diff --git a/bin/runtests.sh b/bin/runtests.sh
index 3c8079210..58ef8f134 100755
--- a/bin/runtests.sh
+++ b/bin/runtests.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fi
 
 find -name '*.py[co]' -delete
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-    $trial scrapy scrapyd
+    $trial --reporter=text scrapy scrapyd
 else
     $trial "$@"
 fi