diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a2f9bd9d2e..3fc4c74ad1b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 - Add `unixodbc-dev` package to testing docker image ([#2859](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2859))
 - Increased the supported relation name length in postgres from 29 to 51 ([#2850](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2850))
 
+### Under the hood
+- Bump hologram version to 0.0.11. Add scripts/dtr.py ([#2888](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2840),[#2889](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2889))
+
 Contributors:
 - [@feluelle](https://github.com/feluelle) ([#2841](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2841))
 - [ran-eh](https://github.com/ran-eh) [#2596](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2596)
diff --git a/core/setup.py b/core/setup.py
index eb8724a4e64..2d5a6eb49b4 100644
--- a/core/setup.py
+++ b/core/setup.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def read(fname):
         'json-rpc>=1.12,<2',
         'werkzeug>=0.15,<0.17',
         'dataclasses==0.6;python_version<"3.7"',
-        'hologram==0.0.10',
+        'hologram==0.0.11',
         'logbook>=1.5,<1.6',
         'typing-extensions>=3.7.4,<3.8',
         # the following are all to match snowflake-connector-python
diff --git a/scripts/dtr.py b/scripts/dtr.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..78580da78c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dtr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,368 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import os
+import shlex
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+# Python version defaults to 3.6
+# To run postgres integration tests: `dtr.py -i --pg` (this is the default)
+# To run postgres integration tests, clearing `dbt.log` beforehand: `dtr.py -il --pg`
+# To run postgres + redshift integration tests: `dtr.py -i --pg --rs`
+# To drop to pdb on failure, add `--pdb`
+# To run mypy tests: `dtr.py -m`.
+# To run flake8 test: `dtr.py -f`.
+# To run unit tests: `dtr.py -u`
+# To run rpc tests: `dtr.py -r`
+
+_SHORTHAND = {
+    'p': 'postgres',
+    'pg': 'postgres',
+    'postgres': 'postgres',
+    'pr': 'presto',
+    'presto': 'presto',
+    'r': 'redshift',
+    'rs': 'redshift',
+    'redshift': 'redshift',
+    'b': 'bigquery',
+    'bq': 'bigquery',
+    'bigquery': 'bigquery',
+    's': 'snowflake',
+    'sf': 'snowflake',
+    'snowflake': 'snowflake',
+}
+
+
+def type_convert(types: str):
+    result = set()
+    for t in types.split(','):
+        try:
+            result.add(_SHORTHAND[t])
+        except KeyError:
+            raise ValueError(
+                'value "{}" not allowed, must be one of [{}]'
+                .format(t, ','.join('"{}"'.format(k) for k in _SHORTHAND)))
+    return result
+
+
+def parse_args(argv):
+    if not argv:
+        argv.extend(['-it', 'pg'])
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-f', '--flake8',
+        help='run flake8',
+        dest='commands',
+        action='append_const', const=Flake8Builder
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-m', '--mypy',
+        help='Run mypy',
+        dest='commands',
+        action='append_const', const=MypyBuilder
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-u', '--unit',
+        help='run unit tests',
+        dest='commands',
+        action='append_const', const=UnitBuilder
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-i', '--integration',
+        help='run integration tests',
+        dest='commands',
+        action='append_const', const=IntegrationBuilder
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-r', '--rpc',
+        help='run rpc tests',
+        dest='commands',
+        action='append_const', const=RPCBuilder
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--python-version',
+                        default='36', choices=['27', '36', '37', '38'],
+                        help='what python version to run')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-t', '--types',
+        default=None,
+        help='The types of tests to run, if this is an integration run, as csv'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-c', '--continue',
+        action='store_false', dest='stop',
+        help='If set, continue on failures'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-l', '--remove-logs',
+        action='store_true',
+        help='remove dbt log files before running'
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-1', '--single-threaded',
+        action='store_true',
+        help='Specify if the DBT_TEST_SINGLE_THREADED environment variable should be set'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--coverage',
+        action='store_true',
+        help='Make a coverage report and print it to the terminal'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-p', '--pdb',
+        action='store_true',
+        help='Drop into ipdb on failures, implies "--no-multi"'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-k',
+        action='append',
+        nargs='?',
+        default=[],
+        help='Pass-through to pytest, test selector expression'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--no-multi',
+        action='store_false',
+        dest='multi',
+        help='Turn off multiprocessing'
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--docker-args',
+        action='append',
+        nargs='?',
+        default=[],
+        help='Specify docker-compose args')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--tox-args',
+        action='append',
+        nargs='?',
+        default=[],
+        help='Specify tox args')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--pylint-args',
+        action='append',
+        nargs='?',
+        default=[],
+        help='Specify pylint args')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-a', '--test-args',
+        action='append',
+        nargs='?',
+        default=[],
+        help='Specify integration test parameters, tacked on to the end'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--unit-args',
+        action='append',
+        nargs='?',
+        default=[],
