diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/KubernetesSuite.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/KubernetesSuite.scala
index 174030dcd0d84..375743ba13fff 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/KubernetesSuite.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/KubernetesSuite.scala
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.scalatest.time.{Minutes, Seconds, Span}
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
 import org.apache.spark.deploy.k8s.integrationtest.TestConstants._
 import org.apache.spark.deploy.k8s.integrationtest.backend.{IntegrationTestBackend, IntegrationTestBackendFactory}
+import org.apache.spark.deploy.k8s.integrationtest.backend.minikube.Minikube
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.internal.config._
 
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@ class KubernetesSuite extends SparkFunSuite
 
   protected override def logForFailedTest(): Unit = {
     logInfo("\n\n===== EXTRA LOGS FOR THE FAILED TEST\n")
+    logInfo("BEGIN DESCRIBE PODS for application\n" +
+      Minikube.describePods(s"spark-app-locator=$appLocator").mkString("\n"))
+    logInfo("END DESCRIBE PODS for the application")
     val driverPodOption = kubernetesTestComponents.kubernetesClient
       .pods()
       .withLabel("spark-app-locator", appLocator)
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/ProcessUtils.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/ProcessUtils.scala
index cc05990893e36..e259979ad0329 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/ProcessUtils.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/ProcessUtils.scala
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ object ProcessUtils extends Logging {
   def executeProcess(
       fullCommand: Array[String],
       timeout: Long,
+      dumpOutput: Boolean = true,
       dumpErrors: Boolean = true,
       env: Map[String, String] = Map.empty[String, String]): Seq[String] = {
     val pb = new ProcessBuilder().command(fullCommand: _*)
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ object ProcessUtils extends Logging {
     val outputLines = new ArrayBuffer[String]
     Utils.tryWithResource(proc.getInputStream)(
       Source.fromInputStream(_, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name()).getLines().foreach { line =>
-        logInfo(line)
+        if (dumpOutput) {
+          logInfo(line)
+        }
         outputLines += line
       })
     assert(proc.waitFor(timeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS),
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/backend/minikube/Minikube.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/backend/minikube/Minikube.scala
index c33875243c598..1854bb838c4ac 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/backend/minikube/Minikube.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/backend/minikube/Minikube.scala
@@ -36,18 +36,18 @@ private[spark] object Minikube extends Logging {
   private val MINIKUBE_PATH = ".minikube"
 
   def logVersion(): Unit = {
-    logInfo(executeMinikube("version").mkString("\n"))
+    logInfo(executeMinikube(true, "version").mkString("\n"))
   }
 
   def getMinikubeIp: String = {
-    val outputs = executeMinikube("ip")
+    val outputs = executeMinikube(true, "ip")
       .filter(_.matches("^\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}$"))
     assert(outputs.size == 1, "Unexpected amount of output from minikube ip")
     outputs.head
   }
 
   def getMinikubeStatus: MinikubeStatus.Value = {
-    val statusString = executeMinikube("status")
+    val statusString = executeMinikube(true, "status")
     logInfo(s"Minikube status command output:\n$statusString")
     // up to minikube version v0.30.0 use this to check for minikube status
     val oldMinikube = statusString
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ private[spark] object Minikube extends Logging {
       ""
     } else {
       // For Minikube >=1.9
-      Paths.get("profiles", executeMinikube("profile")(0)).toString
+      Paths.get("profiles", executeMinikube(true, "profile")(0)).toString
     }
     val apiServerCertPath = Paths.get(minikubeBasePath, profileDir, "apiserver.crt")
     val apiServerKeyPath = Paths.get(minikubeBasePath, profileDir, "apiserver.key")
@@ -126,18 +126,22 @@ private[spark] object Minikube extends Logging {
     }
   }
 
-  def executeMinikube(action: String, args: String*): Seq[String] = {
+  def executeMinikube(logOutput: Boolean, action: String, args: String*): Seq[String] = {
     ProcessUtils.executeProcess(
       Array("bash", "-c", s"MINIKUBE_IN_STYLE=true minikube $action ${args.mkString(" ")}"),
-      MINIKUBE_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS).filter{x =>
+      MINIKUBE_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, dumpOutput = logOutput).filter{x =>
       !x.contains("There is a newer version of minikube") &&
       !x.contains("https://github.com/kubernetes")
     }
   }
 
   def minikubeServiceAction(args: String*): String = {
-    executeMinikube("service", args: _*).head
+    executeMinikube(true, "service", args: _*).head
   }
+
+  def describePods(labels: String): Seq[String] =
+    Minikube.executeMinikube(false, "kubectl", "--", "describe", "pods", "--all-namespaces",
+      "-l", labels)
 }
 
 private[spark] object MinikubeStatus extends Enumeration {