diff --git a/scripts/runqemu-ifdown b/scripts/runqemu-ifdown
index 710d2975c5..8b8c5a4a7a 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu-ifdown
+++ b/scripts/runqemu-ifdown
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ NATIVE_SYSROOT_DIR=$2
 
 TUNCTL=$NATIVE_SYSROOT_DIR/usr/bin/tunctl
 if [ ! -e "$TUNCTL" ]; then
-	echo "Error: Unable to find tunctl binary in '$NATIVE_SYSROOT_DIR/usr/bin'"
+	echo "Error: Unable to find tunctl binary in '$NATIVE_SYSROOT_DIR/usr/bin', please bitbake qemu-helper-native"
 	exit 1
 fi