diff --git a/pimd/pim_pim.c b/pimd/pim_pim.c
index 9b6dc35..9595d2d 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_pim.c
+++ b/pimd/pim_pim.c
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@
   pim_msg = buf + ip_hlen;
   pim_msg_len = len - ip_hlen;
 
+  if (PIM_DEBUG_PIM_PACKETDUMP_RECV) {
+    pim_pkt_dump(__PRETTY_FUNCTION__, pim_msg, pim_msg_len);
+  }
+
   if (pim_msg_len < PIM_PIM_MIN_LEN) {
     zlog_warn("PIM message size=%d shorter than minimum=%d",
 	      pim_msg_len, PIM_PIM_MIN_LEN);
@@ -289,6 +293,10 @@
 	       len, from_str, to_str, fd, ifindex, ifp->ifindex);
   }
 
+  if (PIM_DEBUG_PIM_PACKETDUMP_RECV) {
+    pim_pkt_dump(__PRETTY_FUNCTION__, buf, len);
+  }
+
 #ifdef PIM_CHECK_RECV_IFINDEX_SANITY
   /* ifindex sanity check */
   if (ifindex != (int) ifp->ifindex) {
@@ -456,6 +464,10 @@
 #endif
   tolen = sizeof(to);
 
+  if (PIM_DEBUG_PIM_PACKETDUMP_SEND) {
+    pim_pkt_dump(__PRETTY_FUNCTION__, pim_msg, pim_msg_size);
+  }
+
   sent = sendto(fd, pim_msg, pim_msg_size, MSG_DONTWAIT, &to, tolen);
   if (sent != (ssize_t) pim_msg_size) {
     int e = errno;