diff --git a/src/test/tpkg/123-run-getdns_validate.tpkg/123-run-getdns_validate.test b/src/test/tpkg/123-run-getdns_validate.tpkg/123-run-getdns_validate.test
index 15df16e8..be585c5f 100644
--- a/src/test/tpkg/123-run-getdns_validate.tpkg/123-run-getdns_validate.test
+++ b/src/test/tpkg/123-run-getdns_validate.tpkg/123-run-getdns_validate.test
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ function FAIL () {
 }
 
 "${GETDNS_VALIDATE}" -k root.ds -s root.keys -d 2019-11-19 www.test.heggggg.A www.test.heggggg \
-| grep ^400  || FAIL -k root.ds -s root.keys -d 2019-11-19 www.test.heggggg.A www.test.heggggg
+| jq ".code" | grep 400 || FAIL -k root.ds -s root.keys -d 2019-11-19 www.test.heggggg.A www.test.heggggg
 
 "${GETDNS_VALIDATE}" -k root.ds -s root.keys -d 2019-11-19 nl.DS \
-| grep ^400  || FAIL -k root.ds -s root.keys -d 2019-11-19 nl.DS
+| jq ".code" | grep 400 || FAIL -k root.ds -s root.keys -d 2019-11-19 nl.DS
 
 cat root.keys nl.DS nl.keys >support
 "${GETDNS_VALIDATE}" -k root.ds -s support -d 2019-11-19 nlnetlabs.DS \
-| grep ^400  || FAIL -k root.ds -s support -d 2019-11-19 nlnetlabs.DS
+| jq ".code" | grep 400 || FAIL -k root.ds -s support -d 2019-11-19 nlnetlabs.DS
 
 cat root.keys nl.DS nl.keys nlnetlabs.DS  nlnetlabs.keys >support
 "${GETDNS_VALIDATE}" -k root.ds -s support -d 2019-11-19 www.nlnetlabs.nl.AAAA \
-| grep ^400  || FAIL -k root.ds -s support -d 2019-11-19 www.nlnetlabs.nl.AAAA
+| jq ".code" | grep 400 || FAIL -k root.ds -s support -d 2019-11-19 www.nlnetlabs.nl.AAAA
 
diff --git a/src/tools/getdns_validate.c b/src/tools/getdns_validate.c
index 82b50a40..3034b76a 100644
--- a/src/tools/getdns_validate.c
+++ b/src/tools/getdns_validate.c
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ getdns_return_t print_dnssec_status(int status)
 	case GETDNS_DNSSEC_INSECURE:
 	case GETDNS_DNSSEC_INDETERMINATE:
 	case GETDNS_DNSSEC_BOGUS:
-		printf("%i %s\n", status, getdns_get_errorstr_by_id(status));
+		/* printf("%i %s\n", status, getdns_get_errorstr_by_id(status)); */
+		printf("{\"code\": %i, \"desc\": \"%s\"}\n", status, getdns_get_errorstr_by_id(status));
 		return GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD;
 	default:
 		fprintf(stderr, "Error validating");