diff --git a/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h b/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h
index fb24d6f4..e742ace1 100644
--- a/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h
+++ b/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ void ts_document_set_input(TSDocument *, TSInput);
 void ts_document_set_input_string(TSDocument *, const char *);
 TSDebugger ts_document_debugger(const TSDocument *);
 void ts_document_set_debugger(TSDocument *, TSDebugger);
+void ts_document_print_debugging_graphs(TSDocument *, bool);
 void ts_document_edit(TSDocument *, TSInputEdit);
 int ts_document_parse(TSDocument *);
 void ts_document_invalidate(TSDocument *);
diff --git a/src/runtime/document.c b/src/runtime/document.c
index c852b816..3d0ef2a1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/document.c
+++ b/src/runtime/document.c
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ void ts_document_set_debugger(TSDocument *self, TSDebugger debugger) {
   ts_parser_set_debugger(&self->parser, debugger);
 }
 
+void ts_document_print_debugging_graphs(TSDocument *self, bool should_print) {
+  self->parser.print_debugging_graphs = should_print;
+}
+
 TSInput ts_document_input(TSDocument *self) {
   return self->input;
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/parser.c b/src/runtime/parser.c
index ee8109d5..0bb3cb9e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/parser.c
+++ b/src/runtime/parser.c
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  *  Debugging
  */
 
-bool TS_PARSER_PRINT_STACKS = false;
-
 #define LOG(...)                                                               \
   if (self->lexer.debugger.debug_fn) {                                         \
     snprintf(self->lexer.debug_buffer, TS_DEBUG_BUFFER_SIZE, __VA_ARGS__);     \
@@ -26,14 +24,14 @@ bool TS_PARSER_PRINT_STACKS = false;
 
 #define LOG_ACTION(...)                   \
   LOG(__VA_ARGS__);                       \
-  if (TS_PARSER_PRINT_STACKS) {           \
+  if (self->print_debugging_graphs) {     \
     fprintf(stderr, "graph {\nlabel=\""); \
     fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__);         \
     fprintf(stderr, "\"\n}\n\n");         \
   }
 
 #define LOG_STACK()                                                      \
-  if (TS_PARSER_PRINT_STACKS) {                                          \
+  if (self->print_debugging_graphs) {                                    \
     fputs(ts_stack_dot_graph(self->stack, self->language->symbol_names), \
           stderr);                                                       \
     fputs("\n\n", stderr);                                               \
diff --git a/src/runtime/parser.h b/src/runtime/parser.h
index 73223e97..d9a60f6f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/parser.h
+++ b/src/runtime/parser.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ typedef struct {
   Array(TSTree *) reduce_parents;
   TSTree *finished_tree;
   bool is_split;
+  bool print_debugging_graphs;
 } TSParser;
 
 bool ts_parser_init(TSParser *);