diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index ffc05c481597ece51090826712b1fc8109c0eeda..fb2a36e9f971e1197cb6a32cb7c156cceacae8d0 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ check-octave: $(O_XFAIL_TRS_FILES) $(O_TRS_FILES)
 %.m.trs %.m.log: %.mod
 	@echo "`tput bold``tput setaf 8`MATLAB: $(CURDIR)/$*... `tput sgr0`"
 	@DYNARE_VERSION="$(PACKAGE_VERSION)" TOP_TEST_DIR="$(CURDIR)" FILESTEM="$*" \
-		$(MATLAB)/bin/matlab $(MATLAB_BATCH_OPTIONS) run_test_matlab > $*.m.log  2> /dev/null || \
+		$(MATLAB)/bin/matlab $(MATLAB_BATCH_OPTIONS) run_test_matlab > $*.m.log  2>&1 || \
 	printf ":test-result: FAIL\n:number-tests: 1\n:number-failed-tests: 1\n:list-of-failed-tests: $*.mod\n:elapsed-time: 0.0\n" > $*.m.trs
 	@if test -z "$(filter $*.m.trs,$(M_XFAIL_TRS_FILES))"; then pass_color=2; fail_color=1; else pass_color=1; fail_color=2; fi; \
 	if grep -q ":test-result: PASS" $*.m.trs; then \
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ check-octave: $(O_XFAIL_TRS_FILES) $(O_TRS_FILES)
 %.m.trs %.m.log : %.m
 	@echo "`tput bold``tput setaf 8`MATLAB: $(CURDIR)/$*... `tput sgr0`"
 	@DYNARE_VERSION="$(PACKAGE_VERSION)" TOP_TEST_DIR="$(CURDIR)" \
-		$(MATLAB)/bin/matlab $(MATLAB_BATCH_OPTIONS) $* > $*.m.log 2> /dev/null
+		$(MATLAB)/bin/matlab $(MATLAB_BATCH_OPTIONS) $* > $*.m.log 2>&1
 	@echo "`tput bold``tput setaf 8`MATLAB: $(CURDIR)/$* Done!`tput sgr0`"
 
 %.o.trs %.o.log: %.mod