diff --git a/openbsc/tests/vty_test_runner.py b/openbsc/tests/vty_test_runner.py
index 5bb27a8ad..8dc4f7091 100644
--- a/openbsc/tests/vty_test_runner.py
+++ b/openbsc/tests/vty_test_runner.py
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     add_nat_test(suite, workdir)
     add_gbproxy_test(suite, workdir)
     add_sgsn_test(suite, workdir)
-    res = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=verbose_level).run(suite)
+    res = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=verbose_level, stream=sys.stdout).run(suite)
     sys.exit(len(res.errors) + len(res.failures))
 
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