diff --git a/src/util/dictionary/immutable.rs b/src/util/dictionary/immutable.rs
index 058547f..e6c612a 100644
--- a/src/util/dictionary/immutable.rs
+++ b/src/util/dictionary/immutable.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::fmt;
 use std::ptr;
 use std::str::from_utf8_unchecked;
 
@@ -58,3 +59,9 @@ impl<'a> IntoIterator for &'a Ref<'a> {
         self.iter()
     }
 }
+
+impl<'a> fmt::Debug for Ref<'a> {
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        fmt.debug_map().entries(self.iter()).finish()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/util/dictionary/mutable.rs b/src/util/dictionary/mutable.rs
index 7e345fb..6fe1cc0 100644
--- a/src/util/dictionary/mutable.rs
+++ b/src/util/dictionary/mutable.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::ops::Deref;
-
+use std::fmt;
 use super::immutable;
 use ffi::*;
 
@@ -50,3 +50,9 @@ impl<'a> Deref for Ref<'a> {
         &self.imm
     }
 }
+
+impl<'a> fmt::Debug for Ref<'a> {
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.imm.fmt(fmt)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/util/dictionary/owned.rs b/src/util/dictionary/owned.rs
index 00d06ed..7818861 100644
--- a/src/util/dictionary/owned.rs
+++ b/src/util/dictionary/owned.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::iter::FromIterator;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::ptr;
-
+use std::fmt;
 use super::mutable;
 use ffi::*;
 
@@ -126,3 +126,9 @@ impl<'a> Drop for Owned<'a> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl<'a> fmt::Debug for Owned<'a> {
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.inner.fmt(fmt)
+    }
+}