diff --git a/src/librustc/session/config.rs b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
index 26dafed7019..0052fe25b05 100644
--- a/src/librustc/session/config.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
@@ -885,6 +885,8 @@ options! {DebuggingOptions, DebuggingSetter, basic_debugging_options,
           "enable incremental compilation (experimental)"),
     incremental_info: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
         "print high-level information about incremental reuse (or the lack thereof)"),
+    incremental_dump_hash: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
+        "dump hash information in textual format to stdout"),
     dump_dep_graph: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
           "dump the dependency graph to $RUST_DEP_GRAPH (default: /tmp/dep_graph.gv)"),
     query_dep_graph: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
diff --git a/src/librustc_incremental/persist/load.rs b/src/librustc_incremental/persist/load.rs
index 12bf74c9511..ead353512c7 100644
--- a/src/librustc_incremental/persist/load.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_incremental/persist/load.rs
@@ -250,11 +250,24 @@ fn dirty_nodes<'a, 'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>,
                    current_hash);
                 continue;
             }
+
+            if tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.incremental_dump_hash {
+                println!("node {:?} is dirty as hash is {:?} was {:?}",
+                         dep_node.map_def(|&def_id| Some(tcx.def_path(def_id))).unwrap(),
+                         current_hash,
+                         hash.hash);
+            }
+
             debug!("initial_dirty_nodes: {:?} is dirty as hash is {:?}, was {:?}",
                    dep_node.map_def(|&def_id| Some(tcx.def_path(def_id))).unwrap(),
                    current_hash,
                    hash.hash);
         } else {
+            if tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.incremental_dump_hash {
+                println!("node {:?} is dirty as it was removed",
+                         hash.dep_node);
+            }
+
             debug!("initial_dirty_nodes: {:?} is dirty as it was removed",
                    hash.dep_node);
         }
diff --git a/src/librustc_incremental/persist/save.rs b/src/librustc_incremental/persist/save.rs
index 05e21aa19b1..1ce4bf7f033 100644
--- a/src/librustc_incremental/persist/save.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_incremental/persist/save.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ pub fn encode_dep_graph(preds: &Predecessors,
         }
     }
 
+    if tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.incremental_dump_hash {
+        for (dep_node, hash) in &preds.hashes {
+            println!("HIR hash for {:?} is {}", dep_node, hash);
+        }
+    }
+
     // Create the serialized dep-graph.
     let graph = SerializedDepGraph {
         edges: edges,
@@ -248,6 +254,15 @@ pub fn encode_metadata_hashes(tcx: TyCtxt,
         let hash = state.finish();
 
         debug!("save: metadata hash for {:?} is {}", def_id, hash);
+
+        if tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.incremental_dump_hash {
+            println!("metadata hash for {:?} is {}", def_id, hash);
+            for dep_node in sources {
+                println!("metadata hash for {:?} depends on {:?} with hash {}",
+                         def_id, dep_node, preds.hashes[dep_node]);
+            }
+        }
+
         serialized_hashes.hashes.push(SerializedMetadataHash {
             def_index: def_id.index,
             hash: hash,