diff --git a/spec/acceptance/utf8_encoding_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/utf8_encoding_spec.rb
index a7c9b52497..8f9da462c9 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/utf8_encoding_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/utf8_encoding_spec.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 describe 'postgresql::server' do
   let(:pp) do
+    ENV['RSPEC_DEBUG'] = 'yes'
     <<-MANIFEST
       class { 'postgresql::globals':
         encoding => 'UTF8',
@@ -15,7 +16,14 @@ class { 'postgresql::server': }
 
   it 'with defaults' do
     export_locales('en_NG.UTF8')
-    idempotent_apply(pp)
+    idempotent_apply(pp, debug: true)
+    puts '-------------------------------'
+    puts LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('netstat -lntp').stdout
+    puts '-------------------------------'
+    puts LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('journalctl -u postgresql').stdout
+    puts '-------------------------------'
+    puts LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('systemctl status postgresql*').stdout
+    puts '-------------------------------'
     expect(port(5432)).to be_listening
     expect(psql('--command="\l" postgres', 'postgres').stdout).to match(%r{List of databases})
     expect(psql('--command="SELECT pg_encoding_to_char(encoding) FROM pg_database WHERE datname=\'template1\'"').stdout).to match(%r{UTF8})