diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/util/UiUtils.cpp b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/util/UiUtils.cpp
index 39eee3f784..b6c9904b8c 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/util/UiUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/util/UiUtils.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2012, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
- * Copyright 2012-2013, Rene Gollent, rene@gollent.com.
+ * Copyright 2012-2014, Rene Gollent, rene@gollent.com.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
 
@@ -453,3 +453,33 @@ UiUtils::ParseRangeExpression(const BString& rangeExpression, int32 lowerBound,
 
 	return B_OK;
 }
+
+
+/*static*/ const char*
+UiUtils::TypeCodeToString(type_code type)
+{
+	switch (type) {
+		case B_INT8_TYPE:
+			return "int8";
+		case B_UINT8_TYPE:
+			return "uint8";
+		case B_INT16_TYPE:
+			return "int16";
+		case B_UINT16_TYPE:
+			return "uint16";
+		case B_INT32_TYPE:
+			return "int32";
+		case B_UINT32_TYPE:
+			return "uint32";
+		case B_INT64_TYPE:
+			return "int64";
+		case B_UINT64_TYPE:
+			return "uint64";
+		case B_FLOAT_TYPE:
+			return "float";
+		case B_DOUBLE_TYPE:
+			return "double";
+		default:
+			return "unknown";
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/util/UiUtils.h b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/util/UiUtils.h
index 7b11be9a18..4d9cdb2c42 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/util/UiUtils.h
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/util/UiUtils.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright 2014, Rene Gollent, rene@gollent.com.
  * Copyright 2012, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ public:
 									int32 lowerBound, int32 upperBound,
 									bool fixedRange,
 									RangeList& _output);
+
+	static	const char*			TypeCodeToString(type_code type);
 };