diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index 61fd01479..6ad096d31 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ local Pipeline(branch, platform, event, arch='amd64', server='10.6-enterprise')
       },
     },
     commands: [
-      'docker exec -t --workdir /mariadb-columnstore-regression-test/mysql/queries/nightly/alltest regression$${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} timeout -k 1m -s SIGKILL --preserve-status $${REGRESSION_TIMEOUT} ./go.sh --sm_unit_test_dir=/storage-manager --tests=' + name,
+      'docker exec --env PRESERVE_LOGS=true -t --workdir /mariadb-columnstore-regression-test/mysql/queries/nightly/alltest regression$${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} timeout -k 1m -s SIGKILL --preserve-status $${REGRESSION_TIMEOUT} ./go.sh --sm_unit_test_dir=/storage-manager --tests=' + name,
       'docker exec -t --workdir /mariadb-columnstore-regression-test/mysql/queries/nightly/alltest regression$${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} cat go.log || echo "missing go.log"',
     ],
   },