diff --git a/tests/ftpserver.pl b/tests/ftpserver.pl
index abc0f74c87..6124dd78ff 100644
--- a/tests/ftpserver.pl
+++ b/tests/ftpserver.pl
@@ -142,9 +142,11 @@ startsf();
 
 logmsg sprintf("FTP server started on port IPv%d/$port\n", $ipv6?6:4);
 open(PID, ">$pidfile");
-print PID $$;
+print PID $$."\n";
 close(PID);
 
+logmsg("logged pid $$ in $pidfile\n");
+
 sub sockfilt {
     my $l;
     foreach $l (@_) {