diff --git a/test/TEST-69-SHUTDOWN/test.sh b/test/TEST-69-SHUTDOWN/test.sh
index dd7b8998b5b..39adedaea11 100755
--- a/test/TEST-69-SHUTDOWN/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-69-SHUTDOWN/test.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ _ORIG_NSPAWN="${SYSTEMD_NSPAWN:?}"
 SYSTEMD_NSPAWN="${STATEDIR:?}/run-nspawn"
 
 setup_nspawn_root_hook() {
-    cat > "${STATEDIR:?}"/run-nspawn <<-EOF
-	#!/bin/bash
-	exec "${TEST_BASE_DIR:?}"/test-shutdown.py -- "$_ORIG_NSPAWN" "\$@"
-	exit 1
-	EOF
+    cat >"${STATEDIR:?}/run-nspawn" <<EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+exec "${TEST_BASE_DIR:?}/test-shutdown.py" -v -- "$_ORIG_NSPAWN" "\$@"
+exit 1
+EOF
     chmod 755 "${STATEDIR:?}"/run-nspawn
 }