diff --git a/llarp/CMakeLists.txt b/llarp/CMakeLists.txt
index 21504ed4c..161795de6 100644
--- a/llarp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llarp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ add_library(lokinet-util
   util/fs.cpp
   util/json.cpp
   util/logging/android_logger.cpp
+  util/logging/buffer.cpp
   util/logging/file_logger.cpp
   util/logging/json_logger.cpp
   util/logging/logger.cpp
diff --git a/llarp/util/logging/buffer.cpp b/llarp/util/logging/buffer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59a75d771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llarp/util/logging/buffer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include "buffer.hpp"
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace llarp {
+  std::ostream&
+  operator<<(std::ostream& o, const buffer_printer& bp)
+  {
+    auto& b = bp.buf;
+    auto oldfill = o.fill();
+    o.fill('0');
+    o << "Buffer[" << b.size() << "/0x" << std::hex << b.size() << " bytes]:";
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < b.size(); i += 32)
+    {
+      o << "\n" << std::setw(4) << i << " ";
+
+      size_t stop = std::min(b.size(), i + 32);
+      for (size_t j = 0; j < 32; j++)
+      {
+        auto k = i + j;
+        if (j % 4 == 0)
+          o << ' ';
+        if (k >= stop)
+          o << "  ";
+        else
+          o << std::setw(2) << std::to_integer<uint_fast16_t>(b[k]);
+      }
+      o << u8"  ┃";
+      for (size_t j = i; j < stop; j++)
+      {
+        auto c = std::to_integer<char>(b[j]);
+        if (c == 0x00)
+          o << u8"∅";
+        else if (c < 0x20 || c > 0x7e)
+          o << u8"·";
+        else
+          o << c;
+      }
+      o << u8"┃";
+    }
+    o << std::dec;
+    o.fill(oldfill);
+    return o;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/llarp/util/logging/buffer.hpp b/llarp/util/logging/buffer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..362714b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llarp/util/logging/buffer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <llarp/util/buffer.hpp>
+
+#include <string_view>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <iosfwd>
+
+namespace llarp
+{
+  // Buffer printer lets you print a string as a nicely formatted buffer with a hex breakdown and
+  // visual representation of the data for logging purposes.  Wraps the string data with a object
+  // that prints the buffer format during output; use as:
+  //
+  //   out << buffer_printer(my_buffer);
+  //
+  struct buffer_printer
+  {
+    std::basic_string_view<std::byte> buf;
+
+    // Constructed from any type of string_view<T> for a single-byte T (char, std::byte, uint8_t,
+    // etc.)
+    template <typename T, typename = std::enable_if_t<sizeof(T) == 1>>
+    explicit buffer_printer(std::basic_string_view<T> buf)
+        : buf{reinterpret_cast<const std::byte*>(buf.data()), buf.size()}
+    {}
+
+    // Constructed from any type of lvalue string<T> for a single-byte T (char, std::byte, uint8_t, etc.)
+    template <typename T, typename = std::enable_if_t<sizeof(T) == 1>>
+    explicit buffer_printer(const std::basic_string<T>& buf)
+        : buffer_printer(std::basic_string_view<T>{buf})
+    {}
+
+    // *Not* constructable from a string<T> rvalue (because we only hold a view and do not take ownership).
+    template <typename T, typename = std::enable_if_t<sizeof(T) == 1>>
+    explicit buffer_printer(std::basic_string<T>&& buf) = delete;
+
+    // Constructable from a (T*, size) argument pair, for byte-sized T's.
+    template <typename T, typename = std::enable_if_t<sizeof(T) == 1>>
+    explicit buffer_printer(const T* data, size_t size)
+        : buffer_printer(std::basic_string_view<T>{data, size})
+    {}
+
+    // llarp_buffer_t printer:
+    explicit buffer_printer(const llarp_buffer_t& buf)
+        : buffer_printer(std::basic_string_view<byte_t>{buf.base, buf.sz})
+    {}
+  };
+  std::ostream&
+  operator<<(std::ostream& o, const buffer_printer& bp);
+}