diff --git a/cpdf.ml b/cpdf.ml
index ce094c4..28def5f 100755
--- a/cpdf.ml
+++ b/cpdf.ml
@@ -241,26 +241,35 @@ let squeeze_all_content_streams pdf =
 
 (* We run squeeze enough times to reach a fixed point in the cardinality of the
  * object map *)
-let squeeze pdf =
-  try
-    let n = ref (Pdf.objcard pdf) in
-    Printf.printf "Beginning squeeze: %i objects\n%!" (Pdf.objcard pdf);
-    while !n > (ignore (really_squeeze pdf); Pdf.objcard pdf) do
-      n := Pdf.objcard pdf;
-      Printf.printf "Squeezing... Down to %i objects\n%!" (Pdf.objcard pdf);
-    done;
-    Printf.printf "Squeezing page data and xobjects\n%!";
-    squeeze_all_content_streams pdf;
-    Printf.printf "Recompressing document\n%!";
-    Pdfcodec.flate_level := 9;
-    ignore (recompress_pdf pdf)
-  with
-    e ->
-      raise
-        (Pdf.PDFError
-           (Printf.sprintf
-              "Squeeze failed. No output written.\n Proximate error was:\n %s"
-              (Printexc.to_string e)))
+let squeeze ?logto pdf =
+  let log x =
+    match logto with
+      None -> print_string x; flush stdout
+    | Some s ->
+        let fh = open_out_gen [Open_wronly; Open_creat] 0o666 s in
+          seek_out fh (out_channel_length fh);
+          output_string fh x;
+          close_out fh
+  in
+    try
+      let n = ref (Pdf.objcard pdf) in
+      log (Printf.sprintf "Beginning squeeze: %i objects\n" (Pdf.objcard pdf));
+      while !n > (ignore (really_squeeze pdf); Pdf.objcard pdf) do
+        n := Pdf.objcard pdf;
+        log (Printf.sprintf "Squeezing... Down to %i objects\n" (Pdf.objcard pdf));
+      done;
+      log (Printf.sprintf "Squeezing page data and xobjects\n");
+      squeeze_all_content_streams pdf;
+      log (Printf.sprintf "Recompressing document\n");
+      Pdfcodec.flate_level := 9;
+      ignore (recompress_pdf pdf)
+    with
+      e ->
+        raise
+          (Pdf.PDFError
+             (Printf.sprintf
+                "Squeeze failed. No output written.\n Proximate error was:\n %s"
+                (Printexc.to_string e)))
 
 type encoding =
   | Raw
diff --git a/cpdf.mli b/cpdf.mli
index 9147e2d..8593b6e 100644
--- a/cpdf.mli
+++ b/cpdf.mli
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ val blackfills : int list -> Pdf.t -> Pdf.t
 val draft : bool -> int list -> Pdf.t -> Pdf.t
 
 (** Squeeze a PDF *)
-val squeeze : Pdf.t -> unit
+val squeeze : ?logto:string -> Pdf.t -> unit
 
 (**/**)
 
diff --git a/cpdfcommand.ml b/cpdfcommand.ml
index 3f40228..3d8334e 100644
--- a/cpdfcommand.ml
+++ b/cpdfcommand.ml
@@ -1333,6 +1333,11 @@ let setrecrypt () =
 let setremovedictentry s =
   args.op <- Some (RemoveDictEntry s)
 
+let logto = ref None
+
+let setsqueezelogto s =
+  logto := Some s
+
 (* Parse a control file, make an argv, and then make Arg parse it. *)
 let rec make_control_argv_and_parse filename =
   control_args := !control_args @ parse_control_file filename
@@ -1850,6 +1855,7 @@ and specs =
    ("-debug-crypt", Arg.Unit setdebugcrypt, "");
    ("-fix-prince", Arg.Unit (setop RemoveUnusedResources), "");
    ("-squeeze", Arg.Unit setsqueeze, "");
+   ("-squeeze-log-to", Arg.String setsqueezelogto, "");
    ("-extract-text", Arg.Unit (setop ExtractText), "")]
 
 and usage_msg =
@@ -2031,7 +2037,7 @@ let write_pdf ?(encryption = None) ?(is_decompress=false) mk_id pdf =
               if not is_decompress then
                 begin
                   ignore (Cpdf.recompress_pdf pdf);
-                  if args.squeeze then Cpdf.squeeze pdf;
+                  if args.squeeze then Cpdf.squeeze ?logto:!logto pdf;
                 end;
               Pdf.remove_unreferenced pdf;
               really_write_pdf ~is_decompress mk_id pdf outname
@@ -2046,7 +2052,7 @@ let write_pdf ?(encryption = None) ?(is_decompress=false) mk_id pdf =
                 if not is_decompress then
                   begin
                     ignore (Cpdf.recompress_pdf pdf);
-                    if args.squeeze then Cpdf.squeeze pdf;
+                    if args.squeeze then Cpdf.squeeze ?logto:!logto pdf;
                     Pdf.remove_unreferenced pdf
                   end;
                   really_write_pdf ~encryption ~is_decompress mk_id pdf temp;
@@ -2136,7 +2142,7 @@ let fast_write_split_pdfs
                  (stem original_filename) startpage endpage
              in
                Pdf.remove_unreferenced pdf;
-               if sq then Cpdf.squeeze pdf;
+               if sq then Cpdf.squeeze ?logto:!logto pdf;
                really_write_pdf ~encryption:enc (not (enc = None)) pdf name)
       (indx pagenums)
       pagenums