diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PacketLineIn.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PacketLineIn.java
index 8d291b851..e142babd6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PacketLineIn.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PacketLineIn.java
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.MutableObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.IO;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.RawParseUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Read Git style pkt-line formatting from an input stream.
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@
  * against the underlying InputStream.
  */
 public class PacketLineIn {
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PacketLineIn.class);
+
 	/** Magic return from {@link #readString()} when a flush packet is found. */
 	public static final String END = new StringBuilder(0).toString(); 	/* must not string pool */
 
@@ -136,12 +140,16 @@ else if (arg.equals(" ready")) //$NON-NLS-1$
 	 */
 	public String readString() throws IOException {
 		int len = readLength();
-		if (len == 0)
+		if (len == 0) {
+			log.debug("git< 0000"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			return END;
+		}
 
 		len -= 4; // length header (4 bytes)
-		if (len == 0)
+		if (len == 0) {
+			log.debug("git< "); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
 
 		byte[] raw;
 		if (len <= lineBuffer.length)
@@ -152,7 +160,10 @@ public String readString() throws IOException {
 		IO.readFully(in, raw, 0, len);
 		if (raw[len - 1] == '\n')
 			len--;
-		return RawParseUtils.decode(Constants.CHARSET, raw, 0, len);
+
+		String s = RawParseUtils.decode(Constants.CHARSET, raw, 0, len);
+		log.debug("git< " + s); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		return s;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -167,8 +178,10 @@ public String readString() throws IOException {
 	 */
 	public String readStringRaw() throws IOException {
 		int len = readLength();
-		if (len == 0)
+		if (len == 0) {
+			log.debug("git< 0000"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			return END;
+		}
 
 		len -= 4; // length header (4 bytes)
 
@@ -179,7 +192,10 @@ public String readStringRaw() throws IOException {
 			raw = new byte[len];
 
 		IO.readFully(in, raw, 0, len);
-		return RawParseUtils.decode(Constants.CHARSET, raw, 0, len);
+
+		String s = RawParseUtils.decode(Constants.CHARSET, raw, 0, len);
+		log.debug("git< " + s); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		return s;
 	}
 
 	void discardUntilEnd() throws IOException {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PacketLineOut.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PacketLineOut.java
index 2d4e9c717..a6bd34285 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PacketLineOut.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PacketLineOut.java
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.RawParseUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Write Git style pkt-line formatting to an output stream.
@@ -61,6 +64,8 @@
  * against the underlying OutputStream.
  */
 public class PacketLineOut {
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PacketLineOut.class);
+
 	private final OutputStream out;
 
 	private final byte[] lenbuffer;
@@ -135,6 +140,10 @@ public void writePacket(byte[] buf, int pos, int len) throws IOException {
 		formatLength(len + 4);
 		out.write(lenbuffer, 0, 4);
 		out.write(buf, pos, len);
+		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			String s = RawParseUtils.decode(Constants.CHARSET, buf, pos, len);
+			log.debug("git> " + s); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -153,6 +162,7 @@ public void writePacket(byte[] buf, int pos, int len) throws IOException {
 	public void end() throws IOException {
 		formatLength(0);
 		out.write(lenbuffer, 0, 4);
+		log.debug("git> 0000"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		if (flushOnEnd)
 			flush();
 	}