diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index 08f183ab..5c75f0ce 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -4,4 +4,35 @@ Gunicorn
 2009,2010 (c) Paul J. Davis <paul.joseph.davis@gmail.com>
 
 Gunicorn is released under the MIT license. See the LICENSE
-file for the complete license.
\ No newline at end of file
+file for the complete license.
+
+
+gunicorn.debug
+--------------
+
+Based on eventlet.debug module under MIT license:
+
+Unless otherwise noted, the files in Eventlet are under the following MIT license:
+
+Copyright (c) 2005-2006, Bob Ippolito
+Copyright (c) 2007-2010, Linden Research, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2008-2010, Eventlet Contributors (see Eventlet AUTHORS)
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+
diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index 8a7171de..e09f8cda 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Config(object):
         loglevel='info',
         pidfile=None,
         proc_name = None,
+        spew=False,
         timeout=30,
         tmp_upload_dir=None,
         umask="0",
diff --git a/gunicorn/debug.py b/gunicorn/debug.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d923d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gunicorn/debug.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -
+#
+# This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license. 
+# See the NOTICE for more information.
+
+"""The debug module contains utilities and functions for better 
+debugging Gunicorn."""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import linecache
+import re
+import inspect
+
+__all__ = ['spew', 'unspew']
+
+_token_spliter = re.compile('\W+')
+
+
+
+class Spew(object):
+    """
+    """
+    def __init__(self, trace_names=None, show_values=True):
+        self.trace_names = trace_names
+        self.show_values = show_values
+
+    def __call__(self, frame, event, arg):
+        if event == 'line':
+            lineno = frame.f_lineno
+            if '__file__' in frame.f_globals:
+                filename = frame.f_globals['__file__']
+                if (filename.endswith('.pyc') or
+                    filename.endswith('.pyo')):
+                    filename = filename[:-1]
+                name = frame.f_globals['__name__']
+                line = linecache.getline(filename, lineno)
+            else:
+                name = '[unknown]'
+                try:
+                    src = inspect.getsourcelines(frame)
+                    line = src[lineno]
+                except IOError:
+                    line = 'Unknown code named [%s].  VM instruction #%d' % (
+                        frame.f_code.co_name, frame.f_lasti)
+            if self.trace_names is None or name in self.trace_names:
+                print '%s:%s: %s' % (name, lineno, line.rstrip())
+                if not self.show_values:
+                    return self
+                details = []
+                tokens = _token_spliter.split(line)
+                for tok in tokens:
+                    if tok in frame.f_globals:
+                        details.append('%s=%r' % (tok, frame.f_globals[tok]))
+                    if tok in frame.f_locals:
+                        details.append('%s=%r' % (tok, frame.f_locals[tok]))
+                if details:
+                    print "\t%s" % ' '.join(details)
+        return self
+
+
+def spew(trace_names=None, show_values=False):
+    """Install a trace hook which writes incredibly detailed logs
+    about what code is being executed to stdout.
+    """
+    sys.settrace(Spew(trace_names, show_values))
+
+
+def unspew():
+    """Remove the trace hook installed by spew.
+    """
+    sys.settrace(None)
+    
+
diff --git a/gunicorn/main.py b/gunicorn/main.py
index a55ac750..7afada6d 100644
--- a/gunicorn/main.py
+++ b/gunicorn/main.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import pkg_resources
 import sys
 
 from gunicorn.config import Config
+from gunicorn.debug import spew
 from gunicorn import util, __version__
 
 LOG_LEVELS = {
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ def options():
         op.make_option('--log-file', dest='logfile',
             help='Log to a file. - equals stdout. [-]'),
         op.make_option('-d', '--debug', dest='debug', action="store_true",
-            default=False, help='Debug mode. only 1 worker.')
+            default=False, help='Debug mode. only 1 worker.'),
+        op.make_option('--spew', dest='spew', action="store_true",
+            default=False, help="Install a trace hook")
     ]
 
 def configure_logging(opts):
@@ -114,6 +117,8 @@ def main(usage, get_app):
     
     app = get_app(parser, opts, args)
     conf = Config(opts.__dict__, opts.config)
+    if conf['spew']:
+        spew()
     arbiter = conf.arbiter(conf.address, conf.workers, app, config=conf, 
                 debug=conf['debug'], pidfile=conf['pidfile'])
     if conf['daemon']:
@@ -149,6 +154,8 @@ def paste_server(app, global_conf=None, host="127.0.0.1", port=None,
         options['default_proc_name'] = options['__file__']
            
     conf = Config(options)
+    if conf['spew']:
+        spew()
     arbiter = conf.arbiter(conf.address, conf.workers, app, debug=conf["debug"], 
                     pidfile=conf["pidfile"], config=conf)
     if conf["daemon"] :