diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/field-injection/src/test/groovy/datadog/smoketest/FieldInjectionSmokeTest.groovy b/dd-smoke-tests/field-injection/src/test/groovy/datadog/smoketest/FieldInjectionSmokeTest.groovy
index 9c0f19fc7be..d5913d3187d 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/field-injection/src/test/groovy/datadog/smoketest/FieldInjectionSmokeTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/field-injection/src/test/groovy/datadog/smoketest/FieldInjectionSmokeTest.groovy
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class FieldInjectionSmokeTest extends Specification {
     command.add(javaPath())
     command.add("${getMaxMemoryArgumentForFork()}" as String)
     command.add("${getMinMemoryArgumentForFork()}" as String)
+    command.add("-verbose:class")
     command.add("-javaagent:${shadowJarPath}" as String)
     command.add("-XX:ErrorFile=/tmp/hs_err_pid%p.log")
     // turn off these features as their debug output can break up our expected logging lines on IBM JVMs