diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16ac07212e..672be9fe85 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ console.log(datamodel.flatState); // {infura: {...}, contractExchangeRates: [...
 
 Run `yarn test` to run the tests once. To run tests on file changes, run `yarn test:watch`.
 
+To enable debugger [via Chrome DevTools](https://jestjs.io/docs/troubleshooting#tests-are-failing-and-you-dont-know-why):
+
+1.  run `yarn test:debug`
+2.  navigate to `chrome://inspect`
+3.  click "Open Dedicated DevTools for Node". Keep the DevTools window open
+4.  stop/rerun the tests as needed
+
 Run `yarn lint` to run the linter, or run `yarn lint:fix` to run the linter and fix any automatically fixable issues.
 
 ### Linking During Development
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b2d8bfcd11..0ac0efb0cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "prepack": "./scripts/prepack.sh",
     "setup": "yarn install",
     "test": "jest",
+    "test:debug": "yarn run --inspect-brk jest --runInBand",
     "test:watch": "jest --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {