diff --git a/interop-testing/src/main/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/AbstractInteropTest.java b/interop-testing/src/main/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/AbstractInteropTest.java
index 6d524d029c..b1292eba22 100644
--- a/interop-testing/src/main/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/AbstractInteropTest.java
+++ b/interop-testing/src/main/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/AbstractInteropTest.java
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ import org.mockito.verification.VerificationMode;
  * <p> New tests should avoid using Mockito to support running on AppEngine.</p>
  */
 public abstract class AbstractInteropTest {
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(AbstractInteropTest.class.getName());
 
   @Rule public final Timeout globalTimeout = Timeout.seconds(30);
 
@@ -301,7 +304,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractInteropTest {
       channel.shutdownNow();
       try {
         channel.awaitTermination(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-      } catch (InterruptedException unused) {
+      } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+        logger.log(Level.FINE, "Interrupted while waiting for channel termination", ie);
         // Best effort. If there is an interruption, we want to continue cleaning up, but quickly
         Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
       }