diff --git a/tests/TestsAutoLoader.php b/tests/TestsAutoLoader.php
index d7237f7240f..0939ebeeb12 100644
--- a/tests/TestsAutoLoader.php
+++ b/tests/TestsAutoLoader.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ $wgAutoloadClasses += array(
 	# tests/phpunit
 	'MediaWikiTestCase' => "$testDir/phpunit/MediaWikiTestCase.php",
 	'MediaWikiPHPUnitCommand' => "$testDir/phpunit/MediaWikiPHPUnitCommand.php",
+	'MediaWikiPHPUnitTestListener' => "$testDir/phpunit/MediaWikiPHPUnitTestListener.php",
 	'MediaWikiLangTestCase' => "$testDir/phpunit/MediaWikiLangTestCase.php",
 	'MediaWikiProvide' => "$testDir/phpunit/includes/Providers.php",
 	'TestUser' => "$testDir/phpunit/includes/TestUser.php",
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/MediaWikiPHPUnitCommand.php b/tests/phpunit/MediaWikiPHPUnitCommand.php
index f5760ea0d47..387107ba915 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/MediaWikiPHPUnitCommand.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/MediaWikiPHPUnitCommand.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class MediaWikiPHPUnitCommand extends PHPUnit_TextUI_Command {
 		'use-normal-tables' => false,
 		'reuse-db' => false,
 		'wiki=' => false,
+		'debug-tests' => false,
 	);
 
 	public function __construct() {
@@ -20,6 +21,22 @@ class MediaWikiPHPUnitCommand extends PHPUnit_TextUI_Command {
 		}
 	}
 
+	protected function handleArguments(array $argv) {
+		parent::handleArguments( $argv );
+
+		if ( !isset( $this->arguments['listeners'] ) ) {
+			$this->arguments['listeners'] = array();
+		}
+
+		foreach ($this->options[0] as $option) {
+			switch ($option[0]) {
+				case '--debug-tests':
+					$this->arguments['listeners'][] = new MediaWikiPHPUnitTestListener( 'PHPUnitCommand' );
+					break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	public static function main( $exit = true ) {
 		$command = new self;
 
@@ -94,6 +111,9 @@ Database options:
   --reuse-db               Init DB only if tables are missing and keep after finish.
 
 
+Debugging options:
+  --debug-tests            Log testing activity to the PHPUnitCommand log channel.
+
 EOT;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/MediaWikiPHPUnitTestListener.php b/tests/phpunit/MediaWikiPHPUnitTestListener.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18e3fb7fa1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/MediaWikiPHPUnitTestListener.php
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<?php
+class MediaWikiPHPUnitTestListener implements PHPUnit_Framework_TestListener {
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $logChannel;
+
+	public function __construct( $logChannel ) {
+		$this->logChannel = $logChannel;
+	}
+
+	protected function getTestName( PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test ) {
+		$name = get_class( $test );
+
+		if ( $test instanceof PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase ) {
+			$name .= '::' . $test->getName( true );
+		}
+
+		return $name;
+	}
+
+	protected function getErrorName( Exception $exception ) {
+		$name = get_class( $exception );
+		$name = "[$name] " . $exception->getMessage();
+
+		return $name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * An error occurred.
+	 *
+	 * @param  PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test
+	 * @param  Exception              $e
+	 * @param  float                  $time
+	 */
+	public function addError( PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test, Exception $e, $time ) {
+		wfDebugLog( $this->logChannel, 'ERROR in ' . $this->getTestName( $test ) . ': ' . $this->getErrorName( $e ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A failure occurred.
+	 *
+	 * @param  PHPUnit_Framework_Test                 $test
+	 * @param  PHPUnit_Framework_AssertionFailedError $e
+	 * @param  float                                  $time
+	 */
+	public function addFailure( PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test, PHPUnit_Framework_AssertionFailedError $e, $time ) {
+		wfDebugLog( $this->logChannel, 'FAILURE in ' . $this->getTestName( $test ) . ': ' . $this->getErrorName( $e ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Incomplete test.
+	 *
+	 * @param  PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test
+	 * @param  Exception              $e
+	 * @param  float                  $time
+	 */
+	public function addIncompleteTest( PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test, Exception $e, $time ) {
+		wfDebugLog( $this->logChannel, 'Incomplete test ' . $this->getTestName( $test ) . ': ' . $this->getErrorName( $e ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Skipped test.
+	 *
+	 * @param  PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test
+	 * @param  Exception              $e
+	 * @param  float                  $time
+	 *
+	 * @since  Method available since Release 3.0.0
+	 */
+	public function addSkippedTest( PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test, Exception $e, $time ) {
+		wfDebugLog( $this->logChannel, 'Skipped test ' . $this->getTestName( $test ) . ': ' . $this->getErrorName( $e ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A test suite started.
+	 *
+	 * @param  PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite $suite
+	 * @since  Method available since Release 2.2.0
+	 */
+	public function startTestSuite( PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite $suite ) {
+		wfDebugLog( $this->logChannel, 'START suite ' . $suite->getName() );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A test suite ended.
+	 *
+	 * @param  PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite $suite
+	 * @since  Method available since Release 2.2.0
+	 */
+	public function endTestSuite( PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite $suite ) {
+		wfDebugLog( $this->logChannel, 'END suite ' . $suite->getName() );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A test started.
+	 *
+	 * @param  PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test
+	 */
+	public function startTest( PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test ) {
+		wfDebugLog( $this->logChannel, 'Start test ' . $this->getTestName( $test ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A test ended.
+	 *
+	 * @param  PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test
+	 * @param  float                  $time
+	 */
+	public function endTest( PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test, $time ) {
+		wfDebugLog( $this->logChannel, 'End test ' . $this->getTestName( $test ) );
+	}
+}
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