diff --git a/src/python/m5/main.py b/src/python/m5/main.py
index a757aaf1a..293c4dbca 100644
--- a/src/python/m5/main.py
+++ b/src/python/m5/main.py
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ def main():
         print "M5 compiled %s" % cc_main.cvar.compileDate;
         print "M5 started %s" % datetime.now().ctime()
         print "M5 executing on %s" % socket.gethostname()
+        print "command line:",
+        for argv in sys.argv:
+            print argv,
+        print
 
     # check to make sure we can find the listed script
     if not arguments or not os.path.isfile(arguments[0]):