diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting.md b/docs/troubleshooting.md
index 02593c555..a806089a4 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting.md
@@ -43,11 +43,16 @@ __Solution:__
 
 The `remote rejected` error does not give enough information. Anything could have failed.
 
-Create a `/home/dokku/dokkurc` file containing the following :
+To enable dokku tracing, simply run the following command:
+
+    # Since 0.3.9
+    dokku trace
+
+In versions older than 0.3.9, you can create a `/home/dokku/dokkurc` file containing the following :
 
     export DOKKU_TRACE=1
 
-This will trace all of dokku's activity. If this does not help you create a pastebin or a gist containing the full log, and create an issue.
+This will trace all of dokku's activity. If this does not help you, create a [gist](https://gist.github.com) containing the full log, and create an issue.
 
 ***
 
diff --git a/dokku b/dokku
index 0246d8965..c6a1cb769 100755
--- a/dokku
+++ b/dokku
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export DOKKU_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_EXIT=10
 export DOKKU_VALID_EXIT=0
 
 [[ -f $DOKKU_ROOT/dokkurc ]] && source $DOKKU_ROOT/dokkurc
+[[ -d $DOKKU_ROOT/.dokkurc ]] && for f in $DOKKU_ROOT/.dokkurc/*; do source $f; done
 
 [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 
diff --git a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/commands b/plugins/00_dokku-standard/commands
index 7fd4f9476..eb32e8037 100755
--- a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/commands
+++ b/plugins/00_dokku-standard/commands
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 
 case "$1" in
+  trace)
+    [[ -d $DOKKU_ROOT/.dokkurc ]] || mkdir -p $DOKKU_ROOT/.dokkurc
+    [[ "$2" == "on" ]] || [[ "$2" == "off" ]] || {
+      echo "Valid trace options are [on/off]"
+      exit 1
+    }
+
+    if [[ "$2" == "on" ]]; then
+      echo "Enabling dokku trace"
+      echo "export DOKKU_TRACE=1" > $DOKKU_ROOT/.dokkurc/DOKKU_TRACE
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$2" == "off" ]]; then
+      echo "Disabling dokku trace"
+      rm -f $DOKKU_ROOT/.dokkurc/DOKKU_TRACE
+    fi
+    ;;
+
   delete)
     dokku apps:destroy $2
     ;;