diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/uitest-failed-default.sh b/solenv/gbuild/uitest-failed-default.sh
index e8646324bbad..4189f306a9ab 100755
--- a/solenv/gbuild/uitest-failed-default.sh
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/uitest-failed-default.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ where
     Class - is the name in the "class Class" declaration
 
 Or to do interactive debugging, run two shells with:
-    make debugrun
+    SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk make debugrun
     make gb_UITest_DEBUGRUN=T UITest_$2
 
+The SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN part is unnecessary if you are running on a kde desktop.
+(The default gtk3 backend has issues with some uitests).
+
 Failing that, put a
     time.sleep(60)
 in the beginning of the method in the .py file,