diff --git a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/util/QualityGateResult.java b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/util/QualityGateResult.java
index 24b1325..eb13a6c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/util/QualityGateResult.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/util/QualityGateResult.java
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ private String createMessage(final QualityGateResultItem item) {
                 item.getQualityGate().getThreshold());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getOverallStatus().toString();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Represents a single item of the quality gate results.
      */
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/util/QualityGateEvaluatorTest.java b/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/util/QualityGateEvaluatorTest.java
index c0daef6..c918691 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/util/QualityGateEvaluatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/util/QualityGateEvaluatorTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ void shouldDoNothing() {
         var log = new FilteredLog();
         var result = createEvaluator(log);
 
+        assertThat(result).hasToString("INACTIVE");
         assertThat(result.getOverallStatus()).isEqualTo(QualityGateStatus.INACTIVE);
         assertThat(log.getInfoMessages())
                 .contains("No quality gates have been set - skipping");
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ void shouldCreateSuccessfulResult() {
         var resultHandler = mock(ResultHandler.class);
         var result = evaluator.evaluate(resultHandler, log);
 
+        assertThat(result).hasToString("INACTIVE");
         assertThat(result.getOverallStatus()).isEqualTo(QualityGateStatus.INACTIVE);
         assertThat(log.getInfoMessages())
                 .contains("Evaluating quality gates",