diff --git a/debug.js b/debug.js
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3561aa850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debug.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict';
+
+var onExit = require('signal-exit');
+var serializeValue = require('./lib/serialize-value');
+var chalk = require('chalk');
+
+process.send = function (data) {
+	console.log(chalk.magenta(JSON.stringify(serializeValue(data), null, 4)));
+};
+
+onExit(function () {
+	process.emit('ava-cleanup', true);
+});
+
+require('./lib/babel');
diff --git a/maintaining.md b/maintaining.md
index dc1778a61..a8c84b642 100644
--- a/maintaining.md
+++ b/maintaining.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Maintaining
 
+## IPC Debugging
+
+AVA makes heavy use of forked processes and Node [IPC](https://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_process_send_message_sendhandle_callback).
+ This can create some difficulty tracking down bugs that occur in a different process from your test code.
+ The script `debug.js` will launch a single test fixture without forking the process and will log the IPC messages 
+ that would normally be sent parent process.
+
+```sh
+$ debug.js test/fixture/async-await.js
+....
+{
+    "name": "test",
+    "data": {
+        "duration": 5,
+        "title": "async function",
+        "error": {},
+        "type": "test"
+    }
+}
+....
+```
 
 ## Release process