diff --git a/helpers/check-abi.py b/helpers/check-abi.py
--- a/helpers/check-abi.py
+++ b/helpers/check-abi.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         if released:
             # get the first released version, that is available
             candidate = min(released, key=lambda i: HASH2TAG[i['scmRevision']])
+            logging.info("Found tag %s(%s) to check against.", HASH2TAG[candidate['scmRevision']].version, candidate['scmRevision'])
         else:
             #TODO: we may want to return None, as the library was never released so far.
 
@@ -81,11 +82,14 @@
     scmRevision = subprocess.check_output(["git", "log", "--format=%H", "-n 1", "HEAD"]).strip().decode()
 
 # get all tags that are in the current commit
-tags = subprocess.check_output(["git", "tag", "--contains", scmRevision]).strip().decode().splitlines()
+tags = subprocess.check_output(["git", "tag", "--merged", scmRevision]).strip().decode().splitlines()
+
+# we are not interessed in the commit for annotatated tags itself, we want to know what commit was tagged.
+commitedTags = [i+"^{}" for i in tags]
 
 # resolve tags -> git hashes
-taghashes = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", *tags]).strip().decode().splitlines()
-HASH2TAG = {taghashes[pos]:Version(tag) for pos, tag in enumerate(tags)}
+tagHashes = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", *commitedTags]).strip().decode().splitlines()
+HASH2TAG = {tagHashes[pos]:Version(tag) for pos, tag in enumerate(tags)}
 
 # Do we want to check for newer SONAMEs on other buildGroups
 keepBuildGroup = False
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@
 for l in libraries:
     library = l.library
     libname = library['libname']
+    logging.info("Do an ABI check for %s", libname)
     candidate = l.candidate()
     if not candidate:
             logging.info("Did not found any older build for %s, nothing to check ABI against.",libname)
@@ -145,7 +150,7 @@
     newLibraryPath, _  = ourArchive.retrievePackage(l.packageName)
     oldLibraryPath, _ = ourArchive.retrievePackage(candidate['packageName'])
 
-    logging.info("Let's do a ABI check %s against %s", library['scmRevision'], candidate['scmRevision'])
+    logging.info("check %s(old) -> %s(new)", candidate['scmRevision'], library['scmRevision'])
 
     # check ABI and write compat reports
     cmd = ["abi-compliance-checker",