diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
index 6294b85cfd..1e38d04bcf 100755
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ def setup_bitbake(configParams, extrafeatures=None):
         retries = 8
         while retries:
             try:
-                topdir, lock = lockBitbake()
+                topdir, lock, lockfile = lockBitbake()
                 sockname = topdir + "/bitbake.sock"
                 if lock:
                     if configParams.status_only or configParams.kill_server:
@@ -439,12 +439,15 @@ def setup_bitbake(configParams, extrafeatures=None):
                     logger.info("Reconnecting to bitbake server...")
                     if not os.path.exists(sockname):
                         logger.info("Previous bitbake instance shutting down?, waiting to retry... (%s)" % timestamp())
+                        procs = bb.server.process.get_lockfile_process_msg(lockfile)
+                        if procs:
+                            logger.info("Processes holding bitbake.lock:\n%s" % procs)
                         i = 0
                         lock = None
                         # Wait for 5s or until we can get the lock
                         while not lock and i < 50:
                             time.sleep(0.1)
-                            _, lock = lockBitbake()
+                            _, lock, _ = lockBitbake()
                             i += 1
                         if lock:
                             bb.utils.unlockfile(lock)
@@ -494,5 +497,5 @@ def lockBitbake():
         bb.error("Unable to find conf/bblayers.conf or conf/bitbake.conf. BBPATH is unset and/or not in a build directory?")
         raise BBMainFatal
     lockfile = topdir + "/bitbake.lock"
-    return topdir, bb.utils.lockfile(lockfile, False, False)
+    return topdir, bb.utils.lockfile(lockfile, False, False), lockfile
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
index afd77ac0a5..f4ab80ba67 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
@@ -41,6 +41,35 @@ def serverlog(msg):
     print(str(os.getpid()) + " " +  datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S.%f') + " " + msg)
     sys.stdout.flush()
 
+#
+# When we have lockfile issues, try and find infomation about which process is
+# using the lockfile
+#
+def get_lockfile_process_msg(lockfile):
+    # Some systems may not have lsof available
+    procs = None
+    try:
+        procs = subprocess.check_output(["lsof", '-w', lockfile], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        # File was deleted?
+        pass
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+            raise
+    if procs is None:
+        # Fall back to fuser if lsof is unavailable
+        try:
+            procs = subprocess.check_output(["fuser", '-v', lockfile], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            # File was deleted?
+            pass
+        except OSError as e:
+            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+                raise
+    if procs:
+        return procs.decode("utf-8")
+    return None
+
 class ProcessServer():
     profile_filename = "profile.log"
     profile_processed_filename = "profile.log.processed"
@@ -306,30 +335,10 @@ class ProcessServer():
                 return
 
             if not lock:
-                # Some systems may not have lsof available
-                procs = None
-                try:
-                    procs = subprocess.check_output(["lsof", '-w', lockfile], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-                except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-                    # File was deleted?
-                    continue
-                except OSError as e:
-                    if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
-                        raise
-                if procs is None:
-                    # Fall back to fuser if lsof is unavailable
-                    try:
-                        procs = subprocess.check_output(["fuser", '-v', lockfile], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-                    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-                        # File was deleted?
-                        continue
-                    except OSError as e:
-                        if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
-                            raise
-
+                procs = get_lockfile_process_msg(lockfile)
                 msg = ["Delaying shutdown due to active processes which appear to be holding bitbake.lock"]
                 if procs:
-                    msg.append(":\n%s" % str(procs.decode("utf-8")))
+                    msg.append(":\n%s" % procs)
                 serverlog("".join(msg))
 
     def idle_commands(self, delay, fds=None):