diff --git a/ttcn3-tcpdump-start.sh b/ttcn3-tcpdump-start.sh
index 395941d41..747002be5 100755
--- a/ttcn3-tcpdump-start.sh
+++ b/ttcn3-tcpdump-start.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ PIDFILE=/tmp/tcpdump.pid
 TCPDUMP=/usr/sbin/tcpdump
 TESTCASE=$1
 
+echo "------ $TESTCASE ------"
+date
+
 if [ "z$TTCN3_PCAP_PATH" = "z" ]; then
 	TTCN3_PCAP_PATH=/tmp
 fi
diff --git a/ttcn3-tcpdump-stop.sh b/ttcn3-tcpdump-stop.sh
index 940484112..baabefe4a 100755
--- a/ttcn3-tcpdump-stop.sh
+++ b/ttcn3-tcpdump-stop.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ PIDFILE=/tmp/tcpdump.pid
 TESTCASE=$1
 VERDICT="$2"
 
+date
+
 if [ x"$VERDICT" = x"pass" ]; then
 	echo "\033[1;32m====== $TESTCASE $VERDICT ======\033[0m"
 else