diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass
index b48cd96575..765184c180 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ inherit image-artifact-names
 
 TESTIMAGE_AUTO ??= "0"
 
+# When any test fails, TESTIMAGE_FAILED_QA ARTIFACTS will be parsed and for
+# each entry in it, if artifact pointed by path description exists on target,
+# it will be retrieved onto host
+
+TESTIMAGE_FAILED_QA_ARTIFACTS ??= "\
+    ${localstatedir}/log \
+    ${sysconfdir}/version \
+    ${sysconfdir}/os-release"
+
 # You can set (or append to) TEST_SUITES in local.conf to select the tests
 # which you want to run for your target.
 # The test names are the module names in meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases.
@@ -192,6 +201,39 @@ def get_testimage_boot_patterns(d):
                 boot_patterns[flag] = flagval.encode().decode('unicode-escape')
     return boot_patterns
 
+def get_artifacts_list(target, raw_list):
+    result = []
+    # Passed list may contains patterns in paths, expand them directly on target
+    for raw_path in raw_list.split():
+        cmd = f"for p in {raw_path}; do if [ -e $p ]; then echo $p; fi; done"
+        try:
+            status, output = target.run(cmd)
+            if status != 0 or not output:
+                raise Exception()
+            result += output.split()
+        except:
+            bb.warn(f"No file/directory matching path {raw_path}")
+
+    return result
+
+def retrieve_test_artifacts(target, artifacts_list, target_dir):
+    import shutil
+
+    local_artifacts_dir = os.path.join(target_dir, "artifacts")
+    if os.path.isdir(local_artifacts_dir):
+        shutil.rmtree(local_artifacts_dir)
+
+    os.makedirs(local_artifacts_dir)
+    for artifact_path in artifacts_list:
+        if not os.path.isabs(artifact_path):
+            bb.warn(f"{artifact_path} is not an absolute path")
+            continue
+        try:
+            dest_dir = os.path.join(local_artifacts_dir, os.path.dirname(artifact_path[1:]))
+            os.makedirs(dest_dir, exist_ok=True)
+            target.copyFrom(artifact_path, dest_dir)
+        except:
+            bb.warn(f"Can not retrieve {artifact_path} from test target")
 
 def testimage_main(d):
     import os
@@ -383,6 +425,12 @@ def testimage_main(d):
             pass
         results = tc.runTests()
         complete = True
+        if results.hasAnyFailingTest():
+            artifacts_list = get_artifacts_list(tc.target, d.getVar("TESTIMAGE_FAILED_QA_ARTIFACTS"))
+            if not artifacts_list:
+                bb.warn("Could not load artifacts list, skip artifacts retrieval")
+            else:
+                retrieve_test_artifacts(tc.target, artifacts_list, get_testimage_json_result_dir(d))
     except (KeyboardInterrupt, BlockingIOError) as err:
         if isinstance(err, KeyboardInterrupt):
             bb.error('testimage interrupted, shutting down...')