diff --git a/dev-python/xlutils/xlutils-1.7.1.ebuild b/dev-python/xlutils/xlutils-1.7.1.ebuild
index 319dba92d0862..f655804f89f3f 100644
--- a/dev-python/xlutils/xlutils-1.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/xlutils/xlutils-1.7.1.ebuild
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 DOCS="README.txt docs/*.txt"
 
 python_test() {
-	py.test xlutils/tests
+	py.test -v xlutils/tests || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
 }