diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/AbstractIndexerTask.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/AbstractIndexerTask.java
index 306997f8461..37ba0ae8dfd 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/AbstractIndexerTask.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/AbstractIndexerTask.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *    Markus Schorn - initial API and implementation
+ *    IBM Corporation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.pdom;
 
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractIndexerTask extends PDOMWriter {
 			final String fileName = path.lastSegment();
 			try {
 				if (fShowActivity) {
-					System.out.println("Indexer: parsing " + filePath + " up front");  //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+					trace("Indexer: parsing " + filePath + " up front");  //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 				}
 				monitor.subTask(getMessage(MessageKind.parsingFileTask,
 						fileName, path.removeLastSegments(1).toString()));
@@ -682,7 +683,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractIndexerTask extends PDOMWriter {
 		Throwable th= null;
 		try {
 			if (fShowActivity) {
-				System.out.println("Indexer: parsing " + path.toOSString()); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				trace("Indexer: parsing " + path.toOSString()); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			}
 			pm.subTask(getMessage(MessageKind.parsingFileTask,
 					path.lastSegment(), path.removeLastSegments(1).toString()));
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/PDOMWriter.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/PDOMWriter.java
index 70294f217df..75b325cf1b6 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/PDOMWriter.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/PDOMWriter.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *    Markus Schorn - initial API and implementation
+ *    IBM Corporation
  *******************************************************************************/ 
 package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.pdom;
 
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ abstract public class PDOMWriter {
 			final IIndexFileLocation ifl= ifls[i];
 			if (ifl != null) {
 				if (fShowActivity) {
-					System.out.println("Indexer: adding " + ifl.getURI());  //$NON-NLS-1$
+					trace("Indexer: adding " + ifl.getURI());  //$NON-NLS-1$
 				}
 				index.acquireWriteLock(readlockCount);
 				long start= System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -523,12 +524,16 @@ abstract public class PDOMWriter {
 		String pmsg= problem.getMessage();
 		if (pmsg != null && pmsg.length() > 0) 
 			msg+= "; " + problem.getMessage(); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		System.out.println(msg);
+		trace(msg);
 	}
 
 	private void reportProblem(IASTProblem problem) {
 		String msg= "Indexer: " + problem.getMessageWithLocation(); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		System.out.println(msg);
+		trace(msg);
+	}
+	
+	protected void trace(String message) {
+		System.out.println(message);
 	}
 
 	protected IStatus createStatus(String msg) {