diff --git a/mesh/util.c b/mesh/util.c
index 2cdcdf3..b3ce1ce 100644
--- a/mesh/util.c
+++ b/mesh/util.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- *
  */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
@@ -26,10 +25,36 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <termios.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#include <ell/ell.h>
 
 #include "mesh/util.h"
 
+void print_packet(const char *label, const void *data, uint16_t size)
+{
+	struct timeval pkt_time;
+
+	gettimeofday(&pkt_time, NULL);
+
+	if (size > 0) {
+		char *str;
+
+		str = l_util_hexstring(data, size);
+		l_debug("%05d.%03d %s: %s",
+				(uint32_t) pkt_time.tv_sec % 100000,
+				(uint32_t) pkt_time.tv_usec/1000, label, str);
+		l_free(str);
+	} else
+		l_debug("%05d.%03d %s: empty",
+				(uint32_t) pkt_time.tv_sec % 100000,
+				(uint32_t) pkt_time.tv_usec/1000, label);
+}
+
 uint32_t get_timestamp_secs(void)
 {
 	struct timespec ts;
diff --git a/mesh/util.h b/mesh/util.h
index 6111010..007ea36 100644
--- a/mesh/util.h
+++ b/mesh/util.h
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- *
  */
 
 uint32_t get_timestamp_secs(void);
 bool str2hex(const char *str, uint16_t in_len, uint8_t *out,
 							uint16_t out_len);
 size_t hex2str(uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, char *out, size_t out_len);
+void print_packet(const char *label, const void *data, uint16_t size);