diff --git a/openair-cn/NAS/EURECOM-NAS/src/util/OctetString.c b/openair-cn/NAS/EURECOM-NAS/src/util/OctetString.c
index 1892a6b9d0..050ec4b038 100644
--- a/openair-cn/NAS/EURECOM-NAS/src/util/OctetString.c
+++ b/openair-cn/NAS/EURECOM-NAS/src/util/OctetString.c
@@ -59,3 +59,11 @@ void dump_octet_string_xml(OctetString *octetstring)
     printf("</values>\n");
 }
 
+void dump_octet_string(OctetString *octetstring)
+{
+    int i;
+    printf("    <Length=%u><values>", octetstring->length);
+    for (i = 0; i < octetstring->length; i++)
+        printf("0x%x ", octetstring->value[i]);
+    printf("</values>\n");
+}
diff --git a/openair-cn/NAS/EURECOM-NAS/src/util/OctetString.h b/openair-cn/NAS/EURECOM-NAS/src/util/OctetString.h
index 9c791ae5c3..8f00d72aca 100644
--- a/openair-cn/NAS/EURECOM-NAS/src/util/OctetString.h
+++ b/openair-cn/NAS/EURECOM-NAS/src/util/OctetString.h
@@ -44,5 +44,7 @@ int decode_octet_string(OctetString *octetstring, uint16_t pdulen, uint8_t *buff
 
 void dump_octet_string_xml(OctetString *octetstring);
 
+void dump_octet_string(OctetString *octetstring);
+
 #endif /* OCTET_STRING_H_ */