diff --git a/substrate/Cargo.lock b/substrate/Cargo.lock
index ae0492f52f..dfab26f9a2 100644
--- a/substrate/Cargo.lock
+++ b/substrate/Cargo.lock
@@ -3711,7 +3711,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sr-primitives 0.1.0",
  "substrate-client 0.1.0",
  "substrate-client-db 0.1.0",
- "substrate-consensus-aura-primitives 0.1.0",
  "substrate-consensus-common 0.1.0",
  "substrate-executor 0.1.0",
  "substrate-keystore 0.1.0",
diff --git a/substrate/core/cli/src/informant.rs b/substrate/core/cli/src/informant.rs
index 5912da8126..e9dab4ae8b 100644
--- a/substrate/core/cli/src/informant.rs
+++ b/substrate/core/cli/src/informant.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ use tokio::runtime::TaskExecutor;
 use tokio::timer::Interval;
 use sysinfo::{get_current_pid, ProcessExt, System, SystemExt};
 use network::{SyncState, SyncProvider};
-use client::BlockchainEvents;
+use client::{backend::Backend, BlockchainEvents};
+
+use runtime_primitives::generic::BlockId;
 use runtime_primitives::traits::{Header, As};
 
 const TIMER_INTERVAL_MS: u64 = 5000;
@@ -92,7 +94,36 @@ pub fn start<C>(service: &Service<C>, exit: ::exit_future::Exit, handle: TaskExe
 	});
 
 	let client = service.client();
-	let display_block_import = client.import_notification_stream().for_each(|n| {
+	let mut last = match client.info() {
+		Ok(info) => Some((info.chain.best_number, info.chain.best_hash)),
+		Err(e) => { warn!("Error getting best block information: {:?}", e); None }
+	};
+
+	let display_block_import = client.import_notification_stream().for_each(move |n| {
+		// detect and log reorganizations.
+		if let Some((ref last_num, ref last_hash)) = last {
+			if n.header.parent_hash() != last_hash {
+				let tree_route = ::client::blockchain::tree_route(
+					client.backend().blockchain(),
+					BlockId::Hash(last_hash.clone()),
+					BlockId::Hash(n.hash),
+				);
+
+				match tree_route {
+					Ok(ref t) if !t.retracted().is_empty() => info!(
+						"Reorg from #{},{} to #{},{}, common ancestor #{},{}",
+						last_num, last_hash,
+						n.header.number(), n.hash,
+						t.common_block().number, t.common_block().hash,
+					),
+					Ok(_) => {},
+					Err(e) => warn!("Error computing tree route: {}", e),
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		last = Some((n.header.number().clone(), n.hash.clone()));
+
 		info!(target: "substrate", "Imported #{} ({})", n.header.number(), n.hash);
 		Ok(())
 	});
diff --git a/substrate/core/service/Cargo.toml b/substrate/core/service/Cargo.toml
index e9f165ed9d..f950a77341 100644
--- a/substrate/core/service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/core/service/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ sr-io = { path = "../../core/sr-io" }
 sr-primitives = { path = "../../core/sr-primitives" }
 substrate-primitives = { path = "../../core/primitives" }
 substrate-consensus-common = { path = "../../core/consensus/common" }
-substrate-consensus-aura-primitives = { path = "../../core/consensus/aura/primitives" }
 substrate-network = { path = "../../core/network" }
 substrate-client = { path = "../../core/client" }
 substrate-client-db = { path = "../../core/client/db" }
diff --git a/substrate/core/service/src/lib.rs b/substrate/core/service/src/lib.rs
index f782f917ed..dec78575c8 100644
--- a/substrate/core/service/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/core/service/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ extern crate substrate_client as client;
 extern crate substrate_client_db as client_db;
 extern crate parity_codec as codec;
 extern crate substrate_transaction_pool as transaction_pool;
-extern crate substrate_consensus_aura_primitives as aura_primitives;
 extern crate substrate_rpc_servers as rpc;
 extern crate target_info;
 extern crate tokio;