diff --git a/.github/workflows/rack2.yaml b/.github/workflows/rack2.yaml
index ba0d911c..84db4ae2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rack2.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rack2.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       CI: true
       TESTOPTS: -v
+      PUMA_TEST_DEBUG: true
       PUMA_NO_RUBOCOP: true
       PUMA_CI_RACK_2: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ragel.yml b/.github/workflows/ragel.yml
index a27ab5ed..bd3c183d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ragel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ragel.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       ragel ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.ruby }}
     env:
       PUMA_NO_RUBOCOP: true
+      PUMA_TEST_DEBUG: true
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     if: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 884866da..75066ef6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: rubocop
     env:
       CI: true
+      PUMA_TEST_DEBUG: true
       TESTOPTS: -v
       PUMA_NO_RUBOCOP: true
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f1683881..7916b1ee 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -97,9 +97,15 @@ See the [Bundler docs](https://bundler.io/man/gemfile.5.html#PATH) for more deta
 
 ## Running tests
 
-To run the entire test suite:
+To run rubocop + tests:
+
 ```sh
-bundle exec rake test:all
+bundle exec rake 
+```
+
+To run the test suite only:
+```sh
+bundle exec rake test
 ```
 
 To run a single test file:
@@ -122,6 +128,12 @@ To run a single test with 5 seconds as the test case timeout:
 TEST_CASE_TIMEOUT=5 bundle exec m test/test_binder.rb:37
 ```
 
+If you would like more information about extension building, SSL versions, your local Ruby version, and more, use the PUMA_TEST_DEBUG env variable:
+
+```sh
+PUMA_TEST_DEBUG=1 bundle exec rake test
+```
+
 #### File limits
 
 Puma's test suite opens up a lot of sockets. This may exceed the default limit of your operating system. If your file limits are low, you may experience "too many open file" errors when running the Puma test suite.
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 86d91385..5df4980c 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ end
 gemspec = Gem::Specification.load("puma.gemspec")
 Gem::PackageTask.new(gemspec).define
 
+Rake::FileUtilsExt.verbose_flag = !!ENV['PUMA_TEST_DEBUG']
 # generate extension code using Ragel (C and Java)
 desc "Generate extension code (C and Java) using Ragel"
 task :ragel
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index da5ba4cb..6ecc6b3a 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require_relative "helpers/apps"
 Thread.abort_on_exception = true
 
 $debugging_info = ''.dup
-$debugging_hold = false    # needed for TestCLI#test_control_clustered
+$debugging_hold = false   # needed for TestCLI#test_control_clustered
 $test_case_timeout = ENV.fetch("TEST_CASE_TIMEOUT") do
   RUBY_ENGINE == "ruby" ? 45 : 60
 end.to_i
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ end
 
 Minitest.after_run do
   # needed for TestCLI#test_control_clustered
-  unless $debugging_hold
+  if !$debugging_hold && ENV['PUMA_TEST_DEBUG']
     out = $debugging_info.strip
     unless out.empty?
       dash = "\u2500"
diff --git a/test/test_puma_server_ssl.rb b/test/test_puma_server_ssl.rb
index 47677fec..c7f75d66 100644
--- a/test/test_puma_server_ssl.rb
+++ b/test/test_puma_server_ssl.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # loaded so HAS_SSL is defined
 require_relative "helper"
 
-if ::Puma::HAS_SSL
+if ::Puma::HAS_SSL && ENV['PUMA_TEST_DEBUG']
   require "puma/minissl"
   require "net/http"