diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipInfo.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipInfo.cpp
index 064e198df..13cc40474 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipInfo.cpp
@@ -272,3 +272,15 @@ bool operator==( const SipInfo& one, const SipInfo& two )
     return false;
 }
 
+const QString
+SipInfo::debugString() const
+{
+    QString debugString( "SIP INFO: visible: %1 host: host %2 port: %3 nodeid: %4 key: %5" );
+    return debugString.arg( d->visible.toBool() )
+                      .arg( d->host )
+                      .arg( d->port )
+                      .arg( d->uniqname )
+                      .arg( d->key );
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipInfo.h b/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipInfo.h
index 3fab26f7e..b10e50d33 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipInfo.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/sip/SipInfo.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public:
     const QString toJson() const;
     static const SipInfo fromJson( QString json );
 
+    const QString debugString() const;
+
 private:
     QSharedDataPointer<SipInfoPrivate> d;
 };