diff --git a/test/test_build.py b/test/test_build.py
index 052be0f3..157e34c2 100644
--- a/test/test_build.py
+++ b/test/test_build.py
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ def build_images(shared_tmpdir, build_container, request, force_aws_upload, gpg_
             "-v", "/var/tmp/osbuild-test-store:/store",  # share the cache between builds
             "-v", "/var/lib/containers/storage:/var/lib/containers/storage",  # mount the host's containers storage
         ]
+        if tc.podman_terminal:
+            cmd.append("-t")
 
         if tc.sign:
             sign_container_image(gpg_conf, registry_conf, tc.container_ref)
@@ -430,6 +432,8 @@ def build_images(shared_tmpdir, build_container, request, force_aws_upload, gpg_
             f"--use-librepo={tc.use_librepo}",
             *tc.bib_rootfs_args()
         ])
+        if tc.podman_terminal:
+            cmd.append("--progress=term")
 
         # print the build command for easier tracing
         print(" ".join(cmd))
diff --git a/test/testcases.py b/test/testcases.py
index 5a9ac03c..a5ab3225 100644
--- a/test/testcases.py
+++ b/test/testcases.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class TestCase:
     disk_config: str = ""
     # use librepo for the downloading
     use_librepo: bool = False
+    # podman_terminal enables the podman -t option to get progress
+    podman_terminal: bool = False
 
     def bib_rootfs_args(self):
         if self.rootfs:
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ class TestCaseC9S(TestCase):
         "BIB_TEST_BOOTC_CONTAINER_TAG",
         "quay.io/centos-bootc/centos-bootc:stream9")
     use_librepo: bool = True
+    podman_terminal: bool = True
 
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass