diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
index c555915eac..137bd8199c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ namespace OpenSim
         /// <param name="configSource"></param>
         public OpenSimBase(IConfigSource configSource) : base()
         {
+            // FIXME: This should be done down in ServerBase but we need to sort out and refactor the log4net
+            // XmlConfigurator calls first accross servers.
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[SERVER BASE]: Starting in {0}", m_startupDirectory);
+
             LoadConfigSettings(configSource);
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServicesServerBase.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServicesServerBase.cs
index ecd69b0572..5aff72ac48 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServicesServerBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServicesServerBase.cs
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Base
                 XmlConfigurator.Configure();
             }
 
+            // FIXME: This should be done down in ServerBase but we need to sort out and refactor the log4net
+            // XmlConfigurator calls first accross servers.
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[SERVER BASE]: Starting in {0}", m_startupDirectory);
+
             RegisterCommonAppenders(startupConfig);
 
             if (startupConfig.GetString("PIDFile", String.Empty) != String.Empty)