Sprintf("[debug] %s\n", format)
+		timeNow := time.Now().UTC().String()
+		format = fmt.Sprintf("%s [debug] %s\n", timeNow, format)
 		log.Output(2, fmt.Sprintf(format, v...))
 	}
 }