diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/Jamfile b/src/apps/debugger/Jamfile
index 0d7ea52b64..b219fe4034 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/Jamfile
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/Jamfile
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ Application Debugger :
 	CliContext.cpp
 	CliContinueCommand.cpp
 	CliDebugReportCommand.cpp
+	CliDumpMemoryCommand.cpp
 	CliPrintVariableCommand.cpp
 	CliQuitCommand.cpp
 	CliStackFrameCommand.cpp
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/cli/CliDumpMemoryCommand.cpp b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/cli/CliDumpMemoryCommand.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd9049a1c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/cli/CliDumpMemoryCommand.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012, Rene Gollent, rene@gollent.com.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+
+
+#include "CliDumpMemoryCommand.h"
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <AutoLocker.h>
+#include <ExpressionParser.h>
+
+#include "CliContext.h"
+#include "Team.h"
+#include "TeamMemoryBlock.h"
+#include "UiUtils.h"
+#include "UserInterface.h"
+
+
+CliDumpMemoryCommand::CliDumpMemoryCommand()
+	:
+	CliCommand("dump contents of debugged team's memory",
+		"%s [\"]address|expression[\"] [num]\n"
+		"Reads and displays the contents of memory at the target address.")
+{
+}
+
+
+void
+CliDumpMemoryCommand::Execute(int argc, const char* const* argv,
+	CliContext& context)
+{
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		PrintUsage(argv[0]);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	target_addr_t address;
+	ExpressionParser parser;
+	parser.SetSupportHexInput(true);
+
+	try {
+		address = parser.EvaluateToInt64(argv[1]);
+	} catch(...) {
+		printf("Error parsing address/expression.\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	int32 itemSize = 0;
+	int32 displayWidth = 0;
+
+	// build the format string
+	if (strcmp(argv[0], "db") == 0) {
+		itemSize = 1;
+		displayWidth = 16;
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[0], "ds") == 0) {
+		itemSize = 2;
+		displayWidth = 8;
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[0], "dw") == 0) {
+		itemSize = 4;
+		displayWidth = 4;
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[0], "dl") == 0) {
+		itemSize = 8;
+		displayWidth = 2;
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[0], "string") == 0) {
+		itemSize = 1;
+		displayWidth = -1;
+	} else {
+		printf("dump called in an invalid way!\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	int32 num = 0;
+	if (argc == 3) {
+		char *remainder;
+		num = strtol(argv[2], &remainder, 0);
+		if (*remainder != '\0') {
+			printf("Error: invalid parameter \"%s\"\n", argv[2]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (num <= 0)
+		num = displayWidth;
+
+	TeamMemoryBlock* block = context.CurrentBlock();
+	if (block == NULL || !block->Contains(address)) {
+		context.GetUserInterfaceListener()->InspectRequested(address,
+			&context);
+		context.WaitForEvents(CliContext::EVENT_TEAM_MEMORY_BLOCK_RETRIEVED);
+		if (context.IsTerminating())
+			return;
+		block = context.CurrentBlock();
+	}
+
+	if (!strcmp(argv[0], "string")) {
+		printf("%p \"", (char*)address);
+
+		target_addr_t offset = address;
+		char c;
+		while (block->Contains(offset)) {
+			c = *(block->Data() + offset - block->BaseAddress());
+
+			if (c == '\0')
+				break;
+			if (c == '\n')
+				printf("\\n");
+			else if (c == '\t')
+				printf("\\t");
+			else {
+				if (!isprint(c))
+					c = '.';
+
+				printf("%c", c);
+			}
+			++offset;
+		}
+
+		printf("\"\n");
+	} else {
+		BString output;
+		UiUtils::DumpMemory(output, block, address, itemSize, displayWidth,
+			num);
+		printf("%s\n", output.String());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/cli/CliDumpMemoryCommand.h b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/cli/CliDumpMemoryCommand.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c8a0fb00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/cli/CliDumpMemoryCommand.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012, Rene Gollent, rene@gollent.com.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef CLI_DUMP_MEMORY_COMMAND_H
+#define CLI_DUMP_MEMORY_COMMAND_H
+
+
+#include "CliCommand.h"
+
+
+class CliDumpMemoryCommand : public CliCommand {
+public:
+								CliDumpMemoryCommand();
+	virtual	void				Execute(int argc, const char* const* argv,
+									CliContext& context);
+
+private:
+};
+
+
+#endif	// CLI_DUMP_MEMORY_COMMAND_H
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/cli/CommandLineUserInterface.cpp b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/cli/CommandLineUserInterface.cpp
index 92ef51139c..85a204b3d6 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/cli/CommandLineUserInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/cli/CommandLineUserInterface.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "CliContext.h"
 #include "CliContinueCommand.h"
 #include "CliDebugReportCommand.h"
+#include "CliDumpMemoryCommand.h"
 #include "CliPrintVariableCommand.h"
 #include "CliQuitCommand.h"
 #include "CliStackFrameCommand.h"
@@ -310,6 +311,24 @@ CommandLineUserInterface::_RegisterCommands()
 	BReference<CliCommand> stackTraceCommandReference2(
 		stackTraceCommandReference.Get());
 
+	BReference<CliCommand> dumpCommandReference(
+		new(std::nothrow) CliDumpMemoryCommand, true);
+	BReference<CliCommand> dumpCommandReference2(
+		dumpCommandReference.Get());
+	if (!_RegisterCommand("db", dumpCommandReference.Detach()))
+		return B_NO_MEMORY;
+	dumpCommandReference = dumpCommandReference2.Get();
+	if (!_RegisterCommand("ds", dumpCommandReference.Detach()))
+		return B_NO_MEMORY;
+	dumpCommandReference = dumpCommandReference2.Get();
+	if (!_RegisterCommand("dw", dumpCommandReference.Detach()))
+		return B_NO_MEMORY;
+	dumpCommandReference = dumpCommandReference2.Get();
+	if (!_RegisterCommand("dl", dumpCommandReference.Detach()))
+		return B_NO_MEMORY;
+	if (!_RegisterCommand("string", dumpCommandReference2.Detach()))
+		return B_NO_MEMORY;
+
 	if (_RegisterCommand("bt", stackTraceCommandReference.Detach())
 		&& _RegisterCommand("continue", new(std::nothrow) CliContinueCommand)
 		&& _RegisterCommand("frame", new(std::nothrow) CliStackFrameCommand)