diff --git a/direct/src/distributed/ConnectionRepository.py b/direct/src/distributed/ConnectionRepository.py
index 07d738d48a..f1ef3b47f2 100644
--- a/direct/src/distributed/ConnectionRepository.py
+++ b/direct/src/distributed/ConnectionRepository.py
@@ -352,6 +352,10 @@ class ConnectionRepository(DirectObject.DirectObject, CConnectionRepository):
         pass
 
     def send(self, datagram):
+        if self.notify.getDebug():
+            print "ConnectionRepository sending datagram:"
+            datagram.dumpHex(ostream)
+
         self.sendDatagram(datagram)