diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/debug_hex_dump.h b/headers/private/kernel/debug_hex_dump.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f042443c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/debug_hex_dump.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef _KERNEL_DEBUG_HEX_DUMP_H
+#define _KERNEL_DEBUG_HEX_DUMP_H
+
+
+#include <debug.h>
+
+
+namespace BKernel {
+
+
+enum {
+	HEX_DUMP_FLAG_OMIT_ADDRESS	= 0x01
+};
+
+
+class HexDumpDataProvider {
+public:
+	virtual						~HexDumpDataProvider();
+
+	virtual	bool				HasMoreData() const = 0;
+	virtual	uint8				NextByte() = 0;
+	virtual	bool				GetAddressString(char* buffer,
+									size_t bufferSize) const;
+};
+
+
+class HexDumpBufferDataProvider : public HexDumpDataProvider {
+public:
+								HexDumpBufferDataProvider(const void* data,
+									size_t dataSize);
+
+	virtual	bool				HasMoreData() const;
+	virtual	uint8				NextByte();
+	virtual	bool				GetAddressString(char* buffer,
+									size_t bufferSize) const;
+
+private:
+			const uint8*		fData;
+			size_t				fDataSize;
+};
+
+
+void	print_hex_dump(HexDumpDataProvider& data, size_t maxBytes,
+			uint32 flags = 0);
+void	print_hex_dump(const void* data, size_t maxBytes, uint32 flags = 0);
+
+
+}	// namespace BKernel
+
+
+#endif	/* _KERNEL_DEBUG_HEX_DUMP_H */
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/debug/Jamfile b/src/system/kernel/debug/Jamfile
index 076e240496..9973af2c66 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/debug/Jamfile
+++ b/src/system/kernel/debug/Jamfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ KernelMergeObject kernel_debug.o :
 	debug_builtin_commands.cpp
 	debug_commands.cpp
 	debug_heap.cpp
+	debug_hex_dump.cpp
 	debug_paranoia.cpp
 	debug_parser.cpp
 	debug_variables.cpp
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/debug/debug_hex_dump.cpp b/src/system/kernel/debug/debug_hex_dump.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13e9e46e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/system/kernel/debug/debug_hex_dump.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+
+
+#include <debug_hex_dump.h>
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+
+namespace BKernel {
+
+
+// #pragma mark - HexDumpDataProvider
+
+
+HexDumpDataProvider::~HexDumpDataProvider()
+{
+}
+
+
+bool
+HexDumpDataProvider::GetAddressString(char* buffer, size_t bufferSize) const
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+
+// #pragma mark - HexDumpBufferDataProvider
+
+
+HexDumpBufferDataProvider::HexDumpBufferDataProvider(const void* data,
+	size_t dataSize)
+	:
+	fData((const uint8*)data),
+	fDataSize(dataSize)
+{
+}
+
+
+bool
+HexDumpBufferDataProvider::HasMoreData() const
+{
+	return fDataSize > 0;
+}
+
+
+uint8
+HexDumpBufferDataProvider::NextByte()
+{
+	if (fDataSize == 0)
+		return '\0';
+
+	fDataSize--;
+	return *fData++;
+}
+
+
+bool
+HexDumpBufferDataProvider::GetAddressString(char* buffer,
+	size_t bufferSize) const
+{
+	snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "%p", fData);
+	return true;
+}
+
+
+// #pragma mark -
+
+
+void
+print_hex_dump(HexDumpDataProvider& data, size_t maxBytes, uint32 flags)
+{
+	static const size_t kBytesPerBlock = 4;
+	static const size_t kBytesPerLine = 16;
+
+	size_t i = 0;
+	for (; i < maxBytes && data.HasMoreData();) {
+		if (i > 0)
+			kputs("\n");
+
+		// print address
+		uint8 buffer[kBytesPerLine];
+		if ((flags & HEX_DUMP_FLAG_OMIT_ADDRESS) == 0
+			&& data.GetAddressString((char*)buffer, sizeof(buffer))) {
+			kputs((char*)buffer);
+			kputs(": ");
+		}
+
+		// get the line data
+		size_t bytesInLine = 0;
+		for (; i < maxBytes && bytesInLine < kBytesPerLine
+				&& data.HasMoreData();
+			i++) {
+			buffer[bytesInLine++] = data.NextByte();
+		}
+
+		// print hex representation
+		for (size_t k = 0; k < bytesInLine; k++) {
+			if (k > 0 && k % kBytesPerBlock == 0)
+				kputs(" ");
+			kprintf("%02x", buffer[k]);
+		}
+
+		// pad to align the text representation, if line is incomplete
+		if (bytesInLine < kBytesPerLine) {
+			int missingBytes = int(kBytesPerLine - bytesInLine);
+			kprintf("%*s",
+				2 * missingBytes + int(missingBytes / kBytesPerBlock), "");
+		}
+
+		// print character representation
+		kputs("  ");
+		for (size_t k = 0; k < bytesInLine; k++)
+			kprintf("%c", isprint(buffer[k]) ? buffer[k] : '.');
+	}
+
+	if (i > 0)
+		kputs("\n");
+}
+
+
+void
+print_hex_dump(const void* data, size_t maxBytes, uint32 flags)
+{
+	HexDumpBufferDataProvider dataProvider(data, maxBytes);
+	print_hex_dump(dataProvider, maxBytes, flags);
+}
+
+
+}	// namespace BKernel