diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/r/Makefile.in b/Examples/test-suite/r/Makefile.in
index 312834a51..bc12ba671 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/r/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/r/Makefile.in
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 LANGUAGE     = r
 SCRIPTSUFFIX = _runme.R
 WRAPSUFFIX   = .R
-RUNR         = R CMD BATCH --no-save --no-restore '--args $(SCRIPTDIR)'
+R_OPT        = --quiet --no-save --no-restore
+RUNR         = R CMD BATCH $(R_OPT) '--args $(SCRIPTDIR)'
 
 srcdir       = @srcdir@
 top_srcdir   = @top_srcdir@
@@ -51,18 +52,17 @@ include $(srcdir)/../common.mk
 # check for syntactic correctness
 run_testcase = \
 	if [ -f $(SCRIPTDIR)/$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$*$(SCRIPTSUFFIX) ]; then \
-	  env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH=.:"$$PATH" $(RUNTOOL) $(RUNR) $(SCRIPTDIR)/$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$*$(SCRIPTSUFFIX); \
+	  env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH=.:"$$PATH" $(RUNTOOL) $(RUNR) $(SCRIPTDIR)/$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$*$(SCRIPTSUFFIX) || (cat $(SCRIPTDIR)/$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$*$(SCRIPTSUFFIX)out ; false); \
 	else \
-	  $(RUNTOOL) $(RUNR) ./$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$*$(WRAPSUFFIX); \
+	  $(RUNTOOL) $(RUNR) ./$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$*$(WRAPSUFFIX) || (cat ./$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$*$(WRAPSUFFIX)out ; false); \
 	fi
 
 run_multitestcase = \
 	for f in `cat $(top_srcdir)/$(EXAMPLES)/$(TEST_SUITE)/$*.list` ; do \
 	if [ -f $(SCRIPTDIR)/$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$${f}$(SCRIPTSUFFIX) ]; then \
-	  env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH=.:"$$PATH" \
-	       $(RUNTOOL) $(RUNR) $(SCRIPTDIR)/$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$${f}$(SCRIPTSUFFIX); \
+	  env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH=.:"$$PATH" $(RUNTOOL) $(RUNR) $(SCRIPTDIR)/$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$${f}$(SCRIPTSUFFIX) || (cat $(SCRIPTDIR)/$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$${f}$(SCRIPTSUFFIX)out ; false); \
 	else \
-	  $(RUNTOOL) $(RUNR) ./$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$${f}$(WRAPSUFFIX); \
+	  $(RUNTOOL) $(RUNR) ./$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$${f}$(WRAPSUFFIX) || (cat ./$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$${f}$(WRAPSUFFIX)out ; false); \
 	fi; \
 	done
 # Clean