diff --git a/funcake_dags/scripts/transform.sh b/funcake_dags/scripts/transform.sh
index ca1ff072..88f4b025 100755
--- a/funcake_dags/scripts/transform.sh
+++ b/funcake_dags/scripts/transform.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ OBJECTS=$(
 
 SKIPPED_EMPTY_FILES=0
 PROCESSED_FILES=0
+ZERO_RECORD_OUTPUT_FILES=0
 
 while IFS=$'\t' read -r SOURCE_XML SOURCE_SIZE
 do
@@ -85,6 +86,10 @@ do
 	java -jar $SAXON_CP -xsl:$SCRIPTS_PATH/batch-transform.xsl -s:$SOURCE_XML-2.xml -o:$SOURCE_XML-transformed.xml -t
 	COUNT=$(grep -o "<oai_dc:dc" "$SOURCE_XML-transformed.xml" | wc -l || :)
 	TOTAL_TRANSFORMED=$((TOTAL_TRANSFORMED + COUNT))
+	if [ "$COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "No transformed records found in output for: $SOURCE_XML"
+		ZERO_RECORD_OUTPUT_FILES=$((ZERO_RECORD_OUTPUT_FILES + 1))
+	fi
 	aws s3 cp $SOURCE_XML-transformed.xml s3://$BUCKET/$TRANSFORM_XML
 
 	TEMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/identifier-output-$DAG_ID.XXXXXX)
@@ -113,3 +118,4 @@ echo "Total Records transformed: $TOTAL_TRANSFORMED"
 echo "Unique Record Count: $UNIQUE_RECORD_COUNT"
 echo "Files transformed: $PROCESSED_FILES"
 echo "Empty files skipped: $SKIPPED_EMPTY_FILES"
+echo "Files with 0 transformed records: $ZERO_RECORD_OUTPUT_FILES"
diff --git a/tests/transform_script_test.py b/tests/transform_script_test.py
index 0f95375d..2cc18f50 100644
--- a/tests/transform_script_test.py
+++ b/tests/transform_script_test.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def test_skips_zero_byte_s3_objects(self):
         self.assertIn("Skipping empty source file", result.stdout)
         self.assertIn("Files transformed: 0", result.stdout)
         self.assertIn("Empty files skipped: 1", result.stdout)
+        self.assertIn("Files with 0 transformed records: 0", result.stdout)
         self.assertEqual(uploads, "")
         self.assertEqual(transformed_files, [])
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ def test_processes_non_empty_objects_and_skips_empty_ones(self):
         self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, msg=result.stderr)
         self.assertIn("Files transformed: 2", result.stdout)
         self.assertIn("Empty files skipped: 1", result.stdout)
+        self.assertIn("Files with 0 transformed records: 0", result.stdout)
         self.assertEqual(
             uploads.strip().splitlines(),
             [
@@ -77,6 +79,8 @@ def test_handles_transformed_files_with_zero_records(self):
         self.assertIn("Total Records transformed: 0", result.stdout)
         self.assertIn("Files transformed: 1", result.stdout)
         self.assertIn("Empty files skipped: 0", result.stdout)
+        self.assertIn("No transformed records found in output for:", result.stdout)
+        self.assertIn("Files with 0 transformed records: 1", result.stdout)
         self.assertEqual(
             uploads.strip().splitlines(),
             ["s3://test-bucket/funcake_test/2021-03-23_17-25-10/transformed/file1.xml"],