diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementDebugWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementDebugWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementDebugWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementDebugWorkflow.php
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
         $config,
       ),
       $is_debug = true,
+      $foreground = true,
       $run_as_current_user);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLaunchWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLaunchWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLaunchWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLaunchWorkflow.php
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
       ->setArguments(
         array(
           array(
-            'name' => 'argv',
+            'name' => 'foreground',
+            'help' => pht('Start daemons in the foreground.'),
+          ),
+          array(
+            'name'     => 'argv',
             'wildcard' => true,
           ),
         ));
@@ -50,7 +54,10 @@
 
     $daemons = array_fill(0, $daemon_count, $daemon);
 
-    $this->launchDaemons($daemons, $is_debug = false);
+    $this->launchDaemons(
+      $daemons,
+      $is_debug = false,
+      $args->getArg('foreground'));
 
     return 0;
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStartWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStartWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStartWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStartWorkflow.php
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
             'name' => 'force',
             'help' => pht('Start daemons even if daemons are already running.'),
           ),
+          array(
+            'name' => 'foreground',
+            'help' => pht('Start daemons in the foreground.'),
+          ),
           $this->getAutoscaleReserveArgument(),
         ));
   }
@@ -33,8 +37,9 @@
     return $this->executeStartCommand(
       array(
         'keep-leases' => $args->getArg('keep-leases'),
-        'force' => $args->getArg('force'),
-        'reserve' => (float)$args->getArg('autoscale-reserve'),
+        'force'       => $args->getArg('force'),
+        'foreground'  => $args->getArg('foreground'),
+        'reserve'     => (float)$args->getArg('autoscale-reserve'),
       ));
   }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStatusWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStatusWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStatusWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStatusWorkflow.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             'instance ("%s").',
             $instance));
       } else {
-        $this->writeInfo(
+        $this->logInfo(
           pht('NO DAEMONS'),
           pht('There are no running daemon processes.'));
       }
diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
   final protected function launchDaemons(
     array $daemons,
     $debug,
+    $foreground = false,
     $run_as_current_user = false) {
 
     // Convert any shorthand classnames like "taskmaster" into proper class
@@ -132,11 +133,8 @@
 
     $config = array();
 
-    if (!$debug) {
+    if (!$foreground) {
       $config['daemonize'] = true;
-    }
-
-    if (!$debug) {
       $config['log'] = $this->getLogDirectory().'/daemons.log';
     }
 
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@
     $phabricator_root = dirname(phutil_get_library_root('phabricator'));
     $daemon_script_dir = $phabricator_root.'/scripts/daemon/';
 
-    if ($debug) {
+    if ($foreground) {
       // Don't terminate when the user sends ^C; it will be sent to the
       // subprocess which will terminate normally.
       pcntl_signal(
@@ -264,8 +262,9 @@
       $options,
       array(
         'keep-leases' => 'optional bool',
-        'force' => 'optional bool',
-        'reserve' => 'optional float',
+        'force'       => 'optional bool',
+        'foreground'  => 'optional bool',
+        'reserve'     => 'optional float',
       ));
 
     $console = PhutilConsole::getConsole();
@@ -330,7 +329,10 @@
       ),
     );
 
-    $this->launchDaemons($daemons, $is_debug = false);
+    $this->launchDaemons(
+      $daemons,
+      $is_debug = false,
+      idx($options, 'foreground', false));
 
     $console->writeErr("%s\n", pht('Done.'));
     return 0;