diff --git a/maven/scm-maven-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/maven/RunMojo.java b/maven/scm-maven-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/maven/RunMojo.java
index d626c3419c..3c17486f7f 100644
--- a/maven/scm-maven-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/maven/RunMojo.java
+++ b/maven/scm-maven-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/maven/RunMojo.java
@@ -90,6 +90,17 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractBaseScmMojo
     return contextPath;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String getLoggginConfiguration()
+  {
+    return loggginConfiguration;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *
@@ -101,6 +112,17 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractBaseScmMojo
     return port;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  public boolean isStartBrowser()
+  {
+    return startBrowser;
+  }
+
   //~--- set methods ----------------------------------------------------------
 
   /**
@@ -114,6 +136,17 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractBaseScmMojo
     this.contextPath = contextPath;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param loggginConfiguration
+   */
+  public void setLoggginConfiguration(String loggginConfiguration)
+  {
+    this.loggginConfiguration = loggginConfiguration;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *
@@ -125,6 +158,17 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractBaseScmMojo
     this.port = port;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param startBrowser
+   */
+  public void setStartBrowser(boolean startBrowser)
+  {
+    this.startBrowser = startBrowser;
+  }
+
   //~--- methods --------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /**
@@ -143,6 +187,9 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractBaseScmMojo
     {
       System.setProperty("scm.home", scmHome);
 
+      // enable debug logging
+      System.setProperty("logback.configurationFile", loggginConfiguration);
+
       Server server = new Server();
       SelectChannelConnector connector = new SelectChannelConnector();
 
@@ -177,6 +224,11 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractBaseScmMojo
    */
   private String contextPath = "/scm";
 
+  /**
+   * @parameter expression="${loggingConfiguration}" default-value="/logback.default.xml"
+   */
+  private String loggginConfiguration;
+
   /**
    * @parameter
    */