diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/connection/ssh.py b/lib/ansible/runner/connection/ssh.py
index 8c8693a1b7f..f2d6ffe2d22 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/connection/ssh.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/connection/ssh.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class SSHConnection(object):
         else:
             ssh_cmd.append(cmd)
             p = subprocess.Popen(ssh_cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
         # We can't use p.communicate here because the ControlMaster may have stdout open as well
         p.stdin.close()