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");
+}