diff --git a/hgext/logtoprocess.py b/hgext/logtoprocess.py
--- a/hgext/logtoprocess.py
+++ b/hgext/logtoprocess.py
@@ -59,11 +59,19 @@
         _creationflags = DETACHED_PROCESS | subprocess.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP
 
         def runshellcommand(script, env, ui):
+
+            createconsole = ui.configbool("logtoprocess", "windows-create-console")
+
+            if createconsole:
+                creationflags = subprocess.CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE
+            else:
+                creationflags = _creationflags
+
             # we can't use close_fds *and* redirect stdin. I'm not sure that we
             # need to because the detached process has no console connection.
             subprocess.Popen(
                 script, shell=True, env=env, close_fds=True,
-                creationflags=_creationflags)
+                creationflags=creationflags)
     else:
         def runshellcommand(script, env, ui):
             # double-fork to completely detach from the parent process
diff --git a/mercurial/configitems.py b/mercurial/configitems.py
--- a/mercurial/configitems.py
+++ b/mercurial/configitems.py
@@ -569,6 +569,9 @@
 coreconfigitem('logtoprocess', 'uiblocked',
     default=None,
 )
+coreconfigitem('logtoprocess', 'windows-create-console',
+    default=False,
+)
 coreconfigitem('merge', 'checkunknown',
     default='abort',
 )