diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
index 7dc953d..41dd3b9 100755
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
@@ -475,10 +475,11 @@
                 if not retries:
                     raise
                 retries -= 1
+                tryno = 8 - retries
                 if isinstance(e, (bb.server.process.ProcessTimeout, BrokenPipeError)):
-                    logger.info("Retrying server connection...")
+                    logger.info("Retrying server connection (#%d)..." % tryno)
                 else:
-                    logger.info("Retrying server connection... (%s)" % traceback.format_exc())
+                    logger.info("Retrying server connection (#%d)... (%s)" % (tryno, traceback.format_exc()))
             if not retries:
                 bb.fatal("Unable to connect to bitbake server, or start one")
             if retries < 5: