diff --git a/README b/README
index a1764a42b1..6b26376a09 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ Bug Reports and Mailing Lists
 
 	-f				Run in the foreground.
 
+	-g				Run in the foreground and log
+					to stderr, ignoring any "logging"
+					statement in in the config file
+
 	-n <number_of_cpus>		
 
 	-t <directory>			Chroot to <directory> before running.
diff --git a/bin/named/main.c b/bin/named/main.c
index 0b602b8c87..8b624813cc 100644
--- a/bin/named/main.c
+++ b/bin/named/main.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 	isc_commandline_errprint = ISC_FALSE;
 	while ((ch = isc_commandline_parse(argc, argv,
-					   "c:d:fn:N:p:st:u:x:")) !=
+					   "c:d:fgn:N:p:st:u:x:")) !=
 	       -1) {
 		switch (ch) {
 		case 'c':
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 				ns_g_logstderr = ISC_TRUE;
 			ns_g_foreground = ISC_TRUE;
 			break;
+		case 'g':
+			ns_g_foreground = ISC_TRUE;
+			ns_g_logstderr = ISC_TRUE;
+			break;
 		case 'N': /* Deprecated. */
 		case 'n':
 			ns_g_cpus = atoi(isc_commandline_argument);
diff --git a/bin/named/server.c b/bin/named/server.c
index d8397ed6e0..eb5b5e70e6 100644
--- a/bin/named/server.c
+++ b/bin/named/server.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ load_configuration(const char *filename, ns_server_t *server,
 		isc_log_write(ns_g_lctx, NS_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
 			      NS_LOGMODULE_SERVER, ISC_LOG_INFO,
 			      "ignoring named.conf logging statement "
-			      "due to -ff option");
+			      "due to -g option");
 	} else {
 		dns_c_logginglist_t *clog = NULL;
 		isc_logconfig_t *logc = NULL;