diff --git a/tests/cputest.c b/tests/cputest.c
index 36b3eb4b8ed2f514b2c4a623e65c8213b2011954..5b7b951ccc6fd226c8476d1f9228c9757090017f 100644
--- a/tests/cputest.c
+++ b/tests/cputest.c
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ cpuTestCompareXML(const char *arch,
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (STRNEQ(expected, actual)) {
+        if (virTestGetVerbose())
+            fprintf(stderr, "\nCompared to %s-%s.xml", arch, name);
         virtTestDifference(stderr, expected, actual);
         goto cleanup;
     }