diff --git a/lib/winston/transports/console.js b/lib/winston/transports/console.js
index ee5bcf9c5..da7f24523 100644
--- a/lib/winston/transports/console.js
+++ b/lib/winston/transports/console.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var Console = exports.Console = function (options) {
   this.timestamp   = typeof options.timestamp !== 'undefined' ? options.timestamp : false;
   this.label       = options.label       || null;
   this.logstash    = options.logstash    || false;
+  this.debugStdout = options.debugStdout || false;
 
   if (this.json) {
     this.stringify = options.stringify || function (obj) {
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ Console.prototype.log = function (level, msg, meta, callback) {
     logstash:    this.logstash
   });
 
-  if (level === 'error' || level === 'debug') {
+  if (level === 'error' || (level === 'debug' && !this.debugStdout) ) {
     process.stderr.write(output + '\n');
   } else {
     process.stdout.write(output + '\n');