diff --git a/tests/compat.sh b/tests/compat.sh
index 672bdab78..34e38f10f 100755
--- a/tests/compat.sh
+++ b/tests/compat.sh
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ run_client() {
             cp $CLI_OUT c-cli-${TESTS}.log
             echo "  ! outputs saved to c-srv-${TESTS}.log, c-cli-${TESTS}.log"
 
-            if [ "X${USER:-}" = Xbuildbot -o "X${LOGNAME:-}" = Xbuildbot ]; then
+            if [ "X${USER:-}" = Xbuildbot -o "X${LOGNAME:-}" = Xbuildbot -o "${LOG_FAILURE_ON_STDOUT:-0}" != 0 ]; then
                 echo "  ! server output:"
                 cat c-srv-${TESTS}.log
                 echo "  ! ==================================================="
diff --git a/tests/ssl-opt.sh b/tests/ssl-opt.sh
index 2d6b71af0..9fde54a6b 100755
--- a/tests/ssl-opt.sh
+++ b/tests/ssl-opt.sh
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ fail() {
     fi
     echo "  ! outputs saved to o-XXX-${TESTS}.log"
 
-    if [ "X${USER:-}" = Xbuildbot -o "X${LOGNAME:-}" = Xbuildbot ]; then
+    if [ "X${USER:-}" = Xbuildbot -o "X${LOGNAME:-}" = Xbuildbot -o "${LOG_FAILURE_ON_STDOUT:-0}" != 0 ]; then
         echo "  ! server output:"
         cat o-srv-${TESTS}.log
         echo "  ! ========================================================"