diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index ddc384f8639fd3c31bfe2e60fd88aa4b2b6ae451..a34965c24d9daa91f7a2faaf71779f948fc8ca8b 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ test:
   commands:
     # runs tests for package only, report only what is in the package
     # creates html and xml reports and place them in specific directories
-    - pytest --verbose --cov {{ name }} --cov-report term-missing --cov-report html:{{ project_dir }}/sphinx/coverage --cov-report xml:{{ project_dir }}/coverage.xml --pyargs {{ name }}
+    - pytest --capture=no --verbose --cov {{ name }} --cov-report term-missing --cov-report html:{{ project_dir }}/sphinx/coverage --cov-report xml:{{ project_dir }}/coverage.xml --pyargs {{ name }}
     - sphinx-build -aEW {{ project_dir }}/doc {{ project_dir }}/sphinx
     - sphinx-build -aEb doctest {{ project_dir }}/doc sphinx
     - conda inspect linkages -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [not win]