diff --git a/test/engine/engine_derivative_test.cc b/test/engine/engine_derivative_test.cc
index 51dc26b7..1db7731a 100644
--- a/test/engine/engine_derivative_test.cc
+++ b/test/engine/engine_derivative_test.cc
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 // Tests for engine/engine_derivative.c.
 
-#include <iomanip>
-#include <iostream>
 #include <random>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -74,19 +72,6 @@ static mjtNum CompareMatrices(mjtNum* Actual, mjtNum* Expected,
   return max_error;
 }
 
-// utility function for matrix printing (debug)
-// NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-diagnostic-unused-function)
-static void PrintMatrix(mjtNum* mat, int nrow, int ncol) {
-  std::cerr.precision(5);
-  std::cerr << "\n";
-  for (int r=0; r < nrow; r++) {
-    for (int c=0; c < ncol; c++) {
-      std::cerr << std::fixed << std::setw(9) << mat[c + r*ncol] << " ";
-    }
-    std::cerr << "\n";
-  }
-}
-
 static const char* const kEnergyConservingPendulumPath =
     "engine/testdata/derivative/energy_conserving_pendulum.xml";
 static const char* const kTumblingThinObjectPath =
diff --git a/test/fixture.h b/test/fixture.h
index 8da8ef5c..4d65623d 100644
--- a/test/fixture.h
+++ b/test/fixture.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 #include <csetjmp>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
@@ -110,6 +112,18 @@ inline std::vector<mjtNum> AsVector(const mjtNum* array, int n) {
   return std::vector<mjtNum>(array, array + n);
 }
 
+// Prints a matrix to stderr, useful for debugging.
+inline void PrintMatrix(const mjtNum* mat, int nrow, int ncol, int p = 5) {
+  std::cerr.precision(p);
+  std::cerr << "\n";
+  for (int r = 0; r < nrow; r++) {
+    for (int c = 0; c < ncol; c++) {
+      std::cerr << std::fixed << std::setw(4 + p) << mat[c + r*ncol] << " ";
+    }
+    std::cerr << "\n";
+  }
+}
+
 // Installs a mock filesystem via a resource provider. To obtain thread safety,
 // each filesystem is scoped for individual unit tests with destructive
 // operations not permitted.