diff --git a/awx/main/tests/base.py b/awx/main/tests/base.py
index ec7bccf909..b3a0268c7d 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/base.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/base.py
@@ -704,7 +704,8 @@ class BaseLiveServerTest(BaseTestMixin, django.test.LiveServerTestCase):
 
 @override_settings(CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER=True,
                    CELERY_EAGER_PROPAGATES_EXCEPTIONS=True,
-                   ANSIBLE_TRANSPORT='local')
+                   ANSIBLE_TRANSPORT='local',
+                   DEBUG=True)
 class BaseJobExecutionTest(QueueStartStopTestMixin, BaseLiveServerTest):
     '''
     Base class for celery task tests.