diff --git a/doc/dwarfsck.md b/doc/dwarfsck.md
index 47145d8b..4dba7fd3 100644
--- a/doc/dwarfsck.md
+++ b/doc/dwarfsck.md
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ with a non-zero exit code.
 
 - `-d`, `--detail=`*value*:
   Level of filesystem information detail. This can be a numeric level
-  between 0 and 6, or a comma-separated list of feature names. The
-  default corresponds to a level of 2.
+  between 0 and 7, or a comma-separated list of feature names. The
+  default corresponds to a level of 2. The feature names are shown
+  in the command help.
 
 - `-q`, `--quiet`:
   Don't produce any output unless there is an error.
diff --git a/include/dwarfs/reader/fsinfo_features.h b/include/dwarfs/reader/fsinfo_features.h
index 0361eb96..38a74b14 100644
--- a/include/dwarfs/reader/fsinfo_features.h
+++ b/include/dwarfs/reader/fsinfo_features.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ enum class fsinfo_feature {
   metadata_full_dump,
   frozen_analysis,
   frozen_layout,
+  schema_raw_dump,
   directory_tree,
   section_details,
   chunk_details,
diff --git a/src/reader/fsinfo_features.cpp b/src/reader/fsinfo_features.cpp
index cb9c58f9..b1e210f8 100644
--- a/src/reader/fsinfo_features.cpp
+++ b/src/reader/fsinfo_features.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ constexpr std::array level_features{
         {fsinfo_feature::directory_tree, fsinfo_feature::frozen_layout}),
     /* 5 */ fsinfo_features({fsinfo_feature::chunk_details}),
     /* 6 */ fsinfo_features({fsinfo_feature::metadata_full_dump}),
+    /* 7 */ fsinfo_features({fsinfo_feature::schema_raw_dump}),
 };
 
 constexpr std::array<std::pair<fsinfo_feature, std::string_view>,
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ constexpr std::array<std::pair<fsinfo_feature, std::string_view>,
         FSINFO_FEATURE_PAIR_(metadata_full_dump),
         FSINFO_FEATURE_PAIR_(frozen_analysis),
         FSINFO_FEATURE_PAIR_(frozen_layout),
+        FSINFO_FEATURE_PAIR_(schema_raw_dump),
         FSINFO_FEATURE_PAIR_(directory_tree),
         FSINFO_FEATURE_PAIR_(section_details),
         FSINFO_FEATURE_PAIR_(chunk_details),
diff --git a/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp b/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp
index fd8fa9dc..2f13a5a1 100644
--- a/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp
+++ b/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp
@@ -91,14 +91,19 @@ namespace {
 
 using ::apache::thrift::frozen::MappedFrozen;
 
-void check_schema(std::span<uint8_t const> data) {
-  using namespace ::apache::thrift;
-  frozen::schema::Schema schema;
-  size_t schemaSize = CompactSerializer::deserialize(data, schema);
-  // std::cerr << debugString(schema) << '\n';
-  if (schemaSize != data.size()) {
+::apache::thrift::frozen::schema::Schema
+deserialize_schema(std::span<uint8_t const> data) {
+  ::apache::thrift::frozen::schema::Schema schema;
+  size_t schema_size =
+      ::apache::thrift::CompactSerializer::deserialize(data, schema);
+  if (schema_size != data.size()) {
     DWARFS_THROW(runtime_error, "invalid schema size");
   }
+  return schema;
+}
+
+void check_schema(std::span<uint8_t const> data) {
+  auto schema = deserialize_schema(data);
   if (!schema.layouts()->contains(*schema.rootLayout())) {
     DWARFS_THROW(runtime_error, "invalid rootLayout in schema");
   }
@@ -818,6 +823,7 @@ class metadata_v2_data {
                 : 0);
   }
 
+  std::vector<uint8_t> schema_;
   std::span<uint8_t const> data_;
   MappedFrozen<thrift::metadata::metadata> meta_;
   global_metadata const global_;
@@ -850,7 +856,8 @@ metadata_v2_data::metadata_v2_data(
     std::span<uint8_t const> data, metadata_options const& options,
     int inode_offset, bool force_consistency_check,
     std::shared_ptr<performance_monitor const> const& perfmon [[maybe_unused]])
-    : data_{data}
+    : schema_{schema.begin(), schema.end()}
+    , data_{data}
     , meta_{check_frozen(map_frozen<thrift::metadata::metadata>(schema, data_))}
     , global_{lgr, check_metadata_consistency(lgr, meta_,
                                               options.check_consistency ||
@@ -1664,6 +1671,10 @@ void metadata_v2_data::dump(
     os << '\n';
   }
 
+  if (opts.features.has(fsinfo_feature::schema_raw_dump)) {
+    os << ::apache::thrift::debugString(deserialize_schema(schema_)) << '\n';
+  }
+
   if (opts.features.has(fsinfo_feature::metadata_details)) {
     os << "symlink_inode_offset: " << symlink_inode_offset_ << "\n";
     os << "file_inode_offset: " << file_inode_offset_ << "\n";