diff --git a/v2/build-system.jam b/v2/build-system.jam
index 9f9c884cc..0460b56aa 100644
--- a/v2/build-system.jam
+++ b/v2/build-system.jam
@@ -613,6 +613,15 @@ local rule should-clean-project ( project )
         $(extra-properties) ] ;
     local target-ids = [ $(build-request).get-at 1 ] ;
     local properties = [ $(build-request).get-at 2 ] ;
+    #   '--plinky-plonky' - Temporary debugging code related to tracking down
+    # the cause of some Boost Build test failured on different platforms.
+    #                                                (11.06.2012.) (Jurko)
+    if --plinky-plonky in $(.argv)
+    {
+       ECHO ... argv: \"$(.argv)\" ... ;
+       ECHO ... target-ids: \"$(target-ids)\" ... ;
+       ECHO ... properties: \"$(properties)\" ... ;
+    }
 
 
     # Expand properties specified on the command line into multiple property
diff --git a/v2/test/configuration.py b/v2/test/configuration.py
index 54e54b9c9..a59ef0376 100755
--- a/v2/test/configuration.py
+++ b/v2/test/configuration.py
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ def test_user_configuration():
     path handling is tested.
 
     """
-    t = BoostBuild.Tester("--debug-configuration", pass_toolset=False,
+    #   '--plinky-plonky' - Temporary debugging code related to tracking down
+    # the cause of some Boost Build test failured on different platforms.
+    #                                                (11.06.2012.) (Jurko)
+    t = BoostBuild.Tester("--debug-configuration --plinky-plonky", pass_toolset=False,
         use_test_config=False)
 
     implicitConfigLoadMessage = "notice: Loading user-config configuration file: *"