diff --git a/docs/src/test-advanced-js.md b/docs/src/test-advanced-js.md
index 78add78467..51ed0649d0 100644
--- a/docs/src/test-advanced-js.md
+++ b/docs/src/test-advanced-js.md
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export const test = base.extend<{ saveLogs: void }>({
 
 To launch a server during the tests, use the `webServer` option in the [configuration file](#configuration-object).
 
-You can specify a port via `port` or additional environment variables, see [here](#configuration-object). The server will wait for it to be available (on `127.0.0.1` or `::1`) before running the tests. For continuous integration, you may want to use the `reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI` option which does not use an existing server on the CI.
+You can specify a port via `port` or additional environment variables, see [here](#configuration-object). The server will wait for it to be available (on `127.0.0.1` or `::1`) before running the tests. For continuous integration, you may want to use the `reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI` option which does not use an existing server on the CI. To see the stdout, you can set the `DEBUG=pw:webserver` environment variable.
 
 The port gets then passed over to Playwright as a [`param: baseURL`] when creating the context [`method: Browser.newContext`].
 
diff --git a/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md b/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
index 7053adb519..392a4fea16 100644
--- a/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
+++ b/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ export default config;
 
 Launch a development web server during the tests.
 
-The server will wait for it to be available on `127.0.0.1` or `::1` before running the tests. For continuous integration, you may want to use the `reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI` option which does not use an existing server on the CI.
+The server will wait for it to be available on `127.0.0.1` or `::1` before running the tests. For continuous integration, you may want to use the `reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI` option which does not use an existing server on the CI. To see the stdout, you can set the `DEBUG=pw:webserver` environment variable.
 
 The port gets then passed over to Playwright as a `baseURL` when creating the context [`method: Browser.newContext`].
 For example `8080` ends up in `baseURL` to be `http://localhost:8080`. If you want to use `https://` you need to manually specify
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/webServer.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/webServer.ts
index bb98d441b1..db1d89ae7a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/webServer.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/webServer.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import net from 'net';
 import os from 'os';
 import stream from 'stream';
+import debug from 'debug';
 import { monotonicTime } from './util';
 import { raceAgainstDeadline } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils/async';
 import { WebServerConfig } from './types';
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ const newProcessLogPrefixer = () => new stream.Transform({
   },
 });
 
+const debugWebServer = debug('pw:webserver');
+
 export class WebServer {
   private _killProcess?: () => Promise<void>;
   private _processExitedPromise!: Promise<any>;
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ export class WebServer {
     this._killProcess = kill;
 
     launchedProcess.stderr!.pipe(newProcessLogPrefixer()).pipe(process.stderr);
-    launchedProcess.stdout!.on('data', () => {});
+    launchedProcess.stdout!.on('data', (line: Buffer) => debugWebServer(line.toString()));
   }
 
   private async _waitForProcess() {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts b/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
index e76aa9956d..2412b8a496 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ interface TestConfig {
    *
    * The server will wait for it to be available on `127.0.0.1` or `::1` before running the tests. For continuous
    * integration, you may want to use the `reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI` option which does not use an existing server
-   * on the CI.
+   * on the CI. To see the stdout, you can set the `DEBUG=pw:webserver` environment variable.
    *
    * The port gets then passed over to Playwright as a `baseURL` when creating the context
    * [browser.newContext([options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browser#browser-new-context). For example `8080`
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ export interface FullConfig<TestArgs = {}, WorkerArgs = {}> {
    *
    * The server will wait for it to be available on `127.0.0.1` or `::1` before running the tests. For continuous
    * integration, you may want to use the `reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI` option which does not use an existing server
-   * on the CI.
+   * on the CI. To see the stdout, you can set the `DEBUG=pw:webserver` environment variable.
    *
    * The port gets then passed over to Playwright as a `baseURL` when creating the context
    * [browser.newContext([options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browser#browser-new-context). For example `8080`