diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6f55c3297..893c7c1c6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Changes
    * Blind RSA private operations even when POLARSSL_RSA_NO_CRT is defined.
    * ssl_set_own_cert() now returns an error on key-certificate mismatch.
    * Forbid repeated extensions in X.509 certificates.
+   * debug_print_buf() now prints a text view in addition to hexadecimal.
 
 = PolarSSL 1.3.9 released 2014-10-20
 Security
diff --git a/library/debug.c b/library/debug.c
index a81f502bf..865bd5447 100644
--- a/library/debug.c
+++ b/library/debug.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ void debug_print_buf( const ssl_context *ssl, int level,
                       unsigned char *buf, size_t len )
 {
     char str[512];
+    char txt[17];
     size_t i, maxlen = sizeof( str ) - 1, idx = 0;
 
     if( ssl->f_dbg == NULL || level > debug_threshold )
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ void debug_print_buf( const ssl_context *ssl, int level,
     ssl->f_dbg( ssl->p_dbg, level, str );
 
     idx = 0;
+    memset( txt, 0, sizeof( txt ) );
     for( i = 0; i < len; i++ )
     {
         if( i >= 4096 )
@@ -147,9 +149,11 @@ void debug_print_buf( const ssl_context *ssl, int level,
         {
             if( i > 0 )
             {
-                snprintf( str + idx, maxlen - idx, "\n" );
+                snprintf( str + idx, maxlen - idx, "  %s\n", txt );
                 ssl->f_dbg( ssl->p_dbg, level, str );
+
                 idx = 0;
+                memset( txt, 0, sizeof( txt ) );
             }
 
             if( debug_log_mode == POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_FULL )
@@ -162,11 +166,15 @@ void debug_print_buf( const ssl_context *ssl, int level,
 
         idx += snprintf( str + idx, maxlen - idx, " %02x",
                          (unsigned int) buf[i] );
+        txt[i % 16] = ( buf[i] > 31 && buf[i] < 127 ) ? buf[i] : '.' ;
     }
 
     if( len > 0 )
     {
-        snprintf( str + idx, maxlen - idx, "\n" );
+        for( /* i = i */; i % 16 != 0; i++ )
+            idx += snprintf( str + idx, maxlen - idx, "   " );
+
+        snprintf( str + idx, maxlen - idx, "  %s\n", txt );
         ssl->f_dbg( ssl->p_dbg, level, str );
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_debug.data b/tests/suites/test_suite_debug.data
index 9b49f6a48..26d85cb63 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_debug.data
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_debug.data
@@ -32,19 +32,19 @@ Debug print buffer #1
 debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_FULL:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"":"MyFile(0999)\: dumping 'Test return value' (0 bytes)\n"
 
 Debug print buffer #2
-debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_FULL:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"00":"MyFile(0999)\: dumping 'Test return value' (1 bytes)\nMyFile(0999)\: 0000\:  00\n"
+debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_FULL:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"00":"MyFile(0999)\: dumping 'Test return value' (1 bytes)\nMyFile(0999)\: 0000\:  00                                               .\n"
 
 Debug print buffer #3
-debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_FULL:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F":"MyFile(0999)\: dumping 'Test return value' (16 bytes)\nMyFile(0999)\: 0000\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f\n"
+debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_FULL:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F":"MyFile(0999)\: dumping 'Test return value' (16 bytes)\nMyFile(0999)\: 0000\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f  ................\n"
 
 Debug print buffer #4
-debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_FULL:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F00":"MyFile(0999)\: dumping 'Test return value' (17 bytes)\nMyFile(0999)\: 0000\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f\nMyFile(0999)\: 0010\:  00\n"
+debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_FULL:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F00":"MyFile(0999)\: dumping 'Test return value' (17 bytes)\nMyFile(0999)\: 0000\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f  ................\nMyFile(0999)\: 0010\:  00                                               .\n"
 
 Debug print buffer #5
-debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_FULL:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F00":"MyFile(0999)\: dumping 'Test return value' (49 bytes)\nMyFile(0999)\: 0000\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f\nMyFile(0999)\: 0010\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f\nMyFile(0999)\: 0020\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f\nMyFile(0999)\: 0030\:  00\n"
+debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_FULL:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F202122232425262728292A2B2C2D2E2F30":"MyFile(0999)\: dumping 'Test return value' (49 bytes)\nMyFile(0999)\: 0000\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f  ................\nMyFile(0999)\: 0010\:  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f  ................\nMyFile(0999)\: 0020\:  20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f   !"#$%&'()*+,-./\nMyFile(0999)\: 0030\:  30                                               0\n"
 
 Debug print buffer #5 (raw)
-debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_RAW:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F00":"dumping 'Test return value' (49 bytes)\n0000\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f\n0010\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f\n0020\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f\n0030\:  00\n"
+debug_print_buf:POLARSSL_DEBUG_LOG_RAW:"MyFile":999:"Test return value":"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F707172737475767778797A7B7C7D7E7F8081828384858687F8F9FAFBFCFDFEFF00":"dumping 'Test return value' (49 bytes)\n0000\:  00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f  ................\n0010\:  70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f  pqrstuvwxyz{|}~.\n0020\:  80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 f8 f9 fa fb fc fd fe ff  ................\n0030\:  00                                               .\n"
 
 Debug print certificate #1 (RSA)
 depends_on:POLARSSL_PEM_PARSE_C:POLARSSL_BASE64_C:POLARSSL_RSA_C