diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/visibility/TestVisibilityLabelsWithDefaultVisLabelService.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop
index 9abdd85..f49a1c1 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/visibility/TestVisibilityLabelsWithDefaultVisLabelService.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/visibility/TestVisibilityLabelsWithDefaultVisLabelService.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
 import java.util.List;

+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MediumTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HTable;
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;

 @Category(MediumTests.class)
 public class TestVisibilityLabelsWithDefaultVisLabelService extends TestVisibilityLabels {
+  final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());

   @BeforeClass
   public static void setupBeforeClass() throws Exception {
@@ -129,6 +132,9 @@ public class TestVisibilityLabelsWithDefaultVisLabelService extends TestVisibili
         if (next == null) {
           break;
         }
+        byte[] val = next.getValue(VisibilityConstants.LABELS_TABLE_FAMILY,
+          VisibilityConstants.LABEL_QUALIFIER);
+        LOG.debug("Retrieved label " + Bytes.toString(val));
         i++;
       }
     } finally {