diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/run-e2e.sh b/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/run-e2e.sh
index f80be157c2a3e..4106ef0493647 100755
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/run-e2e.sh
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/run-e2e.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+if [ -n "${JENKINS_URL}" ] ; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
 # variables
 KIBANA_PORT=5701
 ELASTICSEARCH_PORT=9201