diff --git a/qmemman/qmemman_server.py b/qmemman/qmemman_server.py
index e0eb149e..c2b7e0e3 100755
--- a/qmemman/qmemman_server.py
+++ b/qmemman/qmemman_server.py
@@ -205,8 +205,13 @@ class QMemmanServer:
         usage = "usage: %prog [options]"
         parser = OptionParser(usage)
         parser.add_option("-c", "--config", action="store", dest="config", default=config_path)
+        parser.add_option("-d", "--debug", action="store_true", dest="debug",
+                          default=False, help="Enable debugging")
         (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
+        if options.debug:
+            logging.root.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
         # close io
         sys.stdin.close()
         sys.stdout.close()