diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 238ba54c..a81718ba 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ If you want to "dry run" without WebKitGTK+ rendering, try this:
 
 'MIDORI_UNARMED=1 _build/default/midori/midori'
 
+If you want to test bookmarks, you can enable database tracing:
+
+'MIDORI_BOOKMARKS_DEBUG=1 _build/default/midori/midori'
+
 To disable Netscape plugins, use MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/.
 
 To debug extensions you can specify the path:
diff --git a/midori/midori-bookmarks.c b/midori/midori-bookmarks.c
index 97ea7a67..59865fb9 100644
--- a/midori/midori-bookmarks.c
+++ b/midori/midori-bookmarks.c
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 
+#ifdef G_ENABLE_DEBUG
+void midori_bookmarks_dbtracer(void* dummy, const char* query)
+{
+    g_printerr ("%s\n", query);
+}
+#endif
+
 void
 midori_bookmarks_add_item_cb (KatzeArray* array,
                               KatzeItem*  item,
@@ -72,6 +79,11 @@ midori_bookmarks_initialize (KatzeArray*  array,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+#ifdef G_ENABLE_DEBUG
+    if (g_getenv ("MIDORI_BOOKMARKS_DEBUG"))
+        sqlite3_trace (db, midori_bookmarks_dbtracer, NULL);
+#endif
+
     if (sqlite3_exec (db,
                       "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "
                       "bookmarks (uri text, title text, folder text, "