diff --git a/lib/classes/logger/class.FileLogger.php b/lib/classes/logger/class.FileLogger.php
index 10c9c72b..5e7e881a 100644
--- a/lib/classes/logger/class.FileLogger.php
+++ b/lib/classes/logger/class.FileLogger.php
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ class FileLogger extends AbstractLogger {
 				case LOG_CRIT:
 					$_type = 'critical';
 					break;
+				case LOG_DEBUG:
+					$_type = 'debug';
+					break;
 				default:
 					$_type = 'unknown';
 					break;
diff --git a/lib/classes/logger/class.FroxlorLogger.php b/lib/classes/logger/class.FroxlorLogger.php
index 6b4a87a0..036b3daa 100644
--- a/lib/classes/logger/class.FroxlorLogger.php
+++ b/lib/classes/logger/class.FroxlorLogger.php
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ class FroxlorLogger {
 	 */
 	static private $loggers = null;
 
+	/**
+	 * whether to output log-messages to STDOUT (cron)
+	 * @var bool
+	 */
+	static private $crondebug_flag = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * Class constructor.
 	 *
@@ -98,6 +104,33 @@ class FroxlorLogger {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if (self::$crondebug_flag) {
+			switch($type) {
+				case LOG_INFO:
+					$_type = 'information';
+					break;
+				case LOG_NOTICE:
+					$_type = 'notice';
+					break;
+				case LOG_WARNING:
+					$_type = 'warning';
+					break;
+				case LOG_ERR:
+					$_type = 'error';
+					break;
+				case LOG_CRIT:
+					$_type = 'critical';
+					break;
+				case LOG_DEBUG:
+					$_type = 'debug';
+					break;
+				default:
+					$_type = 'unknown';
+					break;
+			}
+			echo "[".$_type."] ".$text.PHP_EOL;
+		}
+
 		if (Settings::Get('logger.log_cron') == '0'
 		   && $action == CRON_ACTION
 		) {
@@ -166,4 +199,15 @@ class FroxlorLogger {
 		Settings::Set('logger.log_cron', $_cronlog);
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * setter for crondebug-flag
+	 *
+	 * @param bool $_flag
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function setCronDebugFlag($_flag = false) {
+	    self::$crondebug_flag = (bool)$_flag;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php b/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php
index 8e2e196e..5db7af5b 100644
--- a/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php
+++ b/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ $lastrun_update = array();
 /**
  * check for --help
  */
-if (isset($argv[1]) && strtolower($argv[1]) == '--help') {
+if (count($argv) < 2 || (isset($argv[1]) && strtolower($argv[1]) == '--help')) {
 	echo "\n*** Froxlor Master Cronjob ***\n\n";
 	echo "Below are possible parameters for this file\n\n";
-	echo "--[cronname]\t\t\tincludes the given cron-file\n";
-	echo "--force\t\t\tforces re-generating of config-files (webserver, nameserver, etc.)\n\n";
+	echo "--[cronname]\t\tincludes the given cron-file\n";
+	echo "--force\t\t\tforces re-generating of config-files (webserver, nameserver, etc.)\n";
+	echo "--debug\t\t\toutput debug information about what is going on to STDOUT.\n\n";
 }
 
 /**
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ if (isset($argv[1]) && strtolower($argv[1]) == '--help') {
  *
  * --[cronname] include [cronname]
  * --force to include cron_tasks even if it's not its turn
+ * --debug to output debug information
  */
 for ($x = 1; $x < count($argv); $x++) {
 	// check argument
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@ for ($x = 1; $x < count($argv); $x++) {
 			addToQueue($jobs_to_run, $crontasks);
 			$lastrun_update['tasks'] = $crontasks;
 		}
+		elseif (strtolower($argv[$x]) == '--debug') {
+		    define('CRON_DEBUG_FLAG', 1);
+		}
 		// --[cronname]
 		elseif (substr(strtolower($argv[$x]), 0, 2) == '--') {
 			if (strlen($argv[$x]) > 3) {
@@ -65,6 +70,8 @@ for ($x = 1; $x < count($argv); $x++) {
 	}
 }
 
+$cronlog->setCronDebugFlag(defined('CRON_DEBUG_FLAG'));
+
 // do we have anything to include?
 if (count($jobs_to_run) > 0) {
 	// include all jobs we want to execute