diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
index c2ac26217b9..44d08d65759 100644
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ export MASTER_MYPORT MASTER_MYPORT1 SLAVE_MYPORT MYSQL_TCP_PORT MASTER_MYSOCK MA
 NDBCLUSTER_BASE_PORT=`expr $NDBCLUSTER_PORT + 2`
 NDBCLUSTER_OPTS="--port=$NDBCLUSTER_PORT --port-base=$NDBCLUSTER_BASE_PORT --data-dir=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var --ndb_mgm-extra-opts=$NDB_MGM_EXTRA_OPTS --ndb_mgmd-extra-opts=$NDB_MGMD_EXTRA_OPTS --ndbd-extra-opts=$NDBD_EXTRA_OPTS"
 NDB_BACKUP_DIR=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/ndbcluster-$NDBCLUSTER_PORT
+NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/ndb_tools.log
 
 if [ x$SOURCE_DIST = x1 ] ; then
  MY_BASEDIR=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR
@@ -637,6 +638,7 @@ export CLIENT_BINDIR MYSQL_CLIENT_TEST CHARSETSDIR
 export NDB_TOOLS_DIR
 export NDB_MGM
 export NDB_BACKUP_DIR
+export NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT
 
 MYSQL_TEST_ARGS="--no-defaults --socket=$MASTER_MYSOCK --database=$DB \
  --user=$DBUSER --password=$DBPASSWD --silent -v --skip-safemalloc \
@@ -978,6 +980,7 @@ start_ndbcluster()
 {
   if [ ! -z "$USE_NDBCLUSTER" ]
   then
+  rm -f $NDBAPI_OUTPUT
   if [ -z "$USE_RUNNING_NDBCLUSTER" ]
   then
     echo "Starting ndbcluster"
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ndb_autodiscover.test b/mysql-test/t/ndb_autodiscover.test
index 6551732adba..037115f5e82 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/ndb_autodiscover.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ndb_autodiscover.test
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ insert into t4 values (1, "Automatic");
 select * from t4;
 
 # Remove the table from NDB
-system exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_drop_table --no-defaults -d test t4 > /dev/null ; 
+system exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_drop_table --no-defaults -d test t4 >> $NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT ; 
 
 #
 # Test that correct error is returned
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ select * from t4;
 flush tables;
 
 # Remove the table from NDB
-system exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_drop_table --no-defaults -d test t4 > /dev/null ; 
+system exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_drop_table --no-defaults -d test t4 >> $NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT ;
 
 SHOW TABLES;
 
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ insert into t8 values (8, "myisam table 8");
 insert into t9 values (9);
 
 # Remove t3, t5 from NDB
-system exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_drop_table --no-defaults -d test t3 > /dev/null  ;
-system exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_drop_table --no-defaults -d test t5 > /dev/null  ;
+system exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_drop_table --no-defaults -d test t3 >> $NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT ;
+system exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_drop_table --no-defaults -d test t5 >> $NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT ;
 # Remove t6, t7 from disk
 system rm var/master-data/test/t6.frm > /dev/null ; 
 system rm var/master-data/test/t7.frm > /dev/null ; 
@@ -479,4 +479,4 @@ create table t10 (
 
 insert into t10 values (1, 'kalle');
 
---exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_drop_table --no-defaults -d test `$NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_show_tables --no-defaults | grep BLOB` > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+--exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_drop_table --no-defaults -d test `$NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_show_tables --no-defaults | grep BLOB` >> $NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT 2>&1 || true
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ndb_restore.test b/mysql-test/t/ndb_restore.test
index 09939ec119d..d413453fb0e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/ndb_restore.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ndb_restore.test
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ create table t8_c engine=ndbcluster as select * from t8;
 create table t9_c engine=ndbcluster as select * from t9;
 
 
---exec $NDB_MGM --no-defaults -e "start backup" > /dev/null
+--exec $NDB_MGM --no-defaults -e "start backup" >> $NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT
 drop table t1_c,t2_c,t3_c,t4_c,t5_c,t6_c,t7_c,t8_c,t9_c;
---exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_restore --no-defaults -b 1 -n 1 -m -r --print --print_meta $NDB_BACKUP_DIR/BACKUP/BACKUP-1 > /tmp/ndb_restore.out
---exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_restore --no-defaults -b 1 -n 2 -r --print --print_meta $NDB_BACKUP_DIR/BACKUP/BACKUP-1 > /tmp/ndb_restore.out
+--exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_restore --no-defaults -b 1 -n 1 -m -r --print --print_meta $NDB_BACKUP_DIR/BACKUP/BACKUP-1 >> $NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT
+--exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_restore --no-defaults -b 1 -n 2 -r --print --print_meta $NDB_BACKUP_DIR/BACKUP/BACKUP-1 >> $NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT
 
 show tables;