diff --git a/binaries/data/config/default.cfg b/binaries/data/config/default.cfg
index 3d81e114f2..121d4a8ec0 100644
--- a/binaries/data/config/default.cfg
+++ b/binaries/data/config/default.cfg
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ profiler2.gpu.intel.enable = true           ; Allow GL_INTEL_performance_queries
 ; > JS DEBUGGER
 jsdebugger.enable = false                   ; Enable Javascript debugging. The Debugger is currently broken and can't be enabled until the SpiderMonkey upgrade is done and the debugger is updated for the new API.
 
+; > TINYGETTEXT DEBUGGING
+tinygettext.debug = false                   ; Enable Tinygettext debugging information. If true, Tinygettext prints error messages each time that a translation for an English string is not found.
+
 ; > QUICKSAVE
 hotkey.quicksave = "Shift+F5"
 hotkey.quickload = "Shift+F8"
diff --git a/source/i18n/L10n.cpp b/source/i18n/L10n.cpp
index 1d1e0b7503..990613d329 100644
--- a/source/i18n/L10n.cpp
+++ b/source/i18n/L10n.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ L10n& L10n::Instance()
 L10n::L10n()
 	: currentLocaleIsOriginalGameLocale(false), useLongStrings(false), dictionary(new tinygettext::Dictionary())
 {
+	// Determine whether or not to print tinygettext messages to the standard
+	// error output, which it tinygettext’s default behavior, but not ours.
+	bool tinygettext_debug = false;
+	CFG_GET_VAL("tinygettext.debug", Bool, tinygettext_debug);
+	if (!tinygettext_debug)
+	{
+		tinygettext::Log::log_info_callback = 0;
+		tinygettext::Log::log_warning_callback = 0;
+		tinygettext::Log::log_error_callback = 0;
+	}
+
 	LoadListOfAvailableLocales();
 	ReevaluateCurrentLocaleAndReload();
 }
diff --git a/source/lib/external_libraries/tinygettext.h b/source/lib/external_libraries/tinygettext.h
index 20df3fefa4..4130c7cf67 100644
--- a/source/lib/external_libraries/tinygettext.h
+++ b/source/lib/external_libraries/tinygettext.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #include <tinygettext/tinygettext.hpp>
 #include <tinygettext/po_parser.hpp>
+#include <tinygettext/log.hpp>
 
 #if MSC_VERSION
 # pragma warning(pop)
diff --git a/source/third_party/tinygettext/src/log.cpp b/source/third_party/tinygettext/src/log.cpp
index 68e7e440a4..a3c11d2b9f 100644
--- a/source/third_party/tinygettext/src/log.cpp
+++ b/source/third_party/tinygettext/src/log.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Log::log_callback_t Log::log_error_callback   = &Log::default_log_callback;
 void
 Log::default_log_callback(const std::string& str)
 {
-//   std::cerr << "tinygettext: " << str;
+  std::cerr << "tinygettext: " << str;
 }
 
 void