diff --git a/pyanaconda/core/util.py b/pyanaconda/core/util.py
index 80fd05f356e..238118e7eb6 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/core/util.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/core/util.py
@@ -286,6 +286,26 @@ def execWithCapture(command, argv, stdin=None, root='/', env_prune=None, env_add
     return _run_program(argv, stdin=stdin, root=root, log_output=log_output, env_prune=env_prune,
                         env_add=env_add, filter_stderr=filter_stderr, do_preexec=do_preexec)[1]
 
+def execProgram(command, argv, stdin=None, root='/', env_prune=None, env_add=None,
+                log_output=True, filter_stderr=False, do_preexec=True):
+    """ Run an external program and capture standard out and err as well as the return code.
+
+        :param command: The command to run
+        :param argv: The argument list
+        :param stdin: The file object to read stdin from.
+        :param root: The directory to chroot to before running command.
+        :param env_prune: environment variable to remove before execution
+        :param env_add: environment variables added for the execution
+        :param log_output: Whether to log the output of command
+        :param filter_stderr: Whether stderr should be excluded from the returned output
+        :param do_preexec: whether to use the preexec function
+        :return: Tuple of the return code and the output of the command
+    """
+    argv = [command] + argv
+
+    return _run_program(argv, stdin=stdin, root=root, log_output=log_output, env_prune=env_prune,
+                        env_add=env_add, filter_stderr=filter_stderr, do_preexec=do_preexec)
+
 
 def execWithCaptureAsLiveUser(command, argv, stdin=None, root='/', log_output=True,
                               filter_stderr=False, do_preexec=True):
diff --git a/pyanaconda/modules/payloads/payload/rpm_ostree/installation.py b/pyanaconda/modules/payloads/payload/rpm_ostree/installation.py
index 083f1187db9..c5c93e66e62 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/modules/payloads/payload/rpm_ostree/installation.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/modules/payloads/payload/rpm_ostree/installation.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from pyanaconda.core.glib import GError, Variant, create_new_context, format_size_full
 from pyanaconda.core.i18n import _
 from pyanaconda.core.path import make_directories, set_system_root
-from pyanaconda.core.util import execWithRedirect
+from pyanaconda.core.util import execWithRedirect, execProgram
 from pyanaconda.modules.common.constants.objects import BOOTLOADER, DEVICE_TREE
 from pyanaconda.modules.common.constants.services import LOCALIZATION, STORAGE
 from pyanaconda.modules.common.errors.installation import (
@@ -46,15 +46,16 @@
 
 
 def safe_exec_with_redirect(cmd, argv, successful_return_codes=(0,), **kwargs):
-    """Like util.execWithRedirect, but treat errors as fatal.
+    """Like util.execProgram, but treat errors as fatal.
 
     :raise: PayloadInstallationError if the call fails for any reason
     """
-    rc = execWithRedirect(cmd, argv, **kwargs)
+    rc, output = execProgram(cmd, argv, **kwargs)
 
     if rc not in successful_return_codes:
         raise PayloadInstallationError(
-            "The command '{}' exited with the code {}.".format(" ".join([cmd] + argv), rc)
+            "The command '{}' exited with the code {}:\n{}".format(" ".join([cmd] + argv), rc,
+            output)
         )