diff --git a/include/QF/sizebuf.h b/include/QF/sizebuf.h
index 08436b1b8..a6fc39411 100644
--- a/include/QF/sizebuf.h
+++ b/include/QF/sizebuf.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ void SZ_Clear (sizebuf_t *buf);
 void *SZ_GetSpace (sizebuf_t *buf, int length);
 void SZ_Write (sizebuf_t *buf, const void *data, int length);
 void SZ_Print (sizebuf_t *buf, const char *data);	// strcats onto the sizebuf
+void SZ_Dump (sizebuf_t *buf);
 
 ///@}
 
diff --git a/libs/util/sizebuf.c b/libs/util/sizebuf.c
index 757672367..785287d0c 100644
--- a/libs/util/sizebuf.c
+++ b/libs/util/sizebuf.c
@@ -99,3 +99,34 @@ SZ_Print (sizebuf_t *buf, const char *data)
 
 	memcpy (SZ_GetSpace (buf, len), data, len);
 }
+
+VISIBLE void
+SZ_Dump (sizebuf_t *buf)
+{
+	int         i;
+	char        chars[17], c;
+
+	chars[16] = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < buf->cursize; i++) {
+		if (i % 16 == 0) {
+			Sys_Printf ("%04x:", i);
+		} else if (i % 16 == 8) {
+			Sys_Printf (" ");
+		}
+		Sys_Printf (" %02x", buf->data[i]);
+		c = buf->data[i] & 0x7f;
+		if (c < ' ') {
+			c = '.';
+		}
+		chars[i % 16] = c;
+		if (i % 16 == 15) {
+			Sys_Printf ("  %s\n", chars);
+		}
+	}
+	i %= 16;
+	if (i) {
+		chars[i] = 0;
+		i = 16 - i;
+		Sys_Printf ("%*s  %s\n", i * 3 + (i > 7), "", chars);
+	}
+}