diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java b/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
index ab0b7d6ddf1e7f8e70d61fa283723960c1832473..5581eb6df903ee04070dc04261a1c0a2b38b5d4f 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import hudson.model.Item;
 import hudson.model.UpdateCenter;
 import hudson.model.Saveable;
 import hudson.model.Run;
+import hudson.model.Result;
 import hudson.tasks.Mailer;
 import hudson.Launcher.LocalLauncher;
 import hudson.util.StreamTaskListener;
@@ -246,6 +247,15 @@ public abstract class HudsonTestCase extends TestCase {
     protected void pause() throws IOException {
         new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)).readLine();
     }
+    
+    public void assertBuildStatus(Result status, Run r) throws Exception {
+        if(status==r.getResult())
+            return;
+
+        // dump the build output
+        System.out.println(r.getLog());
+        assertEquals(status,r.getResult());
+    }
 
 //
 // recipe methods. Control the test environments.
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/hudson/scm/SubversionSCMTest.java b/test/src/test/java/hudson/scm/SubversionSCMTest.java
index 30ef203bbd3f89163c1cd929478dff7530c80bb3..a0b88b7097aa7dbe53fa7f626a5ae2bd04fbd97a 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/hudson/scm/SubversionSCMTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/hudson/scm/SubversionSCMTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class SubversionSCMTest extends HudsonTestCase {
         ));
         FreeStyleBuild b = p.scheduleBuild2(0).get();
         System.out.println(b.getLog());
-        assertEquals(Result.SUCCESS,b.getResult());
+        assertBuildStatus(Result.SUCCESS,b);
 
         SubversionTagAction action = b.getAction(SubversionTagAction.class);
         assertFalse(b.hasPermission(action.getPermission()));