diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8d3677f6dc..0e6a77236c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ jobs:
 
             journalctl --no-pager -xu k3s.service
 
+      - run:
+          name: more cri-dockerd debugging info
+          command: |
+            echo "systemctl status --no-pager --full cri-docker.service returns:"
+            systemctl status --no-pager --full cri-docker.service || true
+
+            echo "---"
+            echo "systemctl status --no-pager --full cri-docker.socket returns:"
+            systemctl status --no-pager --full cri-docker.socket || true
+
       - run:
           name: Prepare a kubeconfig in ~/.kube/config
           command: |