diff --git a/awx/main/isolated/manager.py b/awx/main/isolated/manager.py
index 9a45db6f49..4f8f2ce6bb 100644
--- a/awx/main/isolated/manager.py
+++ b/awx/main/isolated/manager.py
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ class IsolatedManager(object):
         extravars = {
             'src': self.private_data_dir,
             'dest': settings.AWX_PROOT_BASE_PATH,
-            'ident': self.ident
+            'ident': self.ident,
+            'job_id': self.instance.id,
         }
         if playbook:
             extravars['playbook'] = playbook
@@ -205,7 +206,10 @@ class IsolatedManager(object):
         :param interval: an interval (in seconds) to wait between status polls
         """
         interval = interval if interval is not None else settings.AWX_ISOLATED_CHECK_INTERVAL
-        extravars = {'src': self.private_data_dir}
+        extravars = {
+            'src': self.private_data_dir,
+            'job_id': self.instance.id
+        }
         status = 'failed'
         rc = None
         last_check = time.time()
diff --git a/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml b/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml
index 18b3305846..472b772fbb 100644
--- a/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml
+++ b/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     - ansible.posix
 
   tasks:
+    - name: "Output job the playbook is running for"
+      debug:
+        msg: "Checking on job {{ job_id }}"
 
     - name: Determine if daemon process is alive.
       shell: "ansible-runner is-alive {{src}}"
diff --git a/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml b/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml
index 4e3b7b54ee..76ea42d17c 100644
--- a/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml
+++ b/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
     - ansible.posix
 
   tasks:
+    - name: "Output job the playbook is running for"
+      debug:
+        msg: "Checking on job {{ job_id }}"
+
     - name: synchronize job environment with isolated host
       synchronize:
         copy_links: true