diff --git a/scripts/test_lib.sh b/scripts/test_lib.sh
index e2464cd5e1d..9ed74a40196 100644
--- a/scripts/test_lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_lib.sh
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ function go_test {
 
   if [ "${VERBOSE:-}" == "1" ]; then
     goTestFlags="-v "
+    goTestFlags+="-json "
   fi
 
   # Expanding patterns (like ./...) into list of packages