diff --git a/cmd/zdb/zdb.c b/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
index 16c7025802f3..42b82c08249f 100644
--- a/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
+++ b/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
@@ -4266,6 +4266,10 @@ dump_uberblock(uberblock_t *ub, const char *header, const char *footer)
 	(void) printf("\ttimestamp = %llu UTC = %s",
 	    (u_longlong_t)ub->ub_timestamp, ctime(&timestamp));
 
+	char blkbuf[BP_SPRINTF_LEN];
+	snprintf_blkptr(blkbuf, sizeof (blkbuf), &ub->ub_rootbp);
+	(void) printf("\tbp = %s\n", blkbuf);
+
 	(void) printf("\tmmp_magic = %016llx\n",
 	    (u_longlong_t)ub->ub_mmp_magic);
 	if (MMP_VALID(ub)) {