diff --git a/tracing.go b/tracing.go
index 6b7c5cf..0467310 100644
--- a/tracing.go
+++ b/tracing.go
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ type Status struct {
 	FingerprintExpected string           `json:"fingerprintExpected,omitempty"`
 	FingerprintComputed string           `json:"fingerprintComputed,omitempty"`
 	Pods                []NamespacedName `json:"pods,omitempty"`
+	NodeName            string           `json:"nodeName,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func MakeStatus(nodeName string) Status {
+	return Status{
+		NodeName: nodeName,
+	}
 }
 
 func (st *Status) Start(numPods int) {
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ func (st *Status) Check(expected string) {
 func (st Status) Repr() string {
 	var sb strings.Builder
 
+	sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("> processing node %q\n", st.NodeName))
 	sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("> processing %d pods\n", len(st.Pods)))
 	for _, pod := range st.Pods {
 		sb.WriteString("+ " + pod.Namespace + "/" + pod.Name + "\n")
@@ -110,6 +118,7 @@ func (st Status) Clone() Status {
 		FingerprintExpected: st.FingerprintExpected,
 		FingerprintComputed: st.FingerprintComputed,
 		Pods:                pods,
+		NodeName:            st.NodeName,
 	}
 	return ret
 }
diff --git a/tracing_test.go b/tracing_test.go
index aec9285..d4ccc72 100644
--- a/tracing_test.go
+++ b/tracing_test.go
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ func TestTraceStatusJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-var expectedStatusRepr = `> processing 5 pods
+var expectedStatusRepr = `> processing node "test-node"
+> processing 5 pods
 + ns1/n1
 + ns1/n2
 + ns2/n1
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ func TestTraceStatusRepr(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	st := Status{}
+	st := MakeStatus("test-node")
 	fp := NewTracingFingerprint(len(pods), &st)
 	for _, pod := range pods {
 		fp.Add(pod.Namespace, pod.Name)