diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7d8bfbf686..c6077d1439 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -134,6 +134,20 @@ We recommend adding `./build/debug` to your `$PATH` so that you can run `bun-deb
 $ bun-debug
 ```
 
+## Running debug builds
+
+The `bd` package.json script compiles and runs a debug build of Bun without printing the output of the build process if it fails.
+
+1. Builds a debug build of Bun
+2. Only prints the output of the build process if it fails
+3. Runs it passing through any arguments
+
+```sh
+$ bun bd <args>
+$ bun bd test foo.test.ts
+$ bun bd ./foo.ts
+```
+
 ## Code generation scripts
 
 Several code generation scripts are used during Bun's build process. These are run automatically when changes are made to certain files.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 07963fb5de..cfc27daf7f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "bun run build:debug",
+    "bd": "(bun run --silent build:debug &> /tmp/bun.debug.build.log || (cat /tmp/bun.debug.build.log && rm -rf /tmp/bun.debug.build.log && exit 1)) && rm -f /tmp/bun.debug.build.log && ./build/debug/bun-debug",
     "build:debug": "bun ./scripts/build.mjs -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -B build/debug",
     "build:valgrind": "bun ./scripts/build.mjs -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DENABLE_BASELINE=ON -ENABLE_VALGRIND=ON -B build/debug-valgrind",
     "build:release": "bun ./scripts/build.mjs -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B build/release",