diff --git a/coan.spec b/coan.spec
index e2b12fa..27b6bb4 100644
--- a/coan.spec
+++ b/coan.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 #some tests are broken in armv7hl - disable until upstream fixes the issue
 #upstream bug report: https://sourceforge.net/p/coan2/bugs/83/
 %check
-make check
+make check || for f in test_coan/*.py.log ; do cat ${f} ; done ; fail
 
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALL="install -p"