diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/build.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/build.yml
index c555f5d36e..7ef6af8d33 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/build.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/build.yml
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ build_task:
     - $MAKE -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
     - for TARGET in $TEST_TARGETS ;
       do
-        $MAKE -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu) $TARGET V=1 ;
+        $MAKE -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu) $TARGET V=1
+        || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
       done
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/centos-stream-8-x86_64.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/centos-stream-8-x86_64.yml
index 49aa703f55..068b0c4335 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/centos-stream-8-x86_64.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/centos-stream-8-x86_64.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ centos-stream-8-x86_64:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../scripts/ci/org.centos/stream/8/x86_64/configure
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make -j"$JOBS"
  - make NINJA=":" check
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
  - ../scripts/ci/org.centos/stream/8/x86_64/test-avocado
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-aarch32.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-aarch32.yml
index 1998460d06..cbfa9cc164 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-aarch32.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-aarch32.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ ubuntu-20.04-aarch32-all:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --cross-prefix=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-aarch64.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-aarch64.yml
index 65718a188a..3d878914e7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-aarch64.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-aarch64.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-all-linux-static:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --enable-debug --static --disable-system --disable-glusterfs --disable-libssh
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check-tcg V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-all:
  needs: []
@@ -38,8 +41,10 @@ ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-all:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --disable-libssh
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-alldbg:
  needs: []
@@ -54,9 +59,11 @@ ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-alldbg:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --enable-debug --disable-libssh
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make clean
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-clang:
  needs: []
@@ -75,8 +82,10 @@ ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-clang:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --disable-libssh --cc=clang-10 --cxx=clang++-10 --enable-sanitizers
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-tci:
  needs: []
@@ -95,6 +104,7 @@ ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-tci:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --disable-libssh --enable-tcg-interpreter
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
 
 ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-notcg:
@@ -114,5 +124,7 @@ ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-notcg:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --disable-libssh --disable-tcg
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-s390x.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-s390x.yml
index 03e74c97db..0c835939db 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-s390x.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-s390x.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-all-linux-static:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --enable-debug --static --disable-system --disable-glusterfs --disable-libssh
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check-tcg V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-all:
  needs: []
@@ -35,8 +38,10 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-all:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --disable-libssh
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-alldbg:
  needs: []
@@ -55,9 +60,11 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-alldbg:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --enable-debug --disable-libssh
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make clean
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-clang:
  needs: []
@@ -76,8 +83,10 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-clang:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --disable-libssh --cc=clang --cxx=clang++ --enable-sanitizers
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-tci:
  needs: []
@@ -96,6 +105,7 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-tci:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --disable-libssh --enable-tcg-interpreter
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-notcg:
@@ -115,5 +125,7 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-notcg:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
  - ../configure --disable-libssh --disable-tcg
+   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check V=1
+   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
