diff --git a/hack/jenkins/common.sh b/hack/jenkins/common.sh
index ea30d94e4b..3e29e66c06 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/common.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/common.sh
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ echo ""
 echo ">> Starting ${E2E_BIN} at $(date)"
 ${SUDO_PREFIX}${E2E_BIN} \
   -minikube-start-args="--vm-driver=${VM_DRIVER} ${EXTRA_START_ARGS}" \
+  -test.v \
   -test.timeout=60m \
   -test.parallel=${PARALLEL_COUNT} \
   -binary="${MINIKUBE_BIN}" && result=$? || result=$?
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
index 204d042626..f6c3365cc1 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) RestartCluster(k8s config.KubernetesConfig) error {
 		glog.Errorf("failed to create compat symlinks: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	baseCmd := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", invokeKubeadm(k8s.KubernetesVersion), phase)
+	baseCmd := fmt.Sprintf("%s --alsologtostderr -v=1 %s", invokeKubeadm(k8s.KubernetesVersion), phase)
 	cmds := []string{
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s phase certs all --config %s", baseCmd, yamlConfigPath),
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s phase kubeconfig all --config %s", baseCmd, yamlConfigPath),
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
index 727557227b..b63b6b5896 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -166,15 +166,15 @@ func configureHost(h *host.Host, e *engine.Options) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if !localDriver(h.Driver.DriverName()) {
-		glog.Infof("Configuring auth for driver %s ...", h.Driver.DriverName())
-		if err := h.ConfigureAuth(); err != nil {
-			return &retry.RetriableError{Err: errors.Wrap(err, "Error configuring auth on host")}
-		}
-		return ensureSyncedGuestClock(h)
+	if localDriver(h.Driver.DriverName()) {
+		glog.Infof("%s is a local driver, skipping auth/time setup", h.Driver.DriverName())
+		return nil
 	}
-
-	return nil
+	glog.Infof("Configuring auth for driver %s ...", h.Driver.DriverName())
+	if err := h.ConfigureAuth(); err != nil {
+		return &retry.RetriableError{Err: errors.Wrap(err, "Error configuring auth on host")}
+	}
+	return ensureSyncedGuestClock(h)
 }
 
 // ensureGuestClockSync ensures that the guest system clock is relatively in-sync
diff --git a/test/integration/addons_test.go b/test/integration/addons_test.go
index c34ff3b8f6..fecc582b13 100644
--- a/test/integration/addons_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/addons_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestAddons(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 40*time.Minute)
 	defer CleanupWithLogs(t, profile, cancel)
 
-	args := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--wait=false", "--memory=2600"}, StartArgs()...)
+	args := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--wait=false", "--memory=2600", "--alsologtostderr", "-v=1"}, StartArgs()...)
 	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), args...))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("%s failed: %v", rr.Args, err)
diff --git a/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go b/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go
index 2608e61962..442c249bfc 100644
--- a/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestVersionUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	args := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", constants.OldestKubernetesVersion)}, StartArgs()...)
+	args := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", constants.OldestKubernetesVersion), "--alsologtostderr", "-v=1"}, StartArgs()...)
 	rr := &RunResult{}
 	releaseStart := func() error {
 		rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, tf.Name(), args...))
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestVersionUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Retry to allow flakiness for the previous release
-	if err := retry.Expo(releaseStart, 1*time.Second, 20*time.Minute); err != nil {
+	if err := retry.Expo(releaseStart, 1*time.Second, 30*time.Minute, 3); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("release start failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestVersionUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("status = %q; want = %q", got, state.Stopped.String())
 	}
 
-	args = append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", constants.NewestKubernetesVersion)}, StartArgs()...)
+	args = append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", constants.NewestKubernetesVersion), "--alsologtostderr", "-v=2"}, StartArgs()...)
 	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), args...))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("%s failed: %v", rr.Args, err)