diff --git a/include/pixels.h b/include/pixels.h
index ba32783..826b92a 100644
--- a/include/pixels.h
+++ b/include/pixels.h
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ bool extract_alpha_mask(uint8_t* dst, const void* src, uint32_t format,
 		size_t len);
 
 const char* drm_format_to_string(uint32_t fmt);
+const char* rfb_pixfmt_to_string(const struct rfb_pixel_format* fmt);
diff --git a/src/pixels.c b/src/pixels.c
index 47fdbe1..0cbe244 100644
--- a/src/pixels.c
+++ b/src/pixels.c
@@ -470,3 +470,34 @@ const char* drm_format_to_string(uint32_t fmt)
 	}
 	return "UNKNOWN";
 }
+
+// Not exact, but close enough for debugging
+const char* rfb_pixfmt_to_string(const struct rfb_pixel_format* fmt)
+{
+	if (!(fmt->red_max == fmt->green_max && fmt->red_max == fmt->blue_max))
+		goto failure;
+
+	uint32_t profile = (fmt->red_shift << 16) | (fmt->green_shift << 8)
+		| (fmt->blue_shift);
+
+	switch (profile) {
+#define CASE(r, g, b) case ((r << 16) | (g << 8) | b)
+	CASE(22, 10, 2): return "RGBX1010102";
+	CASE(2, 12, 22): return "BGRX1010102";
+	CASE(20, 10, 0): return "XRGB2101010";
+	CASE(0, 10, 20): return "XBGR2101010";
+	CASE(24, 16, 8): return "RGBX8888";
+	CASE(8, 16, 24): return "BGRX8888";
+	CASE(16, 8, 0):  return "XRGB8888";
+	CASE(0, 8, 16):  return "XBGR8888";
+	CASE(12, 8, 4):  return "RGBX4444";
+	CASE(4, 8, 12):  return "BGRX4444";
+	CASE(8, 4, 0):   return "XRGB4444";
+	CASE(0, 4, 8):   return "XBGR4444";
+	CASE(11, 5, 0):  return "RGB565";
+#undef CASE
+	}
+
+failure:
+	return "UNKNOWN";
+}
diff --git a/test/test-pixels.c b/test/test-pixels.c
index 946ce61..63a632e 100644
--- a/test/test-pixels.c
+++ b/test/test-pixels.c
@@ -144,11 +144,39 @@ static bool test_drm_format_to_string(void)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool test_rfb_pixfmt_to_string(void)
+{
+	struct rfb_pixel_format rgbx8888;
+	struct rfb_pixel_format bgrx8888;
+	struct rfb_pixel_format xrgb8888;
+	struct rfb_pixel_format xbgr8888;
+
+	rfb_pixfmt_from_fourcc(&rgbx8888, DRM_FORMAT_RGBX8888);
+	rfb_pixfmt_from_fourcc(&bgrx8888, DRM_FORMAT_BGRX8888);
+	rfb_pixfmt_from_fourcc(&xrgb8888, DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888);
+	rfb_pixfmt_from_fourcc(&xbgr8888, DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888);
+
+	if (strcmp(rfb_pixfmt_to_string(&rgbx8888), "RGBX8888") != 0)
+		return false;
+
+	if (strcmp(rfb_pixfmt_to_string(&bgrx8888), "BGRX8888") != 0)
+		return false;
+
+	if (strcmp(rfb_pixfmt_to_string(&xrgb8888), "XRGB8888") != 0)
+		return false;
+
+	if (strcmp(rfb_pixfmt_to_string(&xbgr8888), "XBGR8888") != 0)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 int main()
 {
 	bool ok = test_pixel32_to_cpixel_4bpp() &&
 		test_fourcc_to_pixman_fmt() &&
 		test_extract_alpha_mask_rgba8888() &&
-		test_drm_format_to_string();
+		test_drm_format_to_string() &&
+		test_rfb_pixfmt_to_string();
 	return ok ? 0 : 1;
 }