diff --git a/testing/test_terminal.py b/testing/test_terminal.py
index 64d909772..c0240c58f 100644
--- a/testing/test_terminal.py
+++ b/testing/test_terminal.py
@@ -1188,10 +1188,17 @@ class TestProgress(object):
     def test_xdist_normal(self, many_tests_files, testdir):
         pytest.importorskip("xdist")
         output = testdir.runpytest("-n2")
+        sys.stderr.write(output.stdout)
         output.stdout.re_match_lines([r"\.{20} \s+ \[100%\]"])
 
     def test_xdist_normal_count(self, many_tests_files, testdir):
         pytest.importorskip("xdist")
+        testdir.makeini(
+            """
+            [pytest]
+            progress_display_mode = count
+        """
+        )
         output = testdir.runpytest("-n2")
         output.stdout.re_match_lines([r"\.{20} \s+ \[ 20 / 20 \]"])