diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8c5f12b..9b4ef50 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ xen-tools (4.4+dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       Santiago Vila.
     + Add password length sanity check with fallback to default length.
     + Raise default password length from 8 to 23.
+    + Flush output after each line in runCommand().
 
     [ Santiago Vila ]
     + Fix unaligned maxmem output of xen-create-image. (Closes: #764126)
diff --git a/lib/Xen/Tools/Common.pm b/lib/Xen/Tools/Common.pm
index 04599d5..ccbaffa 100644
--- a/lib/Xen/Tools/Common.pm
+++ b/lib/Xen/Tools/Common.pm
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ sub findXenToolstack
 
 sub runCommand ($$;$)
 {
+    local $| = 1;
     my ($cmd, $CONFIG, $fail_ok) = (@_);
 
     #