diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index efbbb8426d..643b8723a4 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -170,9 +170,11 @@ pipeline:
       - test_url
       - test_username
       - vch_timeout
+      - drone_machine
     volumes:
       - /tmp
     commands:
+      - echo ${DRONE_MACHINE}
       - tests/robot-run.sh
     when:
       repo: vmware/vic-product
diff --git a/tests/robot-run.sh b/tests/robot-run.sh
index 1767982af7..ab0e69fd0d 100755
--- a/tests/robot-run.sh
+++ b/tests/robot-run.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ set -x
 gsutil version -l
 set +x
 
+echo ${DRONE_MACHINE}
+
 dpkg -l > package.list
 
 # check parameters
@@ -50,4 +52,4 @@ else
     # re-run only failed tests and merge results
     pabot --verbose --processes 3 -d robot-logs --rerunfailed robot-logs/original.xml --output rerun.xml $run_options tests/test-cases
     rebot -d robot-logs --merge robot-logs/original.xml robot-logs/rerun.xml
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi