diff --git a/linux-user/cpu_loop-common.h b/linux-user/cpu_loop-common.h
index dc0042e4de..36ff5b14f2 100644
--- a/linux-user/cpu_loop-common.h
+++ b/linux-user/cpu_loop-common.h
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@
 do {                                                                    \
     CPUState *cs = env_cpu(env);                                        \
     fprintf(stderr, fmt , ## __VA_ARGS__);                              \
+    fprintf(stderr, "Failing executable: %s\n", exec_path);             \
     cpu_dump_state(cs, stderr, 0);                                      \
     if (qemu_log_separate()) {                                          \
         qemu_log(fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__);                                  \
+        qemu_log("Failing executable: %s\n", exec_path);                \
         log_cpu_state(cs, 0);                                           \
     }                                                                   \
 } while (0)