diff --git a/src/docs/userguide/notifications.diviner b/src/docs/userguide/notifications.diviner
index f94828c541..0842cf8335 100644
--- a/src/docs/userguide/notifications.diviner
+++ b/src/docs/userguide/notifications.diviner
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ You can run `aphlict` in the foreground to get output to your console:
 
   phabricator/ $ ./bin/aphlict --foreground
 
+You can run `support/aphlict/client/aphlict_test_client.php` to connect to the
+Aphlict server from the command line. Messages the client receives will be
+printed to stdout.
+
 You can set `notification.debug` in your configuration to get additional
 output in your browser.
 
diff --git a/support/aphlict/client/aphlict_test_client.php b/support/aphlict/client/aphlict_test_client.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7131ef4736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/aphlict/client/aphlict_test_client.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+$root = dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))));
+require_once $root.'/scripts/__init_script__.php';
+
+$args = new PhutilArgumentParser($argv);
+$args->setTagline('test client for Aphlict server');
+$args->setSynopsis(<<<EOHELP
+**aphlict_test_client.php** [__options__]
+    Connect to the Aphlict server configured in the Phabricator config.
+
+EOHELP
+);
+$args->parseStandardArguments();
+$args->parse(
+  array(
+    array(
+      'name'    => 'server',
+      'param'   => 'uri',
+      'default' => PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('notification.client-uri'),
+      'help'    => 'Connect to __uri__ instead of the default server.',
+    ),
+  ));
+$console = PhutilConsole::getConsole();
+
+$errno = null;
+$errstr = null;
+
+$uri = $args->getArg('server');
+$uri = new PhutilURI($uri);
+$uri->setProtocol('tcp');
+
+$console->writeErr("Connecting...\n");
+$socket = stream_socket_client(
+  $uri,
+  $errno,
+  $errstr);
+
+if (!$socket) {
+  $console->writeErr(
+    "Unable to connect to Aphlict (at '$uri'). Error #{$errno}: {$errstr}");
+  exit(1);
+} else {
+  $console->writeErr("Connected.\n");
+}
+
+$io_channel = new PhutilSocketChannel($socket);
+$proto_channel = new PhutilJSONProtocolChannel($io_channel);
+
+$json = new PhutilJSON();
+while (true) {
+  $message = $proto_channel->waitForMessage();
+  $console->writeOut($json->encodeFormatted($message));
+}
+