diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index eaa944fb..0b33660b 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-.PHONY: all check clean
+.PHONY: all check clean $(wildcard TEST-??-*)
 
-check:
+$(wildcard TEST-??-*):
 	@[ "$$EUID" == "0" ] || { echo "'check' must be run as root! Please use 'sudo'."; exit 1; }
-	@{ ret=0; \
-	for i in TEST-[0-9]*; do \
-		[ -d $$i ] || continue ; \
-		[ -f $$i/Makefile ] || continue ; \
-		if [ -n "$$TESTS" ]; then t=$${i##TEST-}; t=$${t%%-*}; [ "$${TESTS#*$$t*}" != "$$TESTS" ] || continue; fi; \
-		if [ -n "$$SKIP" ]; then t=$${i##TEST-}; t=$${t%%-*}; [ "$${SKIP#*$$t*}" != "$$SKIP" ] && continue; fi; \
-		$(MAKE) -C $$i all ; ret=$$((ret + $$?)); \
-	done; exit $$ret; }
+	@{ \
+		[ -d $@ ] || exit 0; \
+		[ -f $@/Makefile ] || exit 0; \
+		if [ -n "$$TESTS" ]; then t=$${$@##TEST-}; t=$${t%%-*}; [ "$${TESTS#*$$t*}" != "$$TESTS" ] || exit 0; fi; \
+		if [ -n "$$SKIP" ]; then t=$${$@##TEST-}; t=$${t%%-*}; [ "$${SKIP#*$$t*}" != "$$SKIP" ] && exit 0; fi; \
+		$(MAKE) -C $@ all ; \
+	}
+
+check: $(wildcard TEST-??-*)
 
 clean:
 	@for i in TEST-[0-9]*; do \
diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 2b8a4d26..57611ff5 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ export PATH
 
 [[ -e .testdir ]] && . .testdir
 if [[ -z "$TESTDIR" ]] || [[ ! -d "$TESTDIR" ]]; then
-   TESTDIR=$(mktemp -d -p "/var/tmp" -t dracut-test.XXXXXX)
+    TESTDIR=$(mktemp -d -p "/var/tmp" -t dracut-test.XXXXXX)
 fi
 echo "TESTDIR=\"$TESTDIR\"" > .testdir
 export TESTDIR
 
 command -v test_check &>/dev/null || test_check() {
-    :
-}
+        :
+    }
 
 # terminal sequence to set color to a 'success' color (currently: green)
 function SETCOLOR_SUCCESS() { echo -en '\033[0;32m'; }
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ function SETCOLOR_WARNING() { echo -en '\033[0;33m'; }
 # terminal sequence to reset to the default color.
 function SETCOLOR_NORMAL() { echo -en '\033[0;39m'; }
 
+COLOR_SUCCESS='\033[0;32m'
+COLOR_FAILURE='\033[0;31m'
+COLOR_WARNING='\033[0;33m'
+COLOR_NORMAL='\033[0;39m'
+
 check_root() {
     if (( $EUID != 0 )); then
         SETCOLOR_FAILURE; echo "Tests must be run as root! Please use 'sudo'."; SETCOLOR_NORMAL
@@ -49,45 +54,44 @@ while (($# > 0)); do
 	    exit $?;;
         --all)
             check_root
-	    echo -n "TEST: $TEST_DESCRIPTION ";
             if ! test_check 2&>test.log ; then
-                SETCOLOR_WARNING
-                echo "[SKIPPED]"
-                SETCOLOR_NORMAL
+ 	        echo -e "TEST: $TEST_DESCRIPTION " $COLOR_WARNING "[SKIPPED]" $COLOR_NORMAL
 		exit 0;
+            else
+	        echo "TEST: $TEST_DESCRIPTION [STARTED]";
             fi
             if [ "$V" != "1" ]; then
-	    (
-		test_setup && test_run
-		ret=$?
-		test_cleanup
-		rm -fr -- "$TESTDIR"
-		rm -f -- .testdir
-		exit $ret
-	    ) </dev/null >test.log 2>&1
+	        (
+		    test_setup && test_run
+		    ret=$?
+		    test_cleanup
+		    rm -fr -- "$TESTDIR"
+		    rm -f -- .testdir
+		    exit $ret
+	        ) </dev/null >test.log 2>&1
             else
-            set -o pipefail
-            (
-		test_setup && test_run
-		ret=$?
-		test_cleanup
-		rm -fr -- "$TESTDIR"
-		rm -f -- .testdir
-		exit $ret
-	    ) </dev/null 2>&1 | tee test.log
+                set -o pipefail
+                (
+		    test_setup && test_run
+		    ret=$?
+		    test_cleanup
+		    rm -fr -- "$TESTDIR"
+		    rm -f -- .testdir
+		    exit $ret
+	        ) </dev/null 2>&1 | tee test.log
             fi
 	    ret=$?
             set +o pipefail
 	    if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
-               rm -- test.log
-               SETCOLOR_SUCCESS
-	       echo "[OK]"
-               SETCOLOR_NORMAL
+                rm -- test.log
+	        echo -e "TEST: $TEST_DESCRIPTION " $COLOR_SUCCESS "[OK]" $COLOR_NORMAL
 	    else
-               SETCOLOR_FAILURE
-	       echo "[FAILED]"
-               SETCOLOR_NORMAL
-	       echo "see $(pwd)/test.log"
+	        echo -e "TEST: $TEST_DESCRIPTION " $COLOR_FAILURE "[FAILED]" $COLOR_NORMAL
+                if [ "$V" == "2" ]; then
+	            cat $(pwd)/test.log
+                else
+	            echo "see $(pwd)/test.log"
+                fi
 	    fi
 	    exit $ret;;
         *) break ;;