diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/debug/timeit.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/debug/timeit.rs
index 0dcf85725f..2747db02af 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/debug/timeit.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/debug/timeit.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ impl Command for TimeIt {
         // Get the start time after all other computation has been done.
         let start_time = Instant::now();
 
+        // reset outdest, so the command can write to stdout and stderr.
+        let stack = &mut stack.push_redirection(None, None);
         if let Some(command_to_run) = command_to_run {
             if let Some(block_id) = command_to_run.as_block() {
                 let eval_block = get_eval_block(engine_state);
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/debug/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/debug/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d5674a0d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/debug/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mod timeit;
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/debug/timeit.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/debug/timeit.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a59f67d26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/debug/timeit.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use nu_test_support::nu;
+
+#[test]
+fn timeit_show_stdout() {
+    let actual = nu!("let t = timeit nu --testbin cococo abcdefg");
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, "abcdefg");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn timeit_show_stderr() {
+    let actual = nu!(" with-env {FOO: bar, FOO2: baz} { let t = timeit { nu --testbin echo_env_mixed out-err FOO FOO2 } }");
+    assert!(actual.out.contains("bar"));
+    assert!(actual.err.contains("baz"));
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/mod.rs
index ddb84a72c0..af1f2079d2 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/mod.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ mod ucp;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 mod ulimit;
 
+mod debug;
 mod umkdir;
 mod uname;
 mod uniq;
diff --git a/src/test_bins.rs b/src/test_bins.rs
index c491bcbdbc..97fe9cc357 100644
--- a/src/test_bins.rs
+++ b/src/test_bins.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub fn echo_env_mixed() {
 }
 
 /// Cross platform echo using println!()
-/// Example: nu --testbin echo a b c
+/// Example: nu --testbin cococo a b c
 /// a b c
 pub fn cococo() {
     let args: Vec<String> = args();