diff --git a/nih_plug/src/debug.rs b/nih_plug/src/debug.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d3ccf80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nih_plug/src/debug.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// nih-plug: plugins, but rewritten in Rust
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Robbert van der Helm
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/// Write something to the STDERR stream.
+///
+/// XXX: I don't think we need all of the log crate just for some simple logging, but maybe consider
+///      integrating some other crate with this function if we need to log to some other place than
+///      STDERR or if it needs to be done in release builds and we should thus try to avoid
+///      allocations.
+macro_rules! nih_log {
+    ($format:expr $(, $arg:tt)*) => (
+        eprintln!(concat!("[", file!(), ":", line!(), "] ", $format), $($arg)*)
+    );
+}
+
+/// A `debug_assert!()` analogue that prints the error instead with line number information instead
+/// of panicking.
+///
+/// TODO: Detect if we're running under a debugger, and trigger a break if we are
+macro_rules! nih_debug_assert {
+    ($cond:expr) => (
+        if cfg!(debug_assertions) && !$cond {
+            nih_log!(concat!("Debug assertion failed: ", stringify!($cond)));
+        }
+    );
+    ($cond:expr, $format:expr $(, $arg:tt)*) => (
+        if cfg!(debug_assertions) && !$cond {
+            nih_log!(concat!("Debug assertion failed: ", stringify!($cond), ", ", $format) $(, $arg)*);
+        }
+    );
+}
diff --git a/nih_plug/src/lib.rs b/nih_plug/src/lib.rs
index d50c0d49..89304f6a 100644
--- a/nih_plug/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nih_plug/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 // along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+pub mod debug;
 pub mod params;
 pub mod plugin;