diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/PathMacroManagerTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/PathMacroManagerTest.java
index cbf56fe0f1fe..e0e4163cf07e 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/PathMacroManagerTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/PathMacroManagerTest.java
@@ -120,10 +120,12 @@ public class PathMacroManagerTest {
     myOldFileSystem = FileSystem.FILE_SYSTEM;
     myFileSystem = new MockFileSystem();
     FileSystem.FILE_SYSTEM = myFileSystem;
+    BasePathMacroManager.DEBUG = true;
   }
 
   @After
   public final void restoreFilesystem() throws Exception {
+    BasePathMacroManager.DEBUG = false;
     FileSystem.FILE_SYSTEM = myOldFileSystem;
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/ReplacePathToMacroMap.java b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/ReplacePathToMacroMap.java
index 39c6651c342e..cf7641e40d90 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/ReplacePathToMacroMap.java
+++ b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/ReplacePathToMacroMap.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.intellij.application.options;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.PathMacroMap;
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.impl.BasePathMacroManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.StringBuilderSpinAllocator;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
@@ -67,6 +68,13 @@ public class ReplacePathToMacroMap extends PathMacroMap {
     final String p = quotePath(path);
     final String m = "$" + macroName + "$";
 
+    if (BasePathMacroManager.DEBUG) {
+      System.out.println("BasePathMacroManager.addFileHierarchyReplacements");
+      System.out.println("path = " + p);
+      System.out.println("macro = " + macroName);
+    }
+
+
     put(p, m);
     for (String protocol : PROTOCOLS) {
       put(protocol + ":" + p, protocol + ":" + m);
diff --git a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/BasePathMacroManager.java b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/BasePathMacroManager.java
index 624eabc27fb9..982a25efe966 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/BasePathMacroManager.java
+++ b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/BasePathMacroManager.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import java.util.*;
 
 public class BasePathMacroManager extends PathMacroManager {
+  public static boolean DEBUG = false;
   private PathMacrosImpl myPathMacros;
 
   public BasePathMacroManager(@Nullable PathMacros pathMacros) {
@@ -69,6 +70,11 @@ public class BasePathMacroManager extends PathMacroManager {
     boolean check = false;
     while (dir != null && dir.getParent() != null) {
       path = dir.getPath();
+      if (DEBUG) {
+        System.out.println("BasePathMacroManager.addFileHierarchyReplacements");
+        System.out.println("path = " + path);
+        System.out.println("macro = " + macro);
+      }
 
       putIfAbsent(result, "file:" + path, "file:" + macro, check);
       putIfAbsent(result, "file:/" + path, "file:/" + macro, check);