diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
index c1f533802e..7b2f6ec124 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def runCmd(command, ignore_status=False, timeout=None, assert_error=True, sync=T
                 exc_output = "\n... (last %d lines of output)\n" % limit_exc_output + \
                              '\n'.join(split[-limit_exc_output:])
         if assert_error:
-            raise AssertionError("Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d:\n%s" % (command, result.status, exc_output))
+            raise AssertionError("Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d:\nstderr: %s\nstdout:\n%s" % (command, result.status, result.error, exc_output))
         else:
             raise CommandError(result.status, command, exc_output)