diff --git a/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh b/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
index 374dde95b3..676780b2c8 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
+++ b/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
@@ -262,18 +262,19 @@ run_meson() {
 
     export NM_TEST_CLIENT_CHECK_L10N=1
 
-    ninja -C build
+    ninja -C build -v
     ninja -C build install
 
-    if ! ninja -C build test ; then
+    if ! meson test -C build -v --print-errorlogs ; then
         echo ">>>> RUN SECOND TEST (start)"
-        NMTST_DEBUG="debug,TRACE,no-expect-message" ninja -C build test || :
+        NMTST_DEBUG="debug,TRACE,no-expect-message" \
+           meson test -C build -v --print-errorlogs || :
         echo ">>>> RUN SECOND TEST (done)"
         die "meson test failed"
     fi
 
     if _with_valgrind; then
-        if ! NMTST_USE_VALGRIND=1 ninja -C build test; then
+        if ! NMTST_USE_VALGRIND=1 meson test -C build -v --print-errorlogs ; then
             _print_test_logs "(valgrind test)"
             die "meson+valgrind test failed"
         fi