diff --git a/tools/gen-repo.sh b/tools/gen-repo.sh
index b1e768f4bc798cdc34fbb3bd43530a87b0c5cb9e..c7e7bc734c804b22782e9501117b975e3032a54a 100755
--- a/tools/gen-repo.sh
+++ b/tools/gen-repo.sh
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ mkdir -p $BASE_DIR/dists
 
 cp -R $BUILD_NUMBER/dists/$IN_REPO $BASE_DIR/dists/$OUT_REPO
 cp -R $BUILD_NUMBER/pool $BASE_DIR/
-[ -d "$BUILD_NUMBER/changelog" ] && cp -R $BUILD_NUMBER/changelog $BASE_DIR/
+
+echo "copy changelog from $BUILD_NUMBER/changelog to $BASE_DIR/"
+cp -R $BUILD_NUMBER/changelog $BASE_DIR/
 
 cd $BASE_DIR