diff --git a/appliance/init b/appliance/init
index 30d4f60e4..cfeb3a974 100755
--- a/appliance/init
+++ b/appliance/init
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ for f in /sys/block/vd*/queue/rotational; do echo 1 > $f; done
 
 # These are useful when debugging.
 if grep -sq guestfs_verbose=1 /proc/cmdline; then
+    uname -a
     ls -lR /dev
     cat /proc/mounts
     lvm pvs