diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index e099da0fec..81a2960b1a 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ freebsd_12_task:
   script:
     - mkdir build
     - cd build
-    - ../configure --enable-werror || { cat config.log; exit 1; }
+    - ../configure --enable-werror || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
     - gmake -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
     - gmake -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu) check V=1
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ macos_task:
     - cd build
     - ../configure --python=/usr/local/bin/python3 --enable-werror
                    --extra-cflags='-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations'
-                   || { cat config.log; exit 1; }
+                   || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
     - gmake -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
     - gmake check V=1
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ macos_xcode_task:
     - mkdir build
     - cd build
     - ../configure --extra-cflags='-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations'
-                   --enable-werror --cc=clang || { cat config.log; exit 1; }
+                   --enable-werror --cc=clang || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
     - gmake -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
     - gmake check V=1
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8ffd415ca5..66ad7aa5c2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ include:
         ../configure --enable-werror $CONFIGURE_ARGS --target-list="$TARGETS" ;
       else
         ../configure --enable-werror $CONFIGURE_ARGS ;
-      fi
+      fi || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt && exit 1; }
     - make -j"$JOBS"
     - if test -n "$MAKE_CHECK_ARGS";
       then
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ build-tcg-disabled:
   script:
     - mkdir build
     - cd build
-    - ../configure --disable-tcg --audio-drv-list=""
+    - ../configure --disable-tcg --audio-drv-list="" || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt && exit 1; }
     - make -j"$JOBS"
     - make check-unit
     - make check-qapi-schema
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ build-tci:
     - mkdir build
     - cd build
     - ../configure --enable-tcg-interpreter
-        --target-list="$(for tg in $TARGETS; do echo -n ${tg}'-softmmu '; done)"
+        --target-list="$(for tg in $TARGETS; do echo -n ${tg}'-softmmu '; done)" || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt && exit 1; }
     - make -j"$JOBS"
     - make run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
     - make tests/qtest/boot-serial-test tests/qtest/cdrom-test tests/qtest/pxe-test
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d7bfbb8bfe..a3d78171ca 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ before_install:
 # Configure step - may be overridden
 before_script:
   - mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}
-  - ${SRC_DIR}/configure ${BASE_CONFIG} ${CONFIG} || { cat config.log && exit 1; }
+  - ${SRC_DIR}/configure ${BASE_CONFIG} ${CONFIG} || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt && exit 1; }
 
 # Main build & test - rarely overridden - controlled by TEST_CMD
 script:
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
       compiler: clang
       before_script:
         - mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}
-        - ${SRC_DIR}/configure ${CONFIG} --extra-cflags="-fsanitize=undefined -Werror" || { cat config.log && exit 1; }
+        - ${SRC_DIR}/configure ${CONFIG} --extra-cflags="-fsanitize=undefined -Werror" || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt && exit 1; }
 
 
     - name: "Clang (other-softmmu)"
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ jobs:
         - TEST_CMD=""
       before_script:
         - mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}
-        - ${SRC_DIR}/configure ${CONFIG} --extra-cflags="-g3 -O0 -fsanitize=thread" || { cat config.log && exit 1; }
+        - ${SRC_DIR}/configure ${CONFIG} --extra-cflags="-g3 -O0 -fsanitize=thread" || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt && exit 1; }
 
 
     # Run check-tcg against linux-user
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ jobs:
         - ls -l ${SRC_DIR}/qemu-${QEMU_VERSION}.tar.bz2
         - tar -xf ${SRC_DIR}/qemu-${QEMU_VERSION}.tar.bz2 && cd qemu-${QEMU_VERSION}
         - mkdir -p release-build && cd release-build
-        - ../configure ${BASE_CONFIG} ${CONFIG} || { cat config.log && exit 1; }
+        - ../configure ${BASE_CONFIG} ${CONFIG} || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt && exit 1; }
         - make install
   allow_failures:
     - env: UNRELIABLE=true