--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/conftest.py	Wed Sep 03 17:28:10 2014 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import sys
+import logging
+
+
+def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
+    pass
+
+
+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    parser.addoption('--log-debug', action='store_true',
+            help="Sets the PieCrust logger to output debug info to stdout.")
+
+
+def pytest_configure(config):
+    if config.getoption('--log-debug'):
+        hdl = logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout)
+        logging.getLogger('piecrust').addHandler(hdl)
+        logging.getLogger('piecrust').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+