diff --git a/tests/vm/centos b/tests/vm/centos
index daa2dbca03..ba133ea429 100755
--- a/tests/vm/centos
+++ b/tests/vm/centos
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ class CentosVM(basevm.BaseVM):
     def build_image(self, img):
         cimg = self._download_with_cache("https://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud-1802.qcow2.xz")
         img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
+        sys.stderr.write("Extracting the image...\n")
         subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, img_tmp + ".xz"])
-        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-df", img_tmp + ".xz"])
+        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-dvf", img_tmp + ".xz"])
         subprocess.check_call(["qemu-img", "resize", img_tmp, "50G"])
         self.boot(img_tmp, extra_args = ["-cdrom", self._gen_cloud_init_iso()])
         self.wait_ssh()
diff --git a/tests/vm/freebsd b/tests/vm/freebsd
index 1d64c31b7c..b0066017a6 100755
--- a/tests/vm/freebsd
+++ b/tests/vm/freebsd
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ class FreeBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
                 sha256sum='adcb771549b37bc63826c501f05121a206ed3d9f55f49145908f7e1432d65891')
         img_tmp_xz = img + ".tmp.xz"
         img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
+        sys.stderr.write("Extracting the image...\n")
         subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, img_tmp_xz])
-        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-df", img_tmp_xz])
+        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-dvf", img_tmp_xz])
         if os.path.exists(img):
             os.remove(img)
         os.rename(img_tmp, img)
diff --git a/tests/vm/netbsd b/tests/vm/netbsd
index a2c3d13af4..4c6624ea5e 100755
--- a/tests/vm/netbsd
+++ b/tests/vm/netbsd
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ class NetBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
                                          sha256sum='b633d565b0eac3d02015cd0c81440bd8a7a8df8512615ac1ee05d318be015732')
         img_tmp_xz = img + ".tmp.xz"
         img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
+        sys.stderr.write("Extracting the image...\n")
         subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, img_tmp_xz])
-        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-df", img_tmp_xz])
+        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-dvf", img_tmp_xz])
         if os.path.exists(img):
             os.remove(img)
         os.rename(img_tmp, img)
diff --git a/tests/vm/openbsd b/tests/vm/openbsd
index cfe0572c59..2105c01a26 100755
--- a/tests/vm/openbsd
+++ b/tests/vm/openbsd
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ class OpenBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
                 sha256sum='8c6cedc483e602cfee5e04f0406c64eb99138495e8ca580bc0293bcf0640c1bf')
         img_tmp_xz = img + ".tmp.xz"
         img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
+        sys.stderr.write("Extracting the image...\n")
         subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, img_tmp_xz])
-        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-df", img_tmp_xz])
+        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-dvf", img_tmp_xz])
         if os.path.exists(img):
             os.remove(img)
         os.rename(img_tmp, img)