diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c9b275aa37..816d775a5c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Jan 10 13:46:14 GMT 2008 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/util.c: change virExec() such that with --enable-debug,
+	stdout and stderr no longer go to /dev/null.
+
 Thu Jan 10 13:44:17 GMT 2008 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/util.[ch]: Add virRun() helper function (Dan Berrange)
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 755c4c2c79..d23237ef2c 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -157,10 +157,17 @@ _virExec(virConnectPtr conn,
 
     if (dup2(infd >= 0 ? infd : null, STDIN_FILENO) < 0)
         _exit(1);
+#ifndef ENABLE_DEBUG
     if (dup2(pipeout[1] > 0 ? pipeout[1] : null, STDOUT_FILENO) < 0)
         _exit(1);
     if (dup2(pipeerr[1] > 0 ? pipeerr[1] : null, STDERR_FILENO) < 0)
         _exit(1);
+#else /* ENABLE_DEBUG */
+    if (pipeout[1] > 0 && dup2(pipeout[1], STDOUT_FILENO) < 0)
+        _exit(1);
+    if (pipeerr[1] > 0 && dup2(pipeerr[1], STDERR_FILENO) < 0)
+        _exit(1);
+#endif /* ENABLE_DEBUG */
 
     close(null);
     if (pipeout[1] > 0)