diff --git a/userspace/include/unit/args.h b/userspace/include/unit/args.h
index f2413fec8..e02cd60a4 100644
--- a/userspace/include/unit/args.h
+++ b/userspace/include/unit/args.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct unit_fw_args {
 	bool		 no_color;
 	int		 thread_count;
 	bool		 nvtest;
+	const char	*binary_name;
 
 	const char	*unit_name;
 	const char	*unit_load_path;
diff --git a/userspace/src/args.c b/userspace/src/args.c
index 79fec0767..79eb83340 100644
--- a/userspace/src/args.c
+++ b/userspace/src/args.c
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ int core_parse_args(struct unit_fw *fw, int argc, char **argv)
 	memset(args, 0, sizeof(*args));
 	set_arg_defaults(args);
 
+	args->binary_name = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
+	if (args->binary_name == NULL) {
+		/* no slash, so use the whole name */
+		args->binary_name = argv[0];
+	} else {
+		/* move past the slash */
+		args->binary_name++;
+	}
+
 	fw->args = args;
 
 	while (1) {
diff --git a/userspace/src/exec.c b/userspace/src/exec.c
index 9f8e38508..8c9233518 100644
--- a/userspace/src/exec.c
+++ b/userspace/src/exec.c
@@ -83,21 +83,9 @@ static void *core_exec_module(void *module_param)
 
 		core_msg(module->fw, "Running %s.%s\n", module->name,
 			t->name);
-		if (args(module->fw)->nvtest) {
-			/* special prints for NVTEST fw in GVS */
-			printf("[%s: %s.%s]\n",
-				"start",
-				module->name, t->name);
-		}
 
 		test_status = t->fn(module, g, t->args);
 
-		if (args(module->fw)->nvtest) {
-			/* special prints for NVTEST fw in GVS */
-			printf("[%s: %s.%s]\n",
-				test_status == UNIT_SUCCESS ? "pass" : "fail",
-				module->name, t->name);
-		}
 		if (test_status != UNIT_SUCCESS)
 			core_msg_color(module->fw, C_RED,
 				       "  Unit error! Test %s.%s FAILED!\n",
@@ -183,6 +171,10 @@ int core_exec(struct unit_fw *fw)
 	struct unit_module **modules;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	if (args(fw)->nvtest) {
+		/* special prints for NVTEST fw in GVS */
+		printf("[start: %s]\n", args(fw)->binary_name);
+	}
 	core_vbs(fw, 1, "Using %d threads\n", fw->args->thread_count);
 	sem_init(&unit_thread_semaphore, 0, fw->args->thread_count);
 
@@ -215,5 +207,12 @@ int core_exec(struct unit_fw *fw)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (args(fw)->nvtest) {
+		/* special prints for NVTEST fw in GVS */
+		printf("[%s: %s]\n",
+			fw->results->nr_tests == fw->results->nr_passing ?
+				"pass" : "fail",
+			args(fw)->binary_name);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }