diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_commands.py b/scrapy/tests/test_commands.py
index 9811674e7..1d749a0d0 100644
--- a/scrapy/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -226,4 +226,4 @@ ITEM_PIPELINES = ['{0}.pipelines.MyPipeline']
         p = self.proc('parse', '--spider', self.spider_name, '--pipelines',
                 '-c', 'parse', 'http://scrapinghub.com')
         log = p.stderr.read()
-        print log
+        self.assert_("[scrapy] INFO: It Works!" in log, log)