diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh
index 470dfe21d2..26f98e924b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ k8s_create_pod() {
 		# TODO: run this command for debugging. Maybe it should be
 		#       guarded by DEBUG=true?
 		kubectl get pods "$pod_name"
+		kubectl describe pod "$pod_name"
 		return 1
 	fi
 }