diff --git libpkg/pkg_manifest.c libpkg/pkg_manifest.c
index 7bab28e..42357e8 100644
--- libpkg/pkg_manifest.c
+++ libpkg/pkg_manifest.c
@@ -1044,13 +1044,15 @@ pkg_emit_manifest_generic(struct pkg *pkg, void *out, short flags,
 
 	rc = emit_manifest(pkg, &output, flags);
 
-	if (out_is_a_sbuf) {
-		if (sign_ctx != NULL)
-			SHA256_Update(sign_ctx, output, strlen(output));
+	if (sign_ctx != NULL)
+		SHA256_Update(sign_ctx, output, strlen(output));
+
+	printf("%s\n", output);
+
+	if (out_is_a_sbuf)
 		sbuf_cat(out, output);
-	} else {
+	else
 		fprintf(out, "%s\n", output);
-	}
 
 	if (pdigest != NULL) {
 		SHA256_Final(digest, sign_ctx);