diff --git a/akka-http-tests/src/test/scala/akka/http/server/directives/DebuggingDirectivesSpec.scala b/akka-http-tests/src/test/scala/akka/http/server/directives/DebuggingDirectivesSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4e128802b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http-tests/src/test/scala/akka/http/server/directives/DebuggingDirectivesSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.server
+package directives
+
+import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
+import akka.http.util._
+
+class DebuggingDirectivesSpec extends RoutingSpec {
+  var debugMsg = ""
+
+  def resetDebugMsg(): Unit = { debugMsg = "" }
+
+  val log = new LoggingAdapter {
+    def isErrorEnabled = true
+    def isWarningEnabled = true
+    def isInfoEnabled = true
+    def isDebugEnabled = true
+
+    def notifyError(message: String): Unit = {}
+    def notifyError(cause: Throwable, message: String): Unit = {}
+    def notifyWarning(message: String): Unit = {}
+    def notifyInfo(message: String): Unit = {}
+    def notifyDebug(message: String): Unit = { debugMsg += message + '\n' }
+  }
+
+  "The 'logRequest' directive" should {
+    "produce a proper log message for incoming requests" in {
+      val route =
+        withLog(log)(
+          logRequest("1")(
+            completeOk))
+
+      resetDebugMsg()
+      Get("/hello") ~> route ~> check {
+        response shouldEqual Ok
+        debugMsg shouldEqual "1: HttpRequest(HttpMethod(GET),http://example.com/hello,List(),Strict(none/none,ByteString()),HttpProtocol(HTTP/1.1))\n"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  "The 'logResponse' directive" should {
+    "produce a proper log message for outgoing responses" in {
+      val route =
+        withLog(log)(
+          logResult("2")(
+            completeOk))
+
+      resetDebugMsg()
+      Get("/hello") ~> route ~> check {
+        response shouldEqual Ok
+        debugMsg shouldEqual "2: Complete(HttpResponse(200 OK,List(),Strict(none/none,ByteString()),HttpProtocol(HTTP/1.1)))\n"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  "The 'logRequestResponse' directive" should {
+    "produce proper log messages for outgoing responses, thereby showing the corresponding request" in {
+      val route =
+        withLog(log)(
+          logRequestResult("3")(
+            completeOk))
+
+      resetDebugMsg()
+      Get("/hello") ~> route ~> check {
+        response shouldEqual Ok
+        debugMsg shouldEqual """|3: Response for
+                              |  Request : HttpRequest(HttpMethod(GET),http://example.com/hello,List(),Strict(none/none,ByteString()),HttpProtocol(HTTP/1.1))
+                              |  Response: Complete(HttpResponse(200 OK,List(),Strict(none/none,ByteString()),HttpProtocol(HTTP/1.1)))
+                              |""".stripMarginWithNewline("\n")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
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diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/Directives.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/Directives.scala
index 20df4eef19..2edd93f9e7 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/Directives.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/Directives.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ trait Directives extends RouteConcatenation
   with CacheConditionDirectives
   //with ChunkingDirectives
   with CookieDirectives
-  //with DebuggingDirectives
+  with DebuggingDirectives
   with CodingDirectives
   with ExecutionDirectives
   //with FileAndResourceDirectives
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/directives/DebuggingDirectives.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/directives/DebuggingDirectives.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..851cc6ef21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/directives/DebuggingDirectives.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.server
+package directives
+
+import akka.event.Logging._
+import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
+import akka.http.model._
+
+trait DebuggingDirectives {
+  import BasicDirectives._
+
+  def logRequest(magnet: LoggingMagnet[HttpRequest ⇒ Unit]): Directive0 =
+    extractRequestContext.flatMap { ctx ⇒
+      magnet.f(ctx.log)(ctx.request)
+      pass
+    }
+
+  def logResult(magnet: LoggingMagnet[RouteResult ⇒ Unit]): Directive0 =
+    extractRequestContext.flatMap { ctx ⇒
+      mapRouteResult { result ⇒
+        magnet.f(ctx.log)(result)
+        result
+      }
+    }
+
+  def logRequestResult(magnet: LoggingMagnet[HttpRequest ⇒ RouteResult ⇒ Unit]): Directive0 =
+    extractRequestContext.flatMap { ctx ⇒
+      val logResult = magnet.f(ctx.log)(ctx.request)
+      mapRouteResult { result ⇒
+        logResult(result)
+        result
+      }
+    }
+}
+
+object DebuggingDirectives extends DebuggingDirectives
+
+case class LoggingMagnet[T](f: LoggingAdapter ⇒ T) // # logging-magnet
+
+object LoggingMagnet {
+  implicit def forMessageFromMarker[T](marker: String) = // # message-magnets
+    forMessageFromMarkerAndLevel[T](marker -> DebugLevel)
+
+  implicit def forMessageFromMarkerAndLevel[T](markerAndLevel: (String, LogLevel)) = // # message-magnets
+    forMessageFromFullShow[T] {
+      val (marker, level) = markerAndLevel
+      Message ⇒ LogEntry(Message, marker, level)
+    }
+
+  implicit def forMessageFromShow[T](show: T ⇒ String) = // # message-magnets
+    forMessageFromFullShow[T](msg ⇒ LogEntry(show(msg), DebugLevel))
+
+  implicit def forMessageFromFullShow[T](show: T ⇒ LogEntry): LoggingMagnet[T ⇒ Unit] = // # message-magnets
+    LoggingMagnet(log ⇒ show(_).logTo(log))
+
+  implicit def forRequestResponseFromMarker(marker: String) = // # request-response-magnets
+    forRequestResponseFromMarkerAndLevel(marker -> DebugLevel)
+
+  implicit def forRequestResponseFromMarkerAndLevel(markerAndLevel: (String, LogLevel)) = // # request-response-magnets
+    forRequestResponseFromFullShow {
+      val (marker, level) = markerAndLevel
+      request ⇒ response ⇒ Some(
+        LogEntry("Response for\n  Request : " + request + "\n  Response: " + response, marker, level))
+    }
+
+  implicit def forRequestResponseFromFullShow(show: HttpRequest ⇒ RouteResult ⇒ Option[LogEntry]): LoggingMagnet[HttpRequest ⇒ RouteResult ⇒ Unit] = // # request-response-magnets
+    LoggingMagnet { log ⇒
+      request ⇒
+        val showResult = show(request)
+        result ⇒ showResult(result).foreach(_.logTo(log))
+    }
+}
+
+case class LogEntry(obj: Any, level: LogLevel = DebugLevel) {
+  def logTo(log: LoggingAdapter): Unit = {
+    log.log(level, obj.toString)
+  }
+}
+
+object LogEntry {
+  def apply(obj: Any, marker: String, level: LogLevel): LogEntry =
+    LogEntry(if (marker.isEmpty) obj else marker + ": " + obj, level)
+}