diff --git a/testcurl.sh b/testcurl.sh
index 6ec132f176dcdc075d0aac7844918af9468220c8..3917d5dac5957cd70cc9b417abef3242f356c37c 100755
--- a/testcurl.sh
+++ b/testcurl.sh
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ echo "testcurl: update from CVS"
 # update quietly to the latest CVS
 cvs -Q up -dP 2>&1
 
+cvsstat=$?
+echo "testcurl: cvs returned: $cvsstat"
+
 # figure out the current collected CVS status
 newstat="../allcvs.log"
 oldstat="../oldcvs.log"