diff --git a/lib/render.js b/lib/render.js
index 1b7c1f2dce..9f65a66e27 100644
--- a/lib/render.js
+++ b/lib/render.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function renderRoute (url, context = {}) {
 
 // Function used to do dom checking via jsdom
 let jsdom = null
-export function renderAndGetWindow (url) {
+export function renderAndGetWindow (url, opts = {}) {
   /* istanbul ignore if */
   if (!jsdom) {
     try {
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ export function renderAndGetWindow (url) {
       process.exit(1)
     }
   }
-  const virtualConsole = jsdom.createVirtualConsole().sendTo(console)
+  let virtualConsole
+  if (opts.virtualConsole === true) {
+    virtualConsole = jsdom.createVirtualConsole().sendTo(console)
+  }
   url = url || 'http://localhost:3000'
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     jsdom.env({