diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index d0f5f1356d..27bee760d4 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
       "target_name": "lmdb-store",
       "win_delay_load_hook": "false",
       "sources": [
+        "src/lmdb-store.cpp",
         "dependencies/lmdb/libraries/liblmdb/midl.c",
         "dependencies/lmdb/libraries/liblmdb/chacha8.c",
         "dependencies/lz4/lib/lz4.h",
         "dependencies/lz4/lib/lz4.c",
-        "src/lmdb-store.cpp",
         "src/writer.cpp",
         "src/env.cpp",
         "src/compression.cpp",
diff --git a/src/lmdb-store.cpp b/src/lmdb-store.cpp
index 55d3033dc2..c1fc1dffa2 100644
--- a/src/lmdb-store.cpp
+++ b/src/lmdb-store.cpp
@@ -3,10 +3,24 @@
 using namespace v8;
 using namespace node;
 
+int Logging::initLogging() {
+    char* logging = getenv("LMDB_STORE_LOGGING");
+    if (logging)
+        fprintf(stderr, "Start logging for lmdb-store\n");
+    return !!logging;
+}
+int Logging::debugLogging = Logging::initLogging();
+
 extern "C" NODE_MODULE_EXPORT void
-NODE_MODULE_INITIALIZER(Local<Object> exports,
-                        Local<Value> module,
-                        Local<Context> context) {
+NODE_MODULE_INITIALIZER(v8::Local<v8::Object> exports,
+                          v8::Local<v8::Value> module,
+                          v8::Local<v8::Context> context);
+NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_X(NODE_GYP_MODULE_NAME, NODE_MODULE_INITIALIZER, NULL, 0)
+void NODE_MODULE_INITIALIZER(v8::Local<v8::Object> exports,
+                               v8::Local<v8::Value> module,
+                               v8::Local<v8::Context> context) {
+    if (Logging::debugLogging)
+        fprintf(stderr, "Start initialization\n");
     // Initializes the module
     // Export Env as constructor for EnvWrap
     EnvWrap::setupExports(exports);
@@ -16,6 +30,8 @@ NODE_MODULE_INITIALIZER(Local<Object> exports,
 
     // Export misc things
     setupExportMisc(exports);
+    if (Logging::debugLogging)
+        fprintf(stderr, "Finished initialization\n");
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/lmdb-store.h b/src/lmdb-store.h
index ad052a85fc..523efc4487 100644
--- a/src/lmdb-store.h
+++ b/src/lmdb-store.h
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ int cond_timedwait(pthread_cond_t *cond, pthread_mutex_t *mutex, uint64_t ns);
 
 #endif /* __CPTHREAD_H__ */
 
-
+class Logging {
+  public:
+    static int debugLogging;
+    static int initLogging();
+};
 
 enum class NodeLmdbKeyType {