diff --git a/src/sys/error/signal.c b/src/sys/error/signal.c
index 23a7cb8ca5e..337ca3e4946 100644
--- a/src/sys/error/signal.c
+++ b/src/sys/error/signal.c
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ static void PetscSignalHandler_Private(int sig)
 @*/
 PetscErrorCode  PetscSignalHandlerDefault(int sig,void *ptr)
 {
-  PetscErrorCode ierr;
+  PetscErrorCode ierr = 0;
   const char     *SIGNAME[64];
+  char           hostname[256];
 
   PetscFunctionBegin;
   if (sig == SIGSEGV) PetscSignalSegvCheckPointerOrMpi();
@@ -156,7 +157,9 @@ PetscErrorCode  PetscSignalHandlerDefault(int sig,void *ptr)
     (*PetscErrorPrintf)("configure using --with-debugging=yes, recompile, link, and run \n");
     (*PetscErrorPrintf)("to get more information on the crash.\n");
   }
-  ierr =  PetscError(PETSC_COMM_SELF,0,"User provided function"," unknown file",PETSC_ERR_SIG,PETSC_ERROR_INITIAL,NULL);
+  PetscError(PETSC_COMM_SELF,0,"User provided function"," unknown file",PETSC_ERR_SIG,PETSC_ERROR_INITIAL,NULL);
+  PetscGetHostName(hostname,sizeof(hostname));
+  (*PetscErrorPrintf)("Host or node name where the crash occurred %s.\n",hostname);
 #if !defined(PETSC_MISSING_SIGBUS)
   if (sig == SIGSEGV || sig == SIGBUS) {
 #else