diff --git a/Lib/distutils/cmd.py b/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
index ce44829..85a7f46 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
         """
         if self.verbose >= level:
             print msg
+            sys.stdout.flush()
 
     def debug_print (self, msg):
         """Print 'msg' to stdout if the global DEBUG (taken from the
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@
         from distutils.core import DEBUG
         if DEBUG:
             print msg
+            sys.stdout.flush()