diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall
index 8c85da98e9e4b84f50f1c3bc5a4ccd81aeafc248..5e33abff975cc404b46ec015e72fa7f6b0ca8b11 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ END`"
 	echo "${BS}connect template1 $POSTGRES_USER"
 	echo "create database $DATABASE;"
 	echo "${BS}connect $DATABASE $POSTGRES_USER"
-	pg_dump "$@" $DATABASE
+	pg_dump "$@" $DATABASE || echo "pg_dump failed on $DATABASE" 1>&2
 done
 # done