diff --git a/dev-python/pyxattr/pyxattr-0.6.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pyxattr/pyxattr-0.6.0-r1.ebuild
index eab5d45fc294e..426732b4ae688 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyxattr/pyxattr-0.6.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyxattr/pyxattr-0.6.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ src_test() {
 }
 
 python_test() {
-	nosetests || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
+	nosetests -v || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
 }
 
 python_install_all() {