diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/nvme/fault.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/nvme/fault.yaml
index 8082a22b718..b9249411d65 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/nvme/fault.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/nvme/fault.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ server_config:
   engines_per_host: 1
   engines:
     0:
-      log_mask: ERR
+      log_file: daos_server1.log
+      log_mask: DEBUG,MEM=ERR
       storage: auto
   transport_config:
     allow_insecure: True
@@ -37,3 +38,6 @@ faulttests:
   pool_capacity: 15
   no_of_servers: 1
   no_of_drives: 1
+client:
+  env_vars:
+    - D_LOG_MASK=INFO
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/util/ior_utils.py b/src/tests/ftest/util/ior_utils.py
index ea0d1a02516..606c8efee3c 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/util/ior_utils.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/util/ior_utils.py
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ def get_default_env(self, manager_cmd, log_file=None):
         env = self.env.copy()
         env["D_LOG_FILE"] = get_log_file(log_file or "{}_daos.log".format(self.command))
         env["MPI_LIB"] = '""'
+        env["D_LOG_MASK"] = 'DEBUG'
 
         # ior POSIX api does not require the below options.
         if "POSIX" in manager_cmd: