diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 30cdffb..fddbf5f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 /htmlcov/
 /pytest_docker.egg-info/
 /src/pytest_docker.egg-info/
+build
+dist
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 36cc47b..2b4cfc1 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ responds over HTTP::
           timeout=30.0, pause=0.1,
           check=lambda: is_responsive(url)
        )
-       return url
+       yield url
+
+       # Optionally print/log container logs for debugging.
+       for line in docker_services.get_logs('abc').split('\n'):
+           log.debug(line)
 
    def test_something(some_http_service):
        """Sample test."""
diff --git a/src/pytest_docker/__init__.py b/src/pytest_docker/__init__.py
index 9422958..31beb5f 100644
--- a/src/pytest_docker/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytest_docker/__init__.py
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ def wait_until_responsive(self, check, timeout, pause,
             'Timeout reached while waiting on service!'
         )
 
+    def get_logs(self, service):
+        """Fetches the logs of the container of the specified service.
+
+        Use `get_logs.split('\n')` to parse log by line."""
+        return self._docker_compose.execute('logs {}'.format(service))
+
 
 def str_to_list(arg):
     if isinstance(arg, (list, tuple)):