diff --git a/docs/src/testing.md b/docs/src/testing.md
index 5dead5cf..cf66fc8f 100644
--- a/docs/src/testing.md
+++ b/docs/src/testing.md
@@ -108,3 +108,58 @@ In GitHub Actions, E2E tests run as part of the CI/CD pipeline for each backend:
 - [.github/workflows/spanner.yml](../../.github/workflows/spanner.yml) - `spanner-e2e-tests` job
 
 Each workflow builds a Docker image, runs unit tests, then executes E2E tests using the same make targets described above.
+
+### Running E2E Tests Against a Local Server
+
+You can run the integration tests against a locally running Sync server.  Start your server, then use the `run_local_e2e_tests` make target:
+
+```bash
+SYNC_SYNCSTORAGE__DATABASE_URL="postgres://user:pass@localhost/syncstorage" \
+SYNC_TOKENSERVER__DATABASE_URL="postgres://user:pass@localhost/tokenserver" \
+make run_local_e2e_tests
+```
+
+The target uses the following env vars:
+- `SYNC_SERVER_URL` (default: `http://localhost:8000`)
+- `TOKENSERVER_HOST` (default: `http://localhost:8000`)
+- `SYNC_MASTER_SECRET` (default: `secret0`)
+- `SYNC_TOKENSERVER__FXA_OAUTH_SERVER_URL` (default: `http://localhost:6000`)
+
+`SYNC_SYNCSTORAGE__DATABASE_URL` and `SYNC_TOKENSERVER__DATABASE_URL` must be set when `make` is invoked.
+
+To run a specific test by name:
+
+```bash
+SYNC_SYNCSTORAGE__DATABASE_URL="..." \
+SYNC_TOKENSERVER__DATABASE_URL="..." \
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/syncstorage-rs/tools \
+TOKENSERVER_HOST=http://localhost:8000 \
+poetry -C /path/to/syncstorage-rs/tools/integration_tests \
+  run pytest . -k test_meta_global_sanity
+```
+
+Or by full module path:
+
+```bash
+SYNC_SYNCSTORAGE__DATABASE_URL="..." \
+SYNC_TOKENSERVER__DATABASE_URL="..." \
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/syncstorage-rs/tools \
+TOKENSERVER_HOST=http://localhost:8000 \
+poetry -C /path/to/syncstorage-rs/tools/integration_tests \
+  run pytest tokenserver/test_authorization.py::TestAuthorization::test_authorized_request
+```
+
+#### HTTP Request and Response Logging
+
+Set `SYNC_TEST_LOG_HTTP=1` and pass `--log-cli-level=INFO` to pytest log HTTP requests and responses to stdout:
+
+```bash
+SYNC_SYNCSTORAGE__DATABASE_URL="..." \
+SYNC_TOKENSERVER__DATABASE_URL="..." \
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/syncstorage-rs/tools \
+TOKENSERVER_HOST=http://localhost:8000 \
+SYNC_TEST_LOG_HTTP=1 \
+poetry -C /path/to/syncstorage-rs/tools/integration_tests \
+  run pytest . -k test_meta_global_sanity --log-cli-level=INFO
+```
+
diff --git a/tools/integration_tests/conftest.py b/tools/integration_tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..717d5770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/integration_tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""Pytest configuration and fixtures for integration tests."""
+
+import os
+import logging
+
+# max number of attempts to check server heartbeat
+SYNC_SERVER_STARTUP_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 35
+SYNC_SERVER_URL = os.environ.get("SYNC_SERVER_URL", "http://localhost:8000")
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("tools.integration-tests")
+
+if os.environ.get("SYNC_TEST_LOG_HTTP"):
+    import webtest
+
+    _orig_do_request = webtest.TestApp.do_request
+
+    def _logged_do_request(self, req, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Wrap request and response logging around original do_request."""
+        logger.info(">> %s %s", req.method, req.url)
+        if req.body:
+            logger.info(">> BODY: %s", req.body)
+        resp = _orig_do_request(self, req, *args, **kwargs)
+        logger.info("<< %s", resp.status)
+        logger.info("<< BODY: %s", resp.body)
+        return resp
+
+    webtest.TestApp.do_request = _logged_do_request