diff --git a/libmpdemux/url.c b/libmpdemux/url.c
index b73a51fe44..5a13513076 100644
--- a/libmpdemux/url.c
+++ b/libmpdemux/url.c
@@ -192,3 +192,31 @@ url_escape_string(char *outbuf, char *inbuf) {
 	} while (c != '\0');
 }
 
+#ifdef __URL_DEBUG
+void
+url_debug(URL_t *url) {
+	if( url==NULL ) {
+		printf("URL pointer NULL\n");
+		return;
+	}
+	if( url->url!=NULL ) {
+		printf("url=%s\n", url->url );
+	}
+	if( url->protocol!=NULL ) {
+		printf("protocol=%s\n", url->protocol );
+	}
+	if( url->hostname!=NULL ) {
+		printf("hostname=%s\n", url->hostname );
+	}
+	printf("port=%d\n", url->port );
+	if( url->file!=NULL ) {
+		printf("file=%s\n", url->file );
+	}
+	if( url->username!=NULL ) {
+		printf("username=%s\n", url->username );
+	}
+	if( url->password!=NULL ) {
+		printf("password=%s\n", url->password );
+	}
+}
+#endif //__URL_DEBUG
diff --git a/libmpdemux/url.h b/libmpdemux/url.h
index a7a9e1f545..6679d97501 100644
--- a/libmpdemux/url.h
+++ b/libmpdemux/url.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef __URL_H
 #define __URL_H
 
+//#define __URL_DEBUG
+
 typedef struct {
 	char *url;
 	char *protocol;
@@ -24,4 +26,8 @@ void   url_free(URL_t* url);
 void url_unescape_string(char *outbuf, char *inbuf);
 void url_escape_string(char *outbuf, char *inbuf);
 
-#endif
+#ifndef __URL_DEBUG
+void url_debug(URL_t* url);
+#endif // __URL_DEBUG
+
+#endif // __URL_H