diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test.py
index c89bead6b62..5a36752b9b6 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test.py
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ def test(parser, args):
     with reporter('test'):
         if args.smoke_test:
             for spec in specs_to_test:
-                spec.package.do_test(not args.keep_tmpdir)
+                try:
+                    spec.package.do_test(not args.keep_tmpdir)
+                except BaseException as e:
+                    pass  # Test is logged, go on to other tests
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError