diff --git a/deps/buildcore/base.mk b/deps/buildcore/base.mk
index 685b25cd..ecc7bef8 100644
--- a/deps/buildcore/base.mk
+++ b/deps/buildcore/base.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ SCRIPTS=${BUILDCORE_PATH}/scripts
 SETUP_BUILD=${PYTHON3} ${SCRIPTS}/setup-build.py
 PYBB=${PYTHON3} ${SCRIPTS}/pybb.py
 CMAKE_BUILD=${PYBB} cmake-build
+CTEST_ALL=${PYBB} ctest-verbose
 RM_RF=${PYBB} rm
 ifdef USE_VCPKG
 	ifndef VCPKG_DIR_BASE
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ purge:
 .PHONY: test
 test: build
 	${ENV_RUN} ${CMAKE_BUILD} build test
+.PHONY: test-verbose
+test-verbose: build
+	${ENV_RUN} ${CTEST_ALL} build
 
 .PHONY: devenv-image
 devenv-image:
diff --git a/deps/buildcore/scripts/pybb.py b/deps/buildcore/scripts/pybb.py
index 3308ff1f..fbad7490 100755
--- a/deps/buildcore/scripts/pybb.py
+++ b/deps/buildcore/scripts/pybb.py
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ def rm(path):
         shutil.rmtree(path)
 
 
+def ctest_verbose(base_path):
+    if not os.path.isdir(base_path):
+        # nothing to build
+        return 0
+    args = ['ctest', '--output-on-failure']
+    orig_dir = os.getcwd()
+    for d in os.listdir(base_path):
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(orig_dir, base_path, d))
+        err = subprocess.run(args).returncode
+        if err != 0:
+            return err
+
+
 def cmake_build(base_path, target):
     if not os.path.isdir(base_path):
         # nothing to build
@@ -60,6 +73,9 @@ def main():
     elif sys.argv[1] == 'rm':
         for i in range(2, len(sys.argv)):
             rm(sys.argv[i])
+    elif sys.argv[1] == 'ctest-verbose':
+        err = ctest_verbose(sys.argv[2])
+        sys.exit(err)
     elif sys.argv[1] == 'cmake-build':
         err = cmake_build(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else None)
         sys.exit(err)