diff --git a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
index 373f05ab2f..d32c93f365 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::BufRead;
+use std::io::Write;
 use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use futures::future::join_all;
 use futures::stream::FuturesUnordered;
 use futures::StreamExt;
+use notify::event;
 use postgres::{Client, NoTls};
 use tokio;
 use tokio_postgres;
@@ -644,9 +646,30 @@ impl ComputeNode {
             } else {
                 vec![]
             })
+            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
             .spawn()
             .expect("cannot start postgres process");
 
+        let stderr = pg.stderr.take().unwrap();
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let reader = std::io::BufReader::new(stderr);
+            let mut last_lines = vec![];
+            for line in reader.lines() {
+                if let Ok(line) = line {
+                    if line.starts_with("2023-") {
+                        // print all lines from the previous postgres instance
+                        let combined = format!("PG:{}\n", last_lines.join("\u{200B}"));
+                        let res = std::io::stderr().lock().write_all(combined.as_bytes());
+                        if let Err(e) = res {
+                            error!("failed to write to stderr: {}", e);
+                        }
+                        last_lines.clear();
+                    }
+                    last_lines.push(line);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
         wait_for_postgres(&mut pg, pgdata_path)?;
 
         Ok(pg)
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_normal_work.py b/test_runner/regress/test_normal_work.py
index 50de99adb5..5fb4623b56 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_normal_work.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_normal_work.py
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ from fixtures.pageserver.http import PageserverHttpClient
 
 def check_tenant(env: NeonEnv, pageserver_http: PageserverHttpClient):
     tenant_id, timeline_id = env.neon_cli.create_tenant()
-    endpoint = env.endpoints.create_start("main", tenant_id=tenant_id)
+    endpoint = env.endpoints.create_start("main", tenant_id=tenant_id, config_lines=[
+                "log_statement=all",
+            ],)
     # we rely upon autocommit after each statement
     res_1 = endpoint.safe_psql_many(
         queries=[
-            "CREATE TABLE t(key int primary key, value text)",
-            "INSERT INTO t SELECT generate_series(1,100000), 'payload'",
+            "CREATE TABLE \nt(key int primary key, value text)",
+            "INSERT INTO \n\nt SELECT generate_series(1,100000), 'payload'",
             "SELECT sum(key) FROM t",
         ]
     )