diff --git a/poky/scripts/runqemu b/poky/scripts/runqemu
index b6fc212..983f751 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/poky/scripts/runqemu
@@ -1505,6 +1505,9 @@
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.qemu_opt, kernel_opts)
         cmds = shlex.split(cmd)
         logger.info('Running %s\n' % cmd)
+        with open('/proc/uptime', 'r') as f:
+            uptime_seconds = f.readline().split()[0]
+        logger.info('Host uptime: %s\n' % uptime_seconds)
         pass_fds = []
         if self.taplock_descriptor:
             pass_fds = [self.taplock_descriptor.fileno()]
@@ -1528,6 +1531,9 @@
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIG_IGN)
 
         logger.info("Cleaning up")
+        with open('/proc/uptime', 'r') as f:
+            uptime_seconds = f.readline().split()[0]
+        logger.info('Host uptime: %s\n' % uptime_seconds)
         if self.cleantap:
             cmd = ('sudo', self.qemuifdown, self.tap, self.bindir_native)
             logger.debug('Running %s' % str(cmd))