diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
index f29b2af227..947671bd7d 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ bool VBOX_VM::is_running() {
     string vmstate;
     size_t vmstate_location;
     size_t vmstate_length;
+    char buf[256];
 
     command  = "showvminfo \"" + vm_name + "\" ";
     command += "--machinereadable ";
@@ -309,6 +310,13 @@ bool VBOX_VM::is_running() {
             vmstate_length = output.find("\"", vmstate_location);
             vmstate = output.substr(vmstate_location, vmstate_length);
 
+            fprintf(
+                stderr,
+                "%s Current VM State is '%s'.\n",
+                boinc_msg_prefix(buf, sizeof(buf)),
+                vmstate.c_str()
+            );
+
             // VirtualBox Documentation suggests that that a VM is running when its
             // machine state is between MachineState_FirstOnline and MachineState_LastOnline
             // which as of this writing is 5 and 17.