diff --git a/include/light/ltface.hh b/include/light/ltface.hh
index 2fa8c49c..95a65ff6 100644
--- a/include/light/ltface.hh
+++ b/include/light/ltface.hh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 extern std::atomic<uint32_t> total_light_rays, total_light_ray_hits, total_samplepoints;
 extern std::atomic<uint32_t> total_bounce_rays, total_bounce_ray_hits;
+extern std::atomic<uint32_t> fully_transparent_lightmaps;
 
 class faceextents_t {
 private:
diff --git a/light/light.cc b/light/light.cc
index fd43a195..8579b131 100644
--- a/light/light.cc
+++ b/light/light.cc
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ light_main(int argc, const char **argv)
     logprint("%f bounce lights tested, %f hits per sample point\n",
              static_cast<double>(total_bounce_rays) / static_cast<double>(total_samplepoints),
              static_cast<double>(total_bounce_ray_hits) / static_cast<double>(total_samplepoints));
-    
+    logprint("%d empty lightmaps\n", static_cast<int>(fully_transparent_lightmaps));
     close_log();
     
     return 0;
diff --git a/light/ltface.cc b/light/ltface.cc
index dadfac56..047d276c 100644
--- a/light/ltface.cc
+++ b/light/ltface.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 std::atomic<uint32_t> total_light_rays, total_light_ray_hits, total_samplepoints;
 std::atomic<uint32_t> total_bounce_rays, total_bounce_ray_hits;
+std::atomic<uint32_t> fully_transparent_lightmaps;
 
 /* ======================================================================== */
 
@@ -2688,7 +2689,8 @@ FloodFillTransparent(const std::vector<qvec4f> &input, int w, int h)
         }
         
         if (unhandled_pixels == input.size()) {
-            logprint("FloodFillTransparent: warning, fully transparent lightmap\n");
+            //logprint("FloodFillTransparent: warning, fully transparent lightmap\n");
+            fully_transparent_lightmaps++;
             break;
         }