diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 5e1c7689f1..ed6f68a112 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         #region Fields
 
         public bool EmergencyMonitoring = false;
+        public bool DEBUG = false;
 
         public SynchronizeSceneHandler SynchronizeScene;
         public SimStatsReporter StatsReporter;
@@ -650,6 +651,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 //
                 IConfig startupConfig = m_config.Configs["Startup"];
 
+                DEBUG = startupConfig.GetBoolean("DEBUG", false);
+
                 m_defaultDrawDistance = startupConfig.GetFloat("DefaultDrawDistance",m_defaultDrawDistance);
                 m_useBackup = startupConfig.GetBoolean("UseSceneBackup", m_useBackup);
                 if (!m_useBackup)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
index d58484e5a9..1869417e47 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
@@ -3841,7 +3841,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             ILandObject land = m_scene.LandChannel.GetLandObject(pos.X, pos.Y);
             if (land != null)
             {
-                TeleportFlagsDebug();
+                if (Scene.DEBUG)
+                    TeleportFlagsDebug();
+
                 // If we come in via login, landmark or map, we want to
                 // honor landing points. If we come in via Lure, we want
                 // to ignore them.
diff --git a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
index d4e61a559b..01c64c5b3b 100755
--- a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
+++ b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
 
 
 [Startup]
+
+    ;# {DEBUG} {} {Turn on debugging methods. Temporary for debugging teleport routing. We can remove it when that is done, or leave it if it would prove to be useful for other things.} {true false} false
+    ;; Turn on debugging methods where available.
+    ;; from the selected region_info_source.
+    ; DEBUG = false
+
     ;# {ConsolePrompt} {} {ConsolePrompt} {} "Region (\R) "
     ;; Console prompt
     ;; Certain special characters can be used to customize the prompt