diff --git a/ethers-solc/src/report/compiler.rs b/ethers-solc/src/report/compiler.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..739c98cf
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+++ b/ethers-solc/src/report/compiler.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+//! Additional logging [CompilerInput] and [CompilerOutput]
+//!
+//! Useful for debugging purposes.
+//! As solc compiler input and output can become quite large (in the tens of MB) we still want a way
+//! to get this info when debugging an issue. Most convenient way to look at these object is as a
+//! separate json file
+
+use crate::{CompilerInput, CompilerOutput};
+use std::{env, path::PathBuf, str::FromStr};
+
+/// Debug Helper type that can be used to write the [Solc] [CompilerInput] and [CompilerOutput] to
+/// disk if configured.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// If `ETHERS_SOLC_LOG=in=in.json,out=out.json` is then the reporter will be configured to write
+/// the compiler input as pretty formatted json to `in.json` and the compiler output to `out.json`
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// use ethers_solc::report::SolcCompilerIoReporter;
+/// std::env::set_var("ETHERS_SOLC_LOG", "in=in.json,out=out.json");
+/// let rep = SolcCompilerIoReporter::from_default_env();
+/// ```
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct SolcCompilerIoReporter {
+    /// where to write the output to, `None` if not enabled
+    target: Option<Target>,
+}
+
+impl SolcCompilerIoReporter {
+    /// Returns a new `SolcCompilerIOLayer` from the fields in the given string,
+    /// ignoring any that are invalid.
+    pub fn new(value: impl AsRef<str>) -> Self {
+        Self { target: Some(value.as_ref().parse().unwrap_or_default()) }
+    }
+
+    /// `ETHERS_SOLC_LOG` is the default environment variable used by
+    /// [`SolcCompilerIOLayer::from_default_env`]
+    ///
+    /// [`SolcCompilerIOLayer::from_default_env`]: #method.from_default_env
+    pub const DEFAULT_ENV: &'static str = "ETHERS_SOLC_LOG";
+
+    /// Returns a new `SolcCompilerIOLayer` from the value of the `ETHERS_SOLC_LOG` environment
+    /// variable, ignoring any invalid filter directives.
+    pub fn from_default_env() -> Self {
+        Self::from_env(Self::DEFAULT_ENV)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a new `SolcCompilerIOLayer` from the value of the given environment
+    /// variable, ignoring any invalid filter directives.
+    pub fn from_env<A: AsRef<str>>(env: A) -> Self {
+        env::var(env.as_ref()).map(Self::new).unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+
+    /// Callback to write the input to disk if target is set
+    pub fn log_compiler_input(&self, input: &CompilerInput) {
+        if let Some(ref target) = self.target {
+            target.write_input(input)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Callback to write the input to disk if target is set
+    pub fn log_compiler_output(&self, output: &CompilerOutput) {
+        if let Some(ref target) = self.target {
+            target.write_output(output)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S> From<S> for SolcCompilerIoReporter
+where
+    S: AsRef<str>,
+{
+    fn from(s: S) -> Self {
+        Self::new(s)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Represents the `in=<path>,out=<path>` value
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+struct Target {
+    /// path where the compiler input file should be written to
+    dest_input: PathBuf,
+    /// path where the compiler output file should be written to
+    dest_output: PathBuf,
+}
+
+impl Target {
+    fn write_input(&self, input: &CompilerInput) {
+        tracing::trace!("logging compiler input to {}", self.dest_input.display());
+        match serde_json::to_string_pretty(input) {
+            Ok(json) => {
+                if let Err(err) = std::fs::write(&self.dest_input, json) {
+                    tracing::error!("Failed to write compiler input: {}", err)
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                tracing::error!("Failed to serialize compiler input: {}", err)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn write_output(&self, output: &CompilerOutput) {
+        tracing::trace!("logging compiler output to {}", self.dest_output.display());
+        match serde_json::to_string_pretty(output) {
+            Ok(json) => {
+                if let Err(err) = std::fs::write(&self.dest_output, json) {
+                    tracing::error!("Failed to write compiler output: {}", err)
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                tracing::error!("Failed to serialize compiler output: {}", err)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Target {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            dest_input: "compiler-input.json".into(),
+            dest_output: "compiler-output.json".into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Target {
+    type Err = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let mut dest_input = None;
+        let mut dest_output = None;
+        for part in s.split(',') {
+            let (name, val) =
+                part.split_once('=').ok_or_else(|| BadName { name: part.to_string() })?;
+            match name {
+                "i" | "in" | "input" | "compilerinput" => {
+                    dest_input = Some(PathBuf::from(val));
+                }
+                "o" | "out" | "output" | "compileroutput" => {
+                    dest_output = Some(PathBuf::from(val));
+                }
+                _ => return Err(BadName { name: part.to_string() }.into()),
+            };
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            dest_input: dest_input.unwrap_or_else(|| "compiler-input.json".into()),
+            dest_output: dest_output.unwrap_or_else(|| "compiler-output.json".into()),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+/// Indicates that a field name specified in the env value was invalid.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+#[error("{}", self.name)]
+pub struct BadName {
+    name: String,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn can_parse_target() {
+        let target: Target = "in=in.json,out=out.json".parse().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(target, Target { dest_input: "in.json".into(), dest_output: "out.json".into() });
+
+        let target: Target = "in=in.json".parse().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(target, Target { dest_input: "in.json".into(), ..Default::default() });
+
+        let target: Target = "out=out.json".parse().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(target, Target { dest_output: "out.json".into(), ..Default::default() });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn can_init_reporter_from_env() {
+        let rep = SolcCompilerIoReporter::from_default_env();
+        assert!(rep.target.is_none());
+        std::env::set_var("ETHERS_SOLC_LOG", "in=in.json,out=out.json");
+        let rep = SolcCompilerIoReporter::from_default_env();
+        assert!(rep.target.is_some());
+        assert_eq!(
+            rep.target.unwrap(),
+            Target { dest_input: "in.json".into(), dest_output: "out.json".into() }
+        );
+        std::env::remove_var("ETHERS_SOLC_LOG");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ethers-solc/src/report.rs b/ethers-solc/src/report/mod.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from ethers-solc/src/report.rs
rename to ethers-solc/src/report/mod.rs
index 15413012..518ce6b6 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/src/report.rs
+++ b/ethers-solc/src/report/mod.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ use std::{
     },
 };
 
+mod compiler;
+pub use compiler::SolcCompilerIoReporter;
+
 thread_local! {
     static CURRENT_STATE: State = State {
         scoped: RefCell::new(Report::none()),