diff --git a/bin/options.js b/bin/options.js
index 09c91db..bb09bda 100644
--- a/bin/options.js
+++ b/bin/options.js
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ const yargs = require('yargs')
     describe: 'skip publishing',
     type: 'boolean'
   })
+  .option('debug', {
+    describe: 'output debugging information',
+    type: 'boolean'
+  })
   .option('cwd', {
     requiresArg: true,
     alias: 'c',
@@ -62,4 +66,9 @@ const yargs = require('yargs')
   .alias('help', 'h')
   .demandOption(['prefix', 'message', 'branch']);
 
+if (yargs.argv.debug) {
+  // Debug must be enabled before other requires in order to work
+  require('debug').enable('git-snapshot:*');
+}
+
 module.exports = yargs;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f1e0f73..9f7a1eb 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
-const debug = require('debug')('git-snapshot');
+const debug = require('debug')('git-snapshot:');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const tempy = require('tempy');
 const git = require('./lib/git');
diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
index 6597796..cda5240 100644
--- a/lib/git.js
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const chalk = require('chalk');
-const debug = require('debug')('git');
+const debug = require('debug')('git-snapshot:git');
 const execa = require('execa');
 
 /**