diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/build-base-image.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/build-base-image.yaml
index 0ca14fc19325a..9a31d0151243c 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/build-base-image.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/build-base-image.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ objects:
   metadata:
     name: ${JOB_NAME_SAFE}
     namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
+    annotations:
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/always-show-output: "true"
   spec:
     restartPolicy: Never
     activeDeadlineSeconds: 10800
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/build-node-image.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/build-node-image.yaml
index 4c28c03292e89..0bee94e145995 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/build-node-image.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/build-node-image.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ objects:
     annotations:
       # we want to gather the teardown logs no matter what
       ci-operator.openshift.io/wait-for-container-artifacts: teardown
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/always-show-output: "true"
   spec:
     restartPolicy: Never
     activeDeadlineSeconds: 10800
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure-conformance.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure-conformance.yaml
index 5d74fefcf3bda..bb26aba623b5c 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure-conformance.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure-conformance.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ objects:
     annotations:
       # we want to gather the teardown logs no matter what
       ci-operator.openshift.io/wait-for-container-artifacts: teardown
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/always-show-output: "true"
   spec:
     restartPolicy: Never
     activeDeadlineSeconds: 10800
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure-upgrade.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure-upgrade.yaml
index 4da6647f68e4b..a831ded263696 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure-upgrade.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure-upgrade.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ objects:
     annotations:
       # we want to gather the teardown logs no matter what
       ci-operator.openshift.io/wait-for-container-artifacts: teardown
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/always-show-output: "true"
   spec:
     restartPolicy: Never
     activeDeadlineSeconds: 10800
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure.yaml
index a74fef702c372..bcb511442203a 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-azure/cluster-launch-e2e-azure.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ objects:
     annotations:
       # we want to gather the teardown logs no matter what
       ci-operator.openshift.io/wait-for-container-artifacts: teardown
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/always-show-output: "true"
   spec:
     restartPolicy: Never
     activeDeadlineSeconds: 10800