diff --git a/src/CoreManager.js b/src/CoreManager.js
index 188970e5c..41e783bbd 100644
--- a/src/CoreManager.js
+++ b/src/CoreManager.js
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ const config: Config & { [key: string]: mixed } = {
   ENCRYPTED_USER: false,
   IDEMPOTENCY: false,
   ALLOW_CUSTOM_OBJECT_ID: false,
+  NODE_LOGGING: false,
 };
 
 function requireMethods(name: string, methods: Array<string>, controller: any) {
diff --git a/src/Parse.js b/src/Parse.js
index 548fbfd6e..4c2261fe0 100644
--- a/src/Parse.js
+++ b/src/Parse.js
@@ -209,6 +209,17 @@ const Parse = {
   get allowCustomObjectId() {
     return CoreManager.get('ALLOW_CUSTOM_OBJECT_ID');
   },
+
+  /**
+   * @member {boolean} Parse.nodeLogging
+   * @static
+   */
+  set nodeLogging(value) {
+    CoreManager.set('NODE_LOGGING', value);
+  },
+  get nodeLogging() {
+    return CoreManager.get('NODE_LOGGING');
+  },
 };
 
 Parse.ACL = require('./ParseACL').default;
diff --git a/src/ParseObject.js b/src/ParseObject.js
index 6e838b72a..06dd29522 100644
--- a/src/ParseObject.js
+++ b/src/ParseObject.js
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ class ParseObject {
     if (toSet && !this.set(toSet, options)) {
       throw new Error("Can't create an invalid Parse Object");
     }
+    if (CoreManager.get('NODE_LOGGING')) {
+      this[Symbol.for('nodejs.util.inspect.custom')] = function () {
+        return `ParseObject: className: ${this.className}, id: ${
+          this.id
+        }\nAttributes: ${JSON.stringify(this.attributes, null, 2)}`;
+      };
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/__tests__/Parse-test.js b/src/__tests__/Parse-test.js
index c33502842..71d786ac2 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/Parse-test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/Parse-test.js
@@ -195,6 +195,13 @@ describe('Parse module', () => {
     Parse.allowCustomObjectId = false;
   });
 
+  it('can set nodeLogging', () => {
+    expect(Parse.nodeLogging).toBe(false);
+    Parse.nodeLogging = true;
+    expect(CoreManager.get('NODE_LOGGING')).toBe(true);
+    Parse.nodeLogging = false;
+  });
+
   it('getServerHealth', () => {
     const controller = {
       request: jest.fn(),
diff --git a/src/__tests__/ParseObject-test.js b/src/__tests__/ParseObject-test.js
index 0e35f56be..94e9d3689 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/ParseObject-test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/ParseObject-test.js
@@ -3836,4 +3836,14 @@ describe('ParseObject pin', () => {
     });
     CoreManager.set('ALLOW_CUSTOM_OBJECT_ID', false);
   });
+
+  it('can log an object', () => {
+    CoreManager.set('NODE_LOGGING', true);
+    const o = new ParseObject('Person', { foo: 'bar' });
+    const symbol = Symbol.for('nodejs.util.inspect.custom');
+    expect(o[symbol]()).toBe(
+      `ParseObject: className: Person, id: undefined\nAttributes: {\n  \"foo\": \"bar\"\n}`
+    );
+    CoreManager.set('NODE_LOGGING', false);
+  });
 });