diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/AbstractDebugTest.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/AbstractDebugTest.java
index ae3ae33ffe..9e60b1c4f3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/AbstractDebugTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/AbstractDebugTest.java
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public AbstractDebugTest(String name) {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		TestUtil.log(IStatus.INFO, getName(), "setUp");
+		TestUtil.logInfo("SETUP " + getClass().getSimpleName() + "." + getName());
 		super.setUp();
 		setPreferences();
 		IProject pro = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().getRoot().getProject(ONE_FOUR_PROJECT_NAME);
@@ -2790,7 +2790,7 @@ public void runBare() throws Throwable {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
-		TestUtil.log(IStatus.INFO, getName(), "tearDown");
+		TestUtil.logInfo("TDOWN " + getClass().getSimpleName() + "." + getName());
 		shutdownDebugTargets();
 		TestUtil.cleanUp(getName());
 		super.tearDown();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/TestUtil.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/TestUtil.java
index 5b8c3a1516..c25fcc475f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/TestUtil.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/TestUtil.java
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.lang.management.ThreadInfo;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -65,6 +67,10 @@ public static void cleanUp(String owner) {
 		Assert.assertEquals("expected no launches after test", Collections.EMPTY_LIST, launches);
 	}
 
+	public static void logInfo(String message) {
+		System.out.println(new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss.SSS").format(new Date()) + " " + message);
+	}
+
 	public static void log(int severity, String owner, String message, Throwable... optionalError) {
 		message = "[" + owner + "] " + message;
 		Throwable error = null;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/ui/OpenFromClipboardTests.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/ui/OpenFromClipboardTests.java
index f3fd267d86..7275f18145 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/ui/OpenFromClipboardTests.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.tests/tests/org/eclipse/jdt/debug/tests/ui/OpenFromClipboardTests.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.ICompilationUnit;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaProject;
@@ -120,13 +119,13 @@ private static IJavaProject createProject(String name) throws CoreException {
 
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
-		TestUtil.log(IStatus.INFO, name.getMethodName(), "setUp");
+		TestUtil.logInfo("SETUP " + getClass().getSimpleName() + "." + name.getMethodName());
 		fSourceFolder = JavaProjectHelper.addSourceContainer(fJProject, "src");
 	}
 
 	@After
 	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
-		TestUtil.log(IStatus.INFO, name.getMethodName(), "tearDown");
+		TestUtil.logInfo("TDOWN " + getClass().getSimpleName() + "." + name.getMethodName());
 		JavaProjectHelper.removeSourceContainer(fJProject, "src");
 	}