diff --git a/ci/lib-travisci.sh b/ci/lib-travisci.sh
index ceecc889ca..06970f7213 100755
--- a/ci/lib-travisci.sh
+++ b/ci/lib-travisci.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ fi
 export DEVELOPER=1
 export DEFAULT_TEST_TARGET=prove
 export GIT_PROVE_OPTS="--timer --jobs 3 --state=failed,slow,save"
-export GIT_TEST_OPTS="--verbose-log -x"
+export GIT_TEST_OPTS="--verbose-log -x --immediate"
 export GIT_TEST_CLONE_2GB=YesPlease
 if [ "$jobname" = linux-gcc ]; then
 	export CC=gcc-8
diff --git a/ci/print-test-failures.sh b/ci/print-test-failures.sh
index 4f261ddc01..d55460a212 100755
--- a/ci/print-test-failures.sh
+++ b/ci/print-test-failures.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,24 @@
 # Tracing executed commands would produce too much noise in the loop below.
 set +x
 
-if ! ls t/test-results/*.exit >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+cd t/
+
+if ! ls test-results/*.exit >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
 then
 	echo "Build job failed before the tests could have been run"
 	exit
 fi
 
-for TEST_EXIT in t/test-results/*.exit
+case "$jobname" in
+osx-clang|osx-gcc)
+	# base64 in OSX doesn't wrap its output at 76 columns by
+	# default, but prints a single, very long line.
+	base64_opts="-b 76"
+	;;
+esac
+
+combined_trash_size=0
+for TEST_EXIT in test-results/*.exit
 do
 	if [ "$(cat "$TEST_EXIT")" != "0" ]
 	then
@@ -23,5 +34,45 @@ do
 		echo "$(tput setaf 1)${TEST_OUT}...$(tput sgr0)"
 		echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 		cat "${TEST_OUT}"
+
+		test_name="${TEST_EXIT%.exit}"
+		test_name="${test_name##*/}"
+		trash_dir="trash directory.$test_name"
+		trash_tgz_b64="trash.$test_name.base64"
+		if [ -d "$trash_dir" ]
+		then
+			tar czp "$trash_dir" |base64 $base64_opts >"$trash_tgz_b64"
+
+			trash_size=$(wc -c <"$trash_tgz_b64")
+			if [ $trash_size -gt 1048576 ]
+			then
+				# larger than 1MB
+				echo "$(tput setaf 1)Didn't include the trash directory of '$test_name' in the trace log, it's too big$(tput sgr0)"
+				continue
+			fi
+
+			new_combined_trash_size=$(($combined_trash_size + $trash_size))
+			if [ $new_combined_trash_size -gt 1048576 ]
+			then
+				echo "$(tput setaf 1)Didn't include the trash directory of '$test_name' in the trace log, there is plenty of trash in there already.$(tput sgr0)"
+				continue
+			fi
+			combined_trash_size=$new_combined_trash_size
+
+			# DO NOT modify these two 'echo'-ed strings below
+			# without updating 'ci/util/extract-trash-dirs.sh'
+			# as well.
+			echo "$(tput setaf 1)Start of trash directory of '$test_name':$(tput sgr0)"
+			cat "$trash_tgz_b64"
+			echo "$(tput setaf 1)End of trash directory of '$test_name'$(tput sgr0)"
+		fi
 	fi
 done
+
+if [ $combined_trash_size -gt 0 ]
+then
+	echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+	echo "Trash directories embedded in this log can be extracted by running:"
+	echo
+	echo "  curl https://api.travis-ci.org/v3/job/$TRAVIS_JOB_ID/log.txt |./ci/util/extract-trash-dirs.sh"
+fi
diff --git a/ci/util/extract-trash-dirs.sh b/ci/util/extract-trash-dirs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8e67bec21a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/util/extract-trash-dirs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+error () {
+	echo >&2 "error: $@"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+find_embedded_trash () {
+	while read -r line
+	do
+		case "$line" in
+		*Start\ of\ trash\ directory\ of\ \'t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*\':*)
+			test_name="${line#*\'}"
+			test_name="${test_name%\'*}"
+
+			return 0
+		esac
+	done
+
+	return 1
+}
+
+extract_embedded_trash () {
+	while read -r line
+	do
+		case "$line" in
+		*End\ of\ trash\ directory\ of\ \'$test_name\'*)
+			return
+			;;
+		*)
+			printf '%s\n' "$line"
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+
+	error "unexpected end of input"
+}
+
+# Raw logs from Linux build jobs have CRLF line endings, while OSX
+# build jobs mostly have CRCRLF, except an odd line every now and
+# then that has CRCRCRLF.  'base64 -d' from 'coreutils' doesn't like
+# CRs and complains about "invalid input", so remove all CRs at the
+# end of lines.
+sed -e 's/\r*$//' | \
+while find_embedded_trash
+do
+	echo "Extracting trash directory of '$test_name'"
+
+	extract_embedded_trash |base64 -d |tar xzp
+done