diff --git a/tests/robustness/README.md b/tests/robustness/README.md
index ebea3b450..36c8415cb 100644
--- a/tests/robustness/README.md
+++ b/tests/robustness/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Upon failure tests generate a report that can be used to attribute whether failu
       It is recommended to run tests multiple times with failfast enabled. this can be done by setting `GO_TEST_FLAGS='--count=100 --failfast'`.
     * `EXPECT_DEBUG=true` - to get logs from the cluster.
     * `RESULTS_DIR` - to change location where results report will be saved.
+    * `PERSIST_RESULTS` - to persist the results report of the test. By default this will not be persisted in the case of a successful run.
 
 ## Analysing failure
 
diff --git a/tests/robustness/report/report.go b/tests/robustness/report/report.go
index 3c41bc02d..fb376fcc7 100644
--- a/tests/robustness/report/report.go
+++ b/tests/robustness/report/report.go
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ func testResultsDirectory(t *testing.T) string {
 
 func (r *TestReport) Report(t *testing.T, force bool) {
 	path := testResultsDirectory(t)
-	if t.Failed() || force {
+	_, ok := os.LookupEnv("PERSIST_RESULTS")
+	if t.Failed() || force || ok {
 		for _, member := range r.Cluster.Procs {
 			memberDataDir := filepath.Join(path, fmt.Sprintf("server-%s", member.Config().Name))
 			persistMemberDataDir(t, r.Logger, member, memberDataDir)