diff --git a/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/Resources/ui/openscadprefs-base.ui b/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/Resources/ui/openscadprefs-base.ui
index 521fd0e51..53b121c83 100644
--- a/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/Resources/ui/openscadprefs-base.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/Resources/ui/openscadprefs-base.ui
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item>
-         <widget class="Gui::PrefFileChooser" name="gui::preffilechooser" native="true">
+         <widget class="Gui::PrefFileChooser" name="gui::preffilechooser">
           <property name="minimumSize">
            <size>
             <width>300</width>
@@ -65,6 +65,23 @@
       <string>OpenSCAD import</string>
      </property>
      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+      <item>
+       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
+        <item>
+         <widget class="Gui::PrefCheckBox" name="checkBox">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Print debug information in the Console</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+           <cstring>printVerbose</cstring>
+          </property>
+          <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+           <cstring>Mod/OpenSCAD</cstring>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
       <item>
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
         <item>
diff --git a/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/importCSG.py b/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/importCSG.py
index ac65f9947..d7b1597ab 100644
--- a/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/importCSG.py
+++ b/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/importCSG.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ import Part
 from OpenSCADFeatures import *
 from OpenSCADUtils import *
 
+params = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/OpenSCAD")
+printverbose = params.GetBool('printVerbose',False)
+
 if open.__module__ == '__builtin__':
     pythonopen = open # to distinguish python built-in open function from the one declared here
 
@@ -715,8 +718,8 @@ def processDXF(fname,layer):
     obj.Shape=face
     if printverbose: print "DXF Diagnostics"
     if printverbose: print obj.Shape.ShapeType
-    if printverbose: print "Closed : "+str(f.isClosed())
-    if printverbose: print f.check()
+    if printverbose: print "Closed : "+str(obj.Shape.isClosed())
+    if printverbose: print obj.Shape.check()
     if printverbose: print [w.isClosed() for w in obj.Shape.Wires]
     return(obj)