diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index f8f50313dad..c999e0c5a0f 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
+/* Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
    reserved.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -3281,6 +3281,9 @@ static int init_common_variables()
     return 1;
   set_server_version();
 
+  sql_print_information("%s (mysqld %s) starting as process %lu ...",
+                        my_progname, server_version, (ulong) getpid());
+
 #ifndef EMBEDDED_LIBRARY
   if (opt_help && !opt_verbose)
     unireg_abort(0);