+        help='Specify unit test parameters, tacked on to the end'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--flake8-args',
+        action='append',
+        nargs='?',
+        default=[],
+        help='Specify flake8 parameters, tacked on to the end'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--mypy-args',
+        action='append',
+        nargs='?',
+        default=[],
+        help='Specify mypy parameters, tacked on to the end'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'extra',
+        nargs='*',
+        default=[],
+        help='Any extra args that will apply to all pytest runs'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--debug',
+        action='store_true',
+    )
+
+    parsed = parser.parse_args(argv)
+    if parsed.types:
+        parsed.types = type_convert(parsed.types)
+    else:
+        parsed.types = {'postgres', 'redshift', 'bigquery', 'snowflake'}
+    return parsed
+
+
+class ArgBuilder(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, parsed):
+        self.parsed = parsed
+        self.args = []
+        self.add_test_environment_args()
+
+    def add_extras(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def add_container_args(self):
+        pass
+
+    def run(self):
+        print('args={}'.format(self.args))
+        result = subprocess.run(self.args)
+        result.check_returncode()
+
+    def add_test_environment_args(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class DockerBuilder(ArgBuilder):
+    def add_docker_args(self):
+        self.args = ['docker-compose', 'run', '--rm']
+        if self.parsed.debug:
+            self.parsed.single_threaded = True
+            self.args.extend(('-e', 'DBT_MACRO_DEBUGGING=write'))
+        if self.parsed.single_threaded:
+            self.args.extend(('-e', 'DBT_TEST_SINGLE_THREADED=y'))
+        if self.parsed.docker_args:
+            self.args.extend(self.parsed.docker_args)
+        self.args.append('test')
+
+    def add_test_environment_args(self):
+        super().add_test_environment_args()
+        self.add_docker_args()
+
+
+class ToxBuilder(DockerBuilder):
+    def envname(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError('need an env name')
+
+    def add_tox_args(self):
+        self.args.extend(['tox', '-e', self.envname()])
+        if self.parsed.tox_args:
+            self.args.extend(self.parsed.tox_args)
+        self.args.append('--')
+
+    def add_test_environment_args(self):
+        super().add_test_environment_args()
+        self.add_tox_args()
+
+
+class PytestBuilder(ToxBuilder):
+    DEFAUlTS = None
+
+    def envname(self):
+        return 'explicit-py{}'.format(self.parsed.python_version)
+
+    def add_pytest_args(self):
+        assert self.DEFAUlTS is not None
+        self.args.append('-s')
+        if self.parsed.pdb:
+            self.args.extend(['--pdb', '--pdbcls=IPython.terminal.debugger:Pdb'])
+            self.parsed.multi = False
+        if self.parsed.stop:
+            self.args.append('-x')
+        if self.parsed.coverage:
+            self.args.extend(('--cov', 'dbt', '--cov-branch', '--cov-report', 'term'))
+        for arg in self.parsed.k:
+            self.args.extend(('-k', arg))
+        if self.parsed.multi:
+            self.args.extend(('-n', 'auto'))
+
+        if not self.add_extra_pytest_args():
+            self.args.extend(self.DEFAUlTS)
+
+    def add_extra_pytest_args(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def add_test_environment_args(self):
+        super().add_test_environment_args()
+        self.add_pytest_args()
+
+
+class IntegrationBuilder(PytestBuilder):
+    DEFAUlTS = ['test/integration']
+
+    def add_extra_pytest_args(self):
+        if self.parsed.types:
+            self.args.append('-m')
+            typestrs = ('profile_{}'.format(t) for t in self.parsed.types)
+            selector = ' or '.join(typestrs)
+            self.args.append(shlex.quote(selector))
+        start = len(self.args)
+        self.args.extend(self.parsed.test_args)
+        self.args.extend(self.parsed.extra)
+        return len(self.args) - start > 0
+
+
+class RPCBuilder(PytestBuilder):
+    DEFAUlTS = ['test/rpc']
+
+    def add_extra_pytest_args(self):
+        start = len(self.args)
+        self.args.extend(self.parsed.test_args)
+        self.args.extend(self.parsed.extra)
+        return len(self.args) - start > 0
+
+
+class UnitBuilder(PytestBuilder):
+    DEFAUlTS = ['test/unit']
+
+    def add_extra_pytest_args(self):
+        start = len(self.args)
+        self.args.extend(self.parsed.unit_args)
+        self.args.extend(self.parsed.extra)
+        return len(self.args) - start > 0
+
+
+class Flake8Builder(ArgBuilder):
+    def add_test_environment_args(self):
+        self.args.extend(['flake8', '--select', 'E,W,F', '--ignore', 'W504'])
+        start = len(self.args)
+        self.args.extend(self.parsed.flake8_args)
+        if len(self.args) == start:
+            if os.path.exists('dbt/main.py'):
+                self.args.append('dbt')
+            elif os.path.exists('core/dbt/main.py'):
+                self.args.append('core/dbt')
+                for adapter in ('postgres', 'redshift', 'bigquery', 'snowflake'):
+                    self.args.append('plugins/{}/dbt'.format(adapter))
+
+
+class MypyBuilder(ToxBuilder):
+    def envname(self):
+        return 'mypy-dev'
+
+    def run(self):
+        # The cache is a big source of false errors
+        if os.path.exists('./.mypy_cache'):
+            shutil.rmtree('./.mypy_cache')
+        return super().run()
+
+    def add_test_environment_args(self):
+        super().add_test_environment_args()
+        self.args.extend(self.parsed.mypy_args)
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    if argv is None:
+        argv = sys.argv[1:]
+    parsed = parse_args(argv)
+    print('args={}'.format(parsed))
+    if parsed.remove_logs:
+        path = 'logs/dbt.log'
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            os.remove(path)
+
+    try:
+        for cls in parsed.commands:
+            builder = cls(parsed)
+            builder.run()
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        print('failed!')
+        sys.exit(1)
+    print('success!')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()