diff --git a/mozilla/js/tests/mklistpage.pl b/mozilla/js/tests/mklistpage.pl
index 0b9595bfc3a..8b9e27a51d3 100644
--- a/mozilla/js/tests/mklistpage.pl
+++ b/mozilla/js/tests/mklistpage.pl
@@ -435,3 +435,9 @@ sub expand_test_list_entry {
 
 }
 
+sub status {
+
+    print STDERR ("-#- ", @_ , "\n");
+
+}
+