diff --git a/scripts/runqemu-ifup b/scripts/runqemu-ifup
index 5f6a437cd7..b5a3db964b 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu-ifup
+++ b/scripts/runqemu-ifup
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ NATIVE_SYSROOT_DIR=$3
 
 TUNCTL=$NATIVE_SYSROOT_DIR/usr/bin/tunctl
 if [ ! -x "$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