diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 35ec626113..89f618e678 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ stages:
   export CCACHE_DIR="$CCACHE_BASEDIR/ccache"
   export CCACHE_MAXSIZE="500M"
   export PATH="$CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR:$PATH"
+  export VIR_TEST_VERBOSE="1"
+  export VIR_TEST_DEBUG="1"
 
 # Common templates
 
diff --git a/ci/cirrus/build.yml b/ci/cirrus/build.yml
index 2d3c46a77c..f7ef5c2d13 100644
--- a/ci/cirrus/build.yml
+++ b/ci/cirrus/build.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ env:
   PKG_CONFIG_PATH: "@PKG_CONFIG_PATH@"
   PYTHON: "@PYTHON@"
   MAKE: "@MAKE@"
+  VIR_TEST_VERBOSE: "1"
+  VIR_TEST_DEBUG: "1"
 
 build_task:
   install_script: