diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-selftest b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-selftest
index 8c55f7ba15..81e4c3c05d 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-selftest
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-selftest
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ except RuntimeError as exc:
     sys.exit(str(exc))
 
 def usage():
-    print('usage: %s [testname1 [testname2]...]')
+    print('usage: %s [testname1 [testname2]...]' % os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
 
 if len(sys.argv) > 1:
     if '--help' in sys.argv[1:]: