diff --git a/test/tools_common.sh b/test/tools_common.sh
index 8e6bc444100c3cb28a1e009611fd94ab874d5b4a..aa446c9c2fa7e7d658d9d896d3addad70616cbcd 100755
--- a/test/tools_common.sh
+++ b/test/tools_common.sh
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ run_tests() {
   # Run tests.
   for test in ${tests_to_run}; do
     test_begin "${test}"
+    [ "${VPX_TEST_VERBOSE_OUTPUT}" = "yes" ] && echo "  RUN  ${test}"
     "${test}"
     [ "${VPX_TEST_VERBOSE_OUTPUT}" = "yes" ] && echo "  PASS ${test}"
     test_end "${test}"