diff --git a/bin/named/include/named/globals.h b/bin/named/include/named/globals.h
index c0599fbd11..bfe00eb908 100644
--- a/bin/named/include/named/globals.h
+++ b/bin/named/include/named/globals.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ EXTERN isc_boolean_t		ns_g_dropedns		INIT(ISC_FALSE);
 EXTERN isc_boolean_t		ns_g_noedns		INIT(ISC_FALSE);
 EXTERN isc_boolean_t		ns_g_nosoa		INIT(ISC_FALSE);
 EXTERN isc_boolean_t		ns_g_noaa		INIT(ISC_FALSE);
+EXTERN isc_boolean_t		ns_g_keepstderr		INIT(ISC_FALSE);
 EXTERN unsigned int		ns_g_delay		INIT(0);
 EXTERN isc_boolean_t		ns_g_nonearest		INIT(ISC_FALSE);
 EXTERN isc_boolean_t		ns_g_notcp		INIT(ISC_FALSE);
diff --git a/bin/named/main.c b/bin/named/main.c
index d66a1411d8..82ae2315fc 100644
--- a/bin/named/main.c
+++ b/bin/named/main.c
@@ -616,6 +616,9 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			else if (!strncmp(isc_commandline_argument, "tat=", 4))
 				ns_g_tat_interval =
 					   atoi(isc_commandline_argument + 4);
+			else if (!strcmp(isc_commandline_argument,
+					 "keepstderr"))
+				ns_g_keepstderr = ISC_TRUE;
 			else
 				fprintf(stderr, "unknown -T flag '%s\n",
 					isc_commandline_argument);
diff --git a/bin/named/unix/os.c b/bin/named/unix/os.c
index 953bbdd163..0bf585634c 100644
--- a/bin/named/unix/os.c
+++ b/bin/named/unix/os.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <isc/strerror.h>
 #include <isc/string.h>
 
+#include <named/globals.h>
 #include <named/main.h>
 #include <named/os.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBSCF
@@ -460,7 +461,7 @@ ns_os_daemonize(void) {
 			(void)close(STDOUT_FILENO);
 			(void)dup2(devnullfd, STDOUT_FILENO);
 		}
-		if (devnullfd != STDERR_FILENO) {
+		if (devnullfd != STDERR_FILENO && !ns_g_keepstderr) {
 			(void)close(STDERR_FILENO);
 			(void)dup2(devnullfd, STDERR_FILENO);
 		}