diff --git a/parser-utils/src/lib.rs b/parser-utils/src/lib.rs
index 69b9163b..5e8cf923 100644
--- a/parser-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/parser-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,17 +11,21 @@
 extern crate combine;
 extern crate edn;
 
-pub mod value_and_span;
-
 use combine::{
     ParseResult,
-    Stream,
 };
 use combine::combinator::{
     Expected,
     FnParser,
 };
 
+pub mod log;
+pub mod value_and_span;
+
+pub use log::{
+    LogParsing,
+};
+
 /// A type definition for a function parser that either parses an `O` from an input stream of type
 /// `I`, or fails with an "expected" failure.
 /// See <https://docs.rs/combine/2.2.1/combine/trait.Parser.html#method.expected> for more
diff --git a/parser-utils/src/log.rs b/parser-utils/src/log.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d29cbe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser-utils/src/log.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// Copyright 2016 Mozilla
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+// this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
+// License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+// under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
+// CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use combine::{
+    ParseError,
+    Parser,
+    ParseResult,
+    Stream,
+};
+
+/// println!, but to stderr.
+///
+/// Doesn't pollute stdout, which is useful when running tests under Emacs, which parses the output
+/// of the test suite to format errors and can get confused when user output is interleaved into the
+/// stdout stream.
+///
+/// Cribbed from http://stackoverflow.com/a/27590832.
+macro_rules! println_stderr(
+    ($($arg:tt)*) => { {
+        let r = writeln!(&mut ::std::io::stderr(), $($arg)*);
+        r.expect("failed printing to stderr");
+    } }
+);
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Log<P, T>(P, T)
+    where P: Parser,
+          T: ::std::fmt::Debug;
+
+impl<I, P, T> Parser for Log<P, T>
+    where I: Stream,
+          I::Item: ::std::fmt::Debug,
+          P: Parser<Input = I>,
+          P::Output: ::std::fmt::Debug,
+          T: ::std::fmt::Debug,
+{
+    type Input = I;
+    type Output = P::Output;
+
+    fn parse_stream(&mut self, input: I) -> ParseResult<Self::Output, I> {
+        let head = input.clone().uncons();
+        let result = self.0.parse_stream(input.clone());
+        match result {
+            Ok((ref value, _)) => println_stderr!("{:?}: [{:?} ...] => Ok({:?})", self.1, head.ok(), value),
+            Err(_) => println_stderr!("{:?}: [{:?} ...] => Err(_)", self.1, head.ok()),
+        }
+        result
+    }
+
+    fn add_error(&mut self, errors: &mut ParseError<Self::Input>) {
+        self.0.add_error(errors);
+    }
+}
+
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn log<P, T>(p: P, msg: T) -> Log<P, T>
+    where P: Parser,
+          T: ::std::fmt::Debug,
+{
+    Log(p, msg)
+}
+
+/// We need a trait to define `Parser.log` and have it live outside of the `combine` crate.
+pub trait LogParsing: Parser + Sized {
+    fn log<T>(self, msg: T) -> Log<Self, T>
+        where Self: Sized,
+              T: ::std::fmt::Debug;
+}
+
+impl<P> LogParsing for P
+    where P: Parser,
+{
+    fn log<T>(self, msg: T) -> Log<Self, T>
+        where T: ::std::fmt::Debug,
+    {
+        log(self, msg)
+    }
+}