diff --git a/test/plugin.jelly b/test/plugin.jelly
index c10fde90..bc1fbcd3 100644
--- a/test/plugin.jelly
+++ b/test/plugin.jelly
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 
   <goal name="test:test"
         description="Test the application">
-      
+
     <j:if test="${unitTestSourcesPresent == 'true' and context.getVariable('maven.test.skip') != 'true'}">
 
       <attainGoal name="test:compile"/>
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
              fork="${maven.junit.fork}"
              forkmode="${maven.junit.forkmode}">
 
+        <setProperty name="showoutput" value="${maven.debugOn}" />
         <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.junit.jvm') != null}">
           <setProperty name="jvm" value="${maven.junit.jvm}" />
         </j:if>
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@
                  dir="${maven.junit.dir}"
                  forkmode="${maven.junit.forkmode}">
 
+            <setProperty name="showoutput" value="${maven.debugOn}" />
             <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.junit.jvm') != null}">
               <setProperty name="jvm" value="${maven.junit.jvm}" />
             </j:if>
@@ -403,6 +405,7 @@
                  dir="${maven.junit.dir}"
                  forkmode="${maven.junit.forkmode}">
 
+            <setProperty name="showoutput" value="${maven.debugOn}" />
             <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.junit.jvm') != null}">
               <setProperty name="jvm" value="${maven.junit.jvm}" />
             </j:if>
diff --git a/test/xdocs/changes.xml b/test/xdocs/changes.xml
index e15ff6b8..7302c3af 100644
--- a/test/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/test/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.8-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPTEST-43">Set junit's <code>showoutput</code> attribute if Maven is executed in debug (-X) mode.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPTEST-47" due-to="Henning Schmiedehausen">Allow to add additional elements to the test classpath, new property <code>maven.test.classpath</code>.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPTEST-36">Display a warning if some tests do not pass (and <code>maven.test.failure.ignore=true</code>).</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPTEST-10">Add timeouts to the test plugin, new property <code>maven.junit.timeout</code>.</action>