diff --git a/dev-python/pypy/pypy-6.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pypy/pypy-6.0.0.ebuild
index 286b7be69e1d1..63c1511a472f4 100644
--- a/dev-python/pypy/pypy-6.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pypy/pypy-6.0.0.ebuild
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ src_compile() {
 
 src_test() {
 	# (unset)
-	local -x PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
+	local -x PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=
 
-	./pypy-c ./pypy/test_all.py --pypy=./pypy-c lib-python || die
+	./pypy-c ./pypy/test_all.py --pypy=./pypy-c -vv lib-python || die
 }
 
 src_install() {
diff --git a/dev-python/pypy/pypy-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/pypy/pypy-9999.ebuild
index c0bc0a26454bd..d3d73e720f227 100644
--- a/dev-python/pypy/pypy-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pypy/pypy-9999.ebuild
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ src_compile() {
 
 src_test() {
 	# (unset)
-	local -x PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
+	local -x PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=
 
-	./pypy-c ./pypy/test_all.py --pypy=./pypy-c lib-python || die
+	./pypy-c ./pypy/test_all.py --pypy=./pypy-c -vv lib-python || die
 }
 
 src_install() {