diff --git a/tools/perf/util/color.c b/tools/perf/util/color.c
index e47fdeb..e88bca5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/color.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/color.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 	return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
-static int color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt,
+static int __color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt,
 		va_list args, const char *trail)
 {
 	int r = 0;
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@
 	return r;
 }
 
+int color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	return __color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args, NULL);
+}
 
 
 int color_fprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -199,7 +203,7 @@
 	int r;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	r = color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args, NULL);
+	r = color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 	return r;
 }
@@ -209,7 +213,7 @@
 	va_list args;
 	int r;
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	r = color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args, "\n");
+	r = __color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args, "\n");
 	va_end(args);
 	return r;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/color.h b/tools/perf/util/color.h
index 43d0d1b..58d5975 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/color.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/color.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 int perf_config_colorbool(const char *var, const char *value, int stdout_is_tty);
 void color_parse(const char *value, const char *var, char *dst);
 void color_parse_mem(const char *value, int len, const char *var, char *dst);
+int color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 int color_fprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...);
 int color_fprintf_ln(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...);
 int color_fwrite_lines(FILE *fp, const char *color, size_t count, const char *buf);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index 8318fdee..e8ca98f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 /* For general debugging purposes */
 
 #include "../perf.h"
+
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include "color.h"
+#include "event.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+
 int verbose = 0;
 int dump_trace = 0;
 
@@ -35,3 +40,56 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+static int dump_printf_color(const char *fmt, const char *color, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (dump_trace) {
+		va_start(args, color);
+		ret = color_vfprintf(stdout, color, fmt, args);
+		va_end(args);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+void trace_event(event_t *event)
+{
+	unsigned char *raw_event = (void *)event;
+	const char *color = PERF_COLOR_BLUE;
+	int i, j;
+
+	if (!dump_trace)
+		return;
+
+	dump_printf(".");
+	dump_printf_color("\n. ... raw event: size %d bytes\n", color,
+			  event->header.size);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < event->header.size; i++) {
+		if ((i & 15) == 0) {
+			dump_printf(".");
+			dump_printf_color("  %04x: ", color, i);
+		}
+
+		dump_printf_color(" %02x", color, raw_event[i]);
+
+		if (((i & 15) == 15) || i == event->header.size-1) {
+			dump_printf_color("  ", color);
+			for (j = 0; j < 15-(i & 15); j++)
+				dump_printf_color("   ", color);
+			for (j = 0; j < (i & 15); j++) {
+				if (isprint(raw_event[i-15+j]))
+					dump_printf_color("%c", color,
+							  raw_event[i-15+j]);
+				else
+					dump_printf_color(".", color);
+			}
+			dump_printf_color("\n", color);
+		}
+	}
+	dump_printf(".\n");
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index a683bd5..437eea5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 
 int eprintf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
+void trace_event(event_t *event);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 3159d47..fd3d9c8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "string.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 
+#include "debug.h"
+
 #include <libelf.h>
 #include <gelf.h>
 #include <elf.h>