diff --git a/client/mysqltest.c b/client/mysqltest.c
index a322b9119d7d9b851ffcf1f6e4c073f9699b3a51..c7220b6f88012b01f5ca261bdfc8dfb67c926130 100644
--- a/client/mysqltest.c
+++ b/client/mysqltest.c
@@ -2977,7 +2977,12 @@ void safe_connect(MYSQL* mysql, const char *name, const char *host,
     if ((mysql_errno(mysql) == CR_CONN_HOST_ERROR ||
          mysql_errno(mysql) == CR_CONNECTION_ERROR) &&
         failed_attempts < opt_max_connect_retries)
+    {
+      verbose_msg("Connect attempt %d/%d failed: %d: %s", failed_attempts,
+                  opt_max_connect_retries, mysql_errno(mysql),
+                  mysql_error(mysql));
       my_sleep(connection_retry_sleep);
+    }
     else
     {
       if (failed_attempts > 0)