diff --git a/test/jenkins_tests/run_multi_node_tests.sh b/test/jenkins_tests/run_multi_node_tests.sh
index 1d352be98..7042fb80c 100755
--- a/test/jenkins_tests/run_multi_node_tests.sh
+++ b/test/jenkins_tests/run_multi_node_tests.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Cause the script to exit if a single command fails.
 set -e
 
+# show explicitly which commands are currently running
+set -x
+
 ROOT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}")"; pwd)
 
 DOCKER_SHA=$($ROOT_DIR/../../build-docker.sh --output-sha --no-cache --skip-examples)