3 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/config.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/config.go
index c17b840d3..248a2f0ad 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/config.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/config.go
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ func (ms *machineSession) outputToString() string {
 	return strings.Join(fields, " ")
 }
 
+// errorToString returns the error output from a session in string form
+func (ms *machineSession) errorToString() string {
+	if ms == nil || ms.Err == nil || ms.Err.Contents() == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return string(ms.Err.Contents())
+}
+
 // newMB constructor for machine test builders
 func newMB() (*machineTestBuilder, error) {
 	mb := machineTestBuilder{
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/ssh_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/ssh_test.go
index 155d39a64..9ee31ac26 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/ssh_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/ssh_test.go
@@ -56,5 +56,12 @@ var _ = Describe("podman machine ssh", func() {
 		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 		Expect(sshSession).To(Exit(0))
 		Expect(sshSession.outputToString()).To(ContainSubstring("Fedora CoreOS"))
+
+		// keep exit code
+		sshSession, err = mb.setName(name).setCmd(ssh.withSSHComand([]string{"false"})).run()
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		Expect(sshSession).To(Exit(1))
+		Expect(sshSession.outputToString()).To(Equal(""))
+		Expect(sshSession.errorToString()).To(Equal(""))
 	})
 })
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
index f9119af94..b9f23662e 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
@@ -952,7 +952,8 @@ func (v *MachineVM) SSH(_ string, opts machine.SSHOptions) error {
 	sshDestination := username + "@localhost"
 	port := strconv.Itoa(v.Port)
 
-	args := []string{"-i", v.IdentityPath, "-p", port, sshDestination, "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no"}
+	args := []string{"-i", v.IdentityPath, "-p", port, sshDestination, "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null",
+		"-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no", "-o", "LogLevel=ERROR"}
 	if len(opts.Args) > 0 {
 		args = append(args, opts.Args...)
 	} else {