diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
index dacaea1740650723e126701c5c44236b495e5bc1..03a24ae1f819b759aa2cd04a38a42dbe5b498c8c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
 
 /**
  * Root object of the system.
@@ -2188,21 +2189,32 @@ public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node,
      * For system diagnostics.
      * Run arbitrary Groovy script.
      */
-    public void doScript( StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp ) throws IOException, ServletException {
+    public void doScript(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp) throws IOException, ServletException {
+        doScript(req, rsp, req.getView(this, "_script.jelly"));
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Run arbitrary Groovy script and return result as plain text.
+     */
+    public void doScriptText(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp) throws IOException, ServletException {
+        doScript(req, rsp, req.getView(this, "_scriptText.jelly"));
+    }
+
+    private void doScript(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp, RequestDispatcher view) throws IOException, ServletException {
         // ability to run arbitrary script is dangerous
         checkPermission(ADMINISTER);
 
         String text = req.getParameter("script");
-        if(text!=null) {
+        if (text != null) {
             try {
                 req.setAttribute("output",
-                RemotingDiagnostics.executeGroovy(text, MasterComputer.localChannel));
+                        RemotingDiagnostics.executeGroovy(text, MasterComputer.localChannel));
             } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                 throw new ServletException(e);
             }
         }
 
-        req.getView(this,"_script.jelly").forward(req,rsp);
+        view.forward(req, rsp);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/_scriptText.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/_scriptText.jelly
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d0a92ede696fcce35a11129c79adffc2e597281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/_scriptText.jelly
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<!--
+  Called from doScriptText() to display the execution result.
+-->
+<st:compress xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:st="jelly:stapler">
+<st:contentType value="text/plain;charset=UTF-8" />${output}</st:compress>
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