diff --git a/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py b/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py
index a4843de9bc..8c51fc7a31 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ class MySQLDump(base.BackupRunner):
     @property
     def cmd(self):
         user_and_pass = (
-            ' --password=%(password)s -u %(user)s' %
+            ' --password=%(password)s -u %(user)s '
+            '2>/tmp/mysqldump.log' %
             {'password': MySqlApp.get_auth_password(),
              'user': ADMIN_USER_NAME})
         cmd = ('mysqldump'
diff --git a/trove/tests/unittests/backup/test_backupagent.py b/trove/tests/unittests/backup/test_backupagent.py
index 27ad289ab1..6f2526637d 100644
--- a/trove/tests/unittests/backup/test_backupagent.py
+++ b/trove/tests/unittests/backup/test_backupagent.py
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ class BackupAgentTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
                               ' --opt'
                               ' --password=123'
                               ' -u os_admin'
+                              ' 2>/tmp/mysqldump.log'
                               ' | gzip |'
                               ' openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt '
                               '-pass pass:default_aes_cbc_key')
diff --git a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_backups.py b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_backups.py
index 59c2ea25ea..d036843a8d 100644
--- a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_backups.py
+++ b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_backups.py
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ XTRA_BACKUP_INCR = ('sudo innobackupex --stream=xbstream'
                     ' /var/lib/mysql/data'
                     ' 2>/tmp/innobackupex.log')
 SQLDUMP_BACKUP_RAW = ("mysqldump --all-databases %(extra_opts)s "
-                      "--opt --password=password -u os_admin")
+                      "--opt --password=password -u os_admin"
+                      " 2>/tmp/mysqldump.log")
 SQLDUMP_BACKUP = SQLDUMP_BACKUP_RAW % {'extra_opts': ''}
 SQLDUMP_BACKUP_EXTRA_OPTS = (SQLDUMP_BACKUP_RAW %
                              {'extra_opts': '--events --routines --triggers'})