diff --git a/scripts/yocto-check-layer b/scripts/yocto-check-layer
index 67cc71950f..8c8b4dbcad 100755
--- a/scripts/yocto-check-layer
+++ b/scripts/yocto-check-layer
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ logger = scriptutils.logger_create(PROGNAME, stream=sys.stdout)
 def test_layer(td, layer, test_software_layer_signatures):
     from checklayer.context import CheckLayerTestContext
     logger.info("Starting to analyze: %s" % layer['name'])
+    logger.info('Distro: %s' % td['bbvars']["DISTRO"])
     logger.info("----------------------------------------------------------------------")
 
     tc = CheckLayerTestContext(td=td, logger=logger, layer=layer, test_software_layer_signatures=test_software_layer_signatures)