diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index d809a4fea62d7..10bdaa63bf6f2 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
         terminalOutput,
       };
     } catch (e) {
+      if (process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true') {
+        console.error(e);
+      }
       return {
         code: 1,
       };