diff --git a/.kokoro/system.sh b/.kokoro/system.sh
index 7635c0be17ea..fc9e33f60869 100755
--- a/.kokoro/system.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/system.sh
@@ -263,16 +263,25 @@ for path in `find 'packages' \
     files_to_check=("${package_path}")
   fi
 
-  echo "checking changes with 'git diff ${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH}...${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_COMMIT} -- ${files_to_check[*]}'"
   set +e
   # Passing the array expanded as arguments to git diff
   package_modified=$(git diff "${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH}...${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_COMMIT}" -- "${files_to_check[@]}" | wc -l)
   set -e
 
-  if [[ "${package_modified}" -gt 0 || "$KOKORO_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_SUBDIR" == *"continuous"* ]]; then
+  states=()
+  [[ "${package_modified}" -gt 0 ]] && states+=("changed")
+  [[ "$KOKORO_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_SUBDIR" == *"continuous"* ]] && states+=("continuous")
+
+  # Join states with a comma
+  state_str=$(IFS=, ; echo "${states[*]}")
+
+  commit_hash="${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_COMMIT:-HEAD}"
+
+  if [[ ${#states[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+      printf "TEST %-20s %-40s %s\n" "[${state_str}]" "${package_name}" "${commit_hash}"
       PACKAGES_TO_TEST+=("$package_name")
   else
-      echo "No changes in ${package_name} and not a continuous build, skipping."
+      printf "SKIP %-20s %-40s %s\n" "[no_changes]" "${package_name}" "${commit_hash}"
   fi
 done
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-testutils/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-testutils/setup.py
index f0def265cb19..0481f3dadb5d 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-testutils/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-testutils/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2017 Google LLC
+# Trigger parallel system test run
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 import io
 import os
 import re
+
 import setuptools  # type: ignore
 
 version = None