diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 666b79d..3648544 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -2239,6 +2239,7 @@
 		string m_programRegex;
 		string m_testPackage;
 		bool m_combined;
+		bool m_noRedirect;
 	}
 
 	this() @safe pure nothrow
@@ -2266,6 +2267,7 @@
 		args.getopt("program-regex", &m_programRegex, ["A regular expression used to match against the program output"]);
 		args.getopt("test-package", &m_testPackage, ["Perform a test run - usually only used internally"]);
 		args.getopt("combined", &m_combined, ["Builds multiple packages with one compiler run"]);
+		args.getopt("no-redirect", &m_noRedirect, ["Don't redirect stdout/stderr streams of the test command"]);
 		super.prepare(args);
 
 		// speed up loading when in test mode
@@ -2382,7 +2384,7 @@
 
 			logInfo("Executing dustmite...");
 			auto testcmd = appender!string();
-			testcmd.formattedWrite("%s dustmite --vquiet --test-package=%s --build=%s --config=%s",
+			testcmd.formattedWrite("%s dustmite --test-package=%s --build=%s --config=%s",
 				thisExePath, prj.name, m_buildType, m_buildConfig);
 
 			if (m_compilerName.length) testcmd.formattedWrite(" \"--compiler=%s\"", m_compilerName);
@@ -2394,9 +2396,17 @@
 			if (m_programStatusCode != int.min) testcmd.formattedWrite(" --program-status=%s", m_programStatusCode);
 			if (m_programRegex.length) testcmd.formattedWrite(" \"--program-regex=%s\"", m_programRegex);
 			if (m_combined) testcmd ~= " --combined";
+
+			// --vquiet swallows dustmite's output ...
+			if (!m_noRedirect) testcmd ~= " --vquiet";
+
 			// TODO: pass *all* original parameters
 			logDiagnostic("Running dustmite: %s", testcmd);
-			auto dmpid = spawnProcess(["dustmite", path.toNativeString(), testcmd.data]);
+
+			string[] extraArgs;
+			if (m_noRedirect) extraArgs ~= "--no-redirect";
+			const cmd = "dustmite" ~ extraArgs ~ [path.toNativeString(), testcmd.data];
+			auto dmpid = spawnProcess(cmd);
 			return dmpid.wait();
 		}
 		return 0;
diff --git a/test/dustmite-no-redirect-test/.no_build b/test/dustmite-no-redirect-test/.no_build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dustmite-no-redirect-test/.no_build
diff --git a/test/dustmite-no-redirect-test/project/dub.json b/test/dustmite-no-redirect-test/project/dub.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32fa835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dustmite-no-redirect-test/project/dub.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+	"name": "dustmite-no-redirect-test"
+}
diff --git a/test/dustmite-no-redirect-test/project/source/app.d b/test/dustmite-no-redirect-test/project/source/app.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ba959a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dustmite-no-redirect-test/project/source/app.d
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+extern(C) int printf(const scope char*, ...);
+
+void main()
+{
+    printf("This text should be shown!\n");
+}
diff --git a/test/dustmite-no-redirect.sh b/test/dustmite-no-redirect.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..33f25e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dustmite-no-redirect.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if ! command -v dustmite &> /dev/null
+then
+    echo "Skipping test because dustmite is not installed!"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+. $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/common.sh
+
+DM_TEST="$CURR_DIR/dustmite-no-redirect-test/project"
+DM_TMP="$DM_TEST-dusting"
+EXPECTED="This text should be shown!"
+LOG="$DM_TEST.log"
+
+rm -rf $DM_TMP $DM_TMP.*
+
+$DUB --root=$DM_TEST dustmite --no-redirect --program-status=1 $DM_TMP &> $LOG || true
+
+if ! grep -q "$EXPECTED" "$LOG"
+then
+    cat $LOG
+    die 1
+fi
+
+rm -rf $DM_TMP $DM_TMP.* $LOG