diff --git a/tests/java/check-kinit.in b/tests/java/check-kinit.in
index 2fa3ac911..20094c405 100644
--- a/tests/java/check-kinit.in
+++ b/tests/java/check-kinit.in
@@ -80,13 +80,12 @@ fi
 
 trap "kill ${kdcpid}; echo signal killing kdc; exit 1;" EXIT
 
-
-echo "Run"
+echo "Run init"
 java \
   -Dsun.security.krb5.debug=true \
   -Djava.security.krb5.conf="${objdir}"/krb5.conf \
   -Djava.security.auth.login.config="${srcdir}/jaas.conf" \
-  KerberosInit || exit 1
+  KerberosInit > output.tmp 2>&1 || { cat output.tmp ; exit 1; }
 
 echo "Done"