diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cfd11105b9..5665123a99 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ cross-version-config-tests:
     - *setup_interfaces
   script:
     - *find_pytest
+    - *find_python
+    - ( if [ "${CI_DISPOSABLE_ENVIRONMENT}" = "true" ]; then sleep 3000; "$PYTHON" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/util/get-running-system-tests.py"; fi ) &
     - cd bin/tests/system
     - >
       "$PYTEST" --junit-xml="$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/junit.xml -n "$TEST_PARALLEL_JOBS" | tee pytest.out.txt
diff --git a/util/get-running-system-tests.py b/util/get-running-system-tests.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1653e0a66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/get-running-system-tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+import psutil
+
+for pid in psutil.pids():
+    try:
+        environ = psutil.Process(pid).environ()
+        if "PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST" in environ:
+            name = psutil.Process(pid).name()
+            print(
+                f'pytest process {name}/{pid} running: {environ["PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST"]}'
+            )
+    except (psutil.AccessDenied, psutil.NoSuchProcess):
+        pass