diff --git a/lib/lint.ml b/lib/lint.ml
index 858eb3ee..d9fee97d 100644
--- a/lib/lint.ml
+++ b/lib/lint.ml
@@ -13,6 +13,32 @@ module Check = struct
   let marshal () = Yojson.Safe.to_string `Null
   let unmarshal _ = ()
 
+  let parse_errors_from_log job =
+    let job_id = Current.Job.id job in
+    let path = Current.Job.log_path job_id in
+    match path with
+    | Ok path ->
+        Lwt_io.with_file ~mode:Lwt_io.input (Fpath.to_string path) (fun ch ->
+          let rec aux acc =
+            (* We choose the relevant output lines by filtering lines starting
+               with Error/Warning. The other log lines in the file would start
+               with a timestamp (logged info), or not start with the
+               Error/Warning prefix (other text output from the CLI tool). *)
+            Lwt_io.read_line_opt ch >>= function
+            | Some line ->
+              if (String.starts_with ~prefix:"Error" line ||
+                  String.starts_with ~prefix:"Warning" line)
+              then
+                aux (line :: acc)
+              else
+                aux acc
+            | None -> Lwt.return acc
+          in
+          aux [] >>= function
+          | [] -> Lwt.return (Error (`Msg "Could not find any Error/Warning lines in CLI output."))
+          | errors -> Lwt.return (Ok (String.concat "\n" errors)))
+    | Error (`Msg m) -> Lwt.return (Error (`Msg (Fmt.str "Could not find the log file for job <%s>: %s" job_id m)))
+
   let of_dir ~master ~job ~packages cwd =
     let master = Current_git.Commit.hash master in
     exec ~cwd ~job [|"git"; "merge"; "-q"; "--"; master|] >>/= fun () ->
@@ -38,6 +64,17 @@ module Check = struct
     in
     let cmd = ["opam-ci-check"; "lint"; "--opam-repository"; "."] @ changed @ new_ in
     exec ~cwd ~job (cmd |> Array.of_list)
+    >>= function
+    | Error (`Msg err) ->
+      (* The exec function doesn't capture stdout when the command fails; so we
+         parse the command output from the log file, instead. *)
+        parse_errors_from_log job >>= (function
+        | Ok errors -> Lwt_result.fail (`Msg errors)
+        | Error (`Msg msg) ->
+          let error_msg = (Fmt.str "internal error: %s - %s" err msg) in
+          Lwt_result.fail (`Msg error_msg))
+    | Ok () ->
+        Lwt_result.return ()
 end
 
 module Lint = struct
diff --git a/test/lint.t b/test/lint.t
index 92f1fe9d..b54e25f4 100644
--- a/test/lint.t
+++ b/test/lint.t
@@ -29,8 +29,16 @@ Tests the following:
   * b-incorrect-opam (HEAD -> new-branch-1)
   * a-1 (tag: initial-state, master)
   $ opam-repo-ci-local --repo="." --branch=new-branch-1 --lint-only --no-web-server
-  Error "Command "opam-ci-check" "lint" "--opam-repository" "." "--newly-published" 
-  "b.0.0.1,b.0.0.2,b.0.0.3,system-b.0.0.1" exited with status 1"
+  Error "Warning in system-b.0.0.1: package name has restricted prefix 'system-'
+  Error in system-b.0.0.1: package with prefix 'system-' requires conflict class 'ocaml-system'
+  Error in system-b.0.0.1: Maintainer email missing. Please add a maintainer email to the opam file. Maintainer: Maintainer
+  Error in b.0.0.3: package with conflict class 'ocaml-host-arch' requires name prefix 'host-arch-'
+  Error in b.0.0.3: pin-depends present. This is not allowed in the opam-repository.
+  Error in b.0.0.3: Maintainer email missing. Please add a maintainer email to the opam file. Maintainer: Maintainer
+  Error in b.0.0.2: Maintainer email missing. Please add a maintainer email to the opam file. Maintainer: Maintainer
+  Error in b.0.0.2:              error  3: File format error in 'unknown-field' at line 11, column 0: Invalid field unknown-field
+  Error in b.0.0.1: Maintainer email missing. Please add a maintainer email to the opam file. Maintainer: Maintainer
+  Error in b.0.0.1:            warning 25: Missing field 'authors'"
 
 Reset commit and clear build cache
 
@@ -47,8 +55,8 @@ of a package [a_1] that conflicts with the existing [a-1] package
   * a_1-name-collision (HEAD -> new-branch-1)
   * a-1 (tag: initial-state, master)
   $ opam-repo-ci-local --repo="." --branch=new-branch-1 --lint-only --no-web-server
-  Error "Command "opam-ci-check" "lint" "--opam-repository" "." "--newly-published" 
-  "a_1.0.0.1" exited with status 1"
+  Error "Warning in a_1.0.0.1: Possible name collision with package 'a-1'
+  Error in a_1.0.0.1: Maintainer email missing. Please add a maintainer email to the opam file. Maintainer: Maintainer"
 
 Delete OCurrent cache
 
@@ -72,5 +80,11 @@ test various positive and negative cases
   * levenshtein-1 (master)
   * a-1 (tag: initial-state)
   $ opam-repo-ci-local --repo="." --branch=new-branch-2 --lint-only --no-web-server
-  Error "Command "opam-ci-check" "lint" "--opam-repository" "." "--changed-packages" 
-  "field1.0.0.2" "--newly-published" "fieffind.0.0.1,fieffinder.0.0.1,fielf.0.0.1" exited with status 1"
+  Error "Error in field1.0.0.2: Maintainer email missing. Please add a maintainer email to the opam file. Maintainer: Maintainer
+  Warning in fielf.0.0.1: Possible name collision with package 'field1'
+  Error in fielf.0.0.1: Maintainer email missing. Please add a maintainer email to the opam file. Maintainer: Maintainer
+  Warning in fieffinder.0.0.1: Possible name collision with package 'fieffind'
+  Error in fieffinder.0.0.1: Maintainer email missing. Please add a maintainer email to the opam file. Maintainer: Maintainer
+  Warning in fieffind.0.0.1: Possible name collision with package 'fieldfind'
+  Warning in fieffind.0.0.1: Possible name collision with package 'fieffinder'
+  Error in fieffind.0.0.1: Maintainer email missing. Please add a maintainer email to the opam file. Maintainer: Maintainer"