diff --git a/testbase b/testbase
index 34b1dd8d32..bd0377c79d 100755
--- a/testbase
+++ b/testbase
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ TMPDIR=/tmp/testbase
 
 die()
 {
+    echo "ERROR in testbase on `hostname`:"
     echo "$1"
     [ "$2" ] && cat "$2"
     exit 1