diff --git a/tests/testutils.c b/tests/testutils.c
index e717895fbf..e8cb8e6737 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.c
+++ b/tests/testutils.c
@@ -790,6 +790,8 @@ virTestFakeRootDirCleanup(char *fakerootdir)
 
     if (!g_getenv("LIBVIRT_SKIP_CLEANUP"))
         virFileDeleteTree(fakerootdir);
+    else
+        fprintf(stderr, "Test data ready for inspection: %s\n", fakerootdir);
 }
 
 int virTestMain(int argc,