diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for shake-plus
 
+## v0.1.7.0
+
+* Add `runSimpleShakePlus` for quickrunning with args and a log function.
+
 ## v0.1.6.0
 
 * Re-export `Path` and `Within`.
diff --git a/shake-plus.cabal b/shake-plus.cabal
--- a/shake-plus.cabal
+++ b/shake-plus.cabal
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.33.0.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.33.1.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 861ea5df05f1818cdcfc03fd0764e56a7f8674c369d58a742d0e1973cfb1eb86
+-- hash: 589490c1f4ceade547a4f087698dcbd483d00709adc2178287f660edd08e85c5
 
 name:           shake-plus
-version:        0.1.6.0
+version:        0.1.7.0
 synopsis:       Re-export of Shake using well-typed paths and ReaderT.
 description:    Re-export of Shake using well-typed paths and ReaderT. You can thread logging through your Shake Actions, and better keep track of source and output folders using the Within type.
 category:       development, shake
diff --git a/src/Development/Shake/Plus/Core.hs b/src/Development/Shake/Plus/Core.hs
--- a/src/Development/Shake/Plus/Core.hs
+++ b/src/Development/Shake/Plus/Core.hs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 , ShakePlus
 , runRAction
 , runShakePlus
+, runSimpleShakePlus
 , Development.Shake.Action
 , Development.Shake.Rules
 , Development.Shake.FilePattern
@@ -94,3 +95,11 @@
 
 instance MonadThrow (ShakePlus r) where
   throwM = liftIO . Control.Exception.throwIO
+
+-- | Run a `ShakePlus` with just a `LogFunc` in the environment that logs to stderr.
+runSimpleShakePlus :: MonadIO m => ShakePlus LogFunc a -> m ()
+runSimpleShakePlus m = do
+  lo <- logOptionsHandle stderr True
+  (lf, dlf) <- newLogFunc (setLogMinLevel LevelInfo lo)
+  liftIO $ Development.Shake.shakeArgs Development.Shake.shakeOptions $ void $ runShakePlus lf m
+  dlf