diff --git a/nameserver/cache.go b/nameserver/cache.go
index 8cfd424c..4e788c41 100644
--- a/nameserver/cache.go
+++ b/nameserver/cache.go
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ const (
 	stResolved entryStatus = iota // resolved
 )
 
+var statusToString = map[entryStatus]string{
+	stPending:  "pending",
+	stResolved: "resolved",
+}
+
 const (
 	CacheNoLocalReplies uint8 = 1 << iota // not found in local network (stored in the cache so we skip another local lookup or some time)
 )
@@ -166,6 +171,19 @@ func (e *cacheEntry) setReply(reply *dns.Msg, ttl int, flags uint8, now time.Tim
 	return (prevValidUntil != e.validUntil)
 }
 
+func (e *cacheEntry) String() string {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	q := e.question
+	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "'%s'[%s]: ", q.Name, dns.TypeToString[q.Qtype])
+	if e.Flags&CacheNoLocalReplies != 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "neg-local")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "%s", statusToString[e.Status])
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "(%d bytes)", e.ReplyLen)
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 // An entriesPtrHeap is a min-heap of cache entries.
diff --git a/nameserver/mdns_client.go b/nameserver/mdns_client.go
index 878ef98c..e6c91025 100644
--- a/nameserver/mdns_client.go
+++ b/nameserver/mdns_client.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package nameserver
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 	"math"
 	"net"
@@ -52,6 +54,24 @@ func (r Response) Equal(r2 *Response) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+func (i Response) String() string {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if i.err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "%s", i.err)
+	} else {
+		if len(i.Name()) > 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "%s", i.Name())
+		}
+		if !i.IP().IsUnspecified() {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "[%s]", i.IP())
+		}
+		if i.ttl > 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "(TTL:%d)", i.TTL())
+		}
+	}
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
 type responseInfo struct {
 	timeout   time.Time // if no answer by this time, give up
 	insistent bool      // insistent queries are not removed on the first reply
diff --git a/nameserver/mdns_client_test.go b/nameserver/mdns_client_test.go
index bc7a8621..7880c2a4 100644
--- a/nameserver/mdns_client_test.go
+++ b/nameserver/mdns_client_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ func RunLocalMulticastServer() (*dns.Server, error) {
 }
 
 func setup(t *testing.T) (*MDNSClient, *dns.Server, error) {
+	InitDefaultLogging(testing.Verbose())
+
 	server, err := RunLocalMulticastServer()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unable to run test server: %s. No default multicast interface?", err)