diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8b8b192..3d03c758 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<jpa.datasource.name>java:openejb/Resource/My DataSource</jpa.datasource.name>
+		<jpa.show_sql>true</jpa.show_sql>
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@
 			<id>openshift</id>
 			<properties>
 				<jpa.datasource.name>java:jboss/datasources/MysqlDS</jpa.datasource.name>
+				<jpa.show_sql>true</jpa.show_sql>
 			</properties>
 			<build>
 				<finalName>commafeed</finalName>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index 87ccc9c6..6cb94b87 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		<jta-data-source>${jpa.datasource.name}</jta-data-source>
 		<properties>
 			<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="update" />
-			<property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="false" />
+			<property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="${jpa.show_sql}" />
 		</properties>
 	</persistence-unit>
 </persistence>
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