diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 81101e8e5a..a3a831f58e 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1482,7 +1482,11 @@ do
   printf '#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n' > $i
   chmod +x $i
 done
-make check
+if ! make check VIR_TEST_DEBUG=1
+then
+  cat test-suite.log || true
+  exit 1
+fi
 
 %if %{with_libvirtd}
 %pre daemon