diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/PackageManagement.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/PackageManagement.Tests.ps1
index 01b4d4738a6..e6fdb981f15 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/PackageManagement.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/PackageManagement.Tests.ps1
@@ -22,12 +22,34 @@ Describe "PackageManagement Acceptance Test" -Tags "Feature" {
         # register the asset directory
         $localSourceName = [Guid]::NewGuid().ToString("n")
         $localSourceLocation = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot assets
-        $newSourceResult = Register-PackageSource -Name $localSourceName -provider NuGet -Location $localSourceLocation -Force -Trusted
+        $newSourceResult = Register-PackageSource -Name $localSourceName -provider NuGet -Location $localSourceLocation -Force -Trusted -Verbose
         Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "Register-PackageSource -Name $localSourceName -provider NuGet -Location $localSourceLocation -Force -Trusted"
         $newSourceResult | Out-String -Stream | Write-Verbose -Verbose
+        $localSourceCheck = Get-PackageSource -Name $localSourceName -ErrorAction Ignore
 
         $skipPackageTests = $false
-        if ($newSourceResult.Location -ne $localSourceLocation) {
+        # It is possible that Register-PackageSource appears to succeed but the source is not actually registered
+        # collect as much information as possible to help diagnose the problem
+        if (($newSourceResult.Location -ne $localSourceLocation) -or ($localSourceCheck.Location -ne $localSourceLocation)) {
+            Write-Verbose -Verbose "Skipping tests because local source could not be correctly created"
+            if ( $newSourceResult ) {
+                $newSourceResult | out-string -str | Write-Verbose -Verbose
+            }
+            else {
+                Write-Verbose "newSourceResult is null"
+            }
+
+            if ( $localSourceCheck ) {
+                $localSourceCheck | out-string -str | Write-Verbose -Verbose
+            }
+            else {
+                Write-Verbose "LocalSourceCheck is null"
+            }
+
+            if (-not $IsWindows) {
+                Get-ChildItem "$HOME/.config" -Recurse -File | out-string -str | Write-Verbose -Verbose
+            }
+
             $skipPackageTests = $true
         }