diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/HunkHeader.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/HunkHeader.java
index a6ea74eb1..26a71cd4c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/HunkHeader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/HunkHeader.java
@@ -401,4 +401,17 @@ public class HunkHeader {
 		final int end = s.indexOf('\n', offsets[fileIdx]);
 		offsets[fileIdx] = end < 0 ? s.length() : end + 1;
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
+		buf.append("HunkHeader[");
+		buf.append(getOldImage().getStartLine());
+		buf.append(',');
+		buf.append(getOldImage().getLineCount());
+		buf.append("->");
+		buf.append(getNewStartLine()).append(',').append(getNewLineCount());
+		buf.append(']');
+		return buf.toString();
+	}
 }