diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/pack/ObjectToPack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/pack/ObjectToPack.java
index d3c409d9d..471122a4f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/pack/ObjectToPack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/pack/ObjectToPack.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.jgit.storage.pack;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevObject;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.PackedObjectInfo;
@@ -261,4 +262,31 @@ void setPathHash(int hc) {
 	public void select(StoredObjectRepresentation ref) {
 		// Empty by default.
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
+		buf.append("ObjectToPack[");
+		buf.append(Constants.typeString(getType()));
+		buf.append(" ");
+		buf.append(name());
+		if (wantWrite())
+			buf.append(" wantWrite");
+		if (isReuseAsIs())
+			buf.append(" reuseAsIs");
+		if (isDoNotDelta())
+			buf.append(" doNotDelta");
+		if (getDeltaDepth() > 0)
+			buf.append(" depth=" + getDeltaDepth());
+		if (isDeltaRepresentation()) {
+			if (getDeltaBase() != null)
+				buf.append(" base=inpack:" + getDeltaBase().name());
+			else
+				buf.append(" base=edge:" + getDeltaBaseId().name());
+		}
+		if (isWritten())
+			buf.append(" offset=" + getOffset());
+		buf.append("]");
+		return buf.toString();
+	}
 }