diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 377d6547b..92c251d67 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifndef __ANDROID__
 	// Run unit tests
 	if (cmd_args.getFlag("run-unittests")) {
+		porting::attachOrCreateConsole();
 #if BUILD_UNITTESTS
 		if (cmd_args.exists("test-module"))
 			return run_tests(cmd_args.get("test-module")) ? 0 : 1;
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	// Run benchmarks
 	if (cmd_args.getFlag("run-benchmarks")) {
+		porting::attachOrCreateConsole();
 #if BUILD_BENCHMARKS
 		return run_benchmarks();
 #else
@@ -637,6 +639,7 @@ static bool use_debugger(int argc, char *argv[])
 			continue;
 		new_args.push_back(argv[i]);
 	}
+	new_args.push_back("--console");
 	new_args.push_back(nullptr);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32