diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk3-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk3-sections.txt
index 024645afd3..5bdeea2517 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk3-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk3-sections.txt
@@ -5438,6 +5438,7 @@ gtk_widget_path_iter_set_object_type
 gtk_widget_path_length
 gtk_widget_path_new
 gtk_widget_path_prepend_type
+gtk_widget_path_to_string
 
 <SUBSECTION Standard>
 GTK_TYPE_WIDGET_PATH
diff --git a/gtk/gtk.symbols b/gtk/gtk.symbols
index 39485e0687..6352c4c1ec 100644
--- a/gtk/gtk.symbols
+++ b/gtk/gtk.symbols
@@ -3588,6 +3588,7 @@ gtk_widget_path_iter_set_object_type
 gtk_widget_path_length
 gtk_widget_path_new
 gtk_widget_path_prepend_type
+gtk_widget_path_to_string
 gtk_widget_pop_composite_child
 gtk_widget_push_composite_child
 gtk_widget_queue_compute_expand
diff --git a/gtk/gtkwidgetpath.c b/gtk/gtkwidgetpath.c
index 177f7b866d..b59229a3ab 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkwidgetpath.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkwidgetpath.c
@@ -224,6 +224,90 @@ gtk_widget_path_length (const GtkWidgetPath *path)
   return path->elems->len;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gtk_widget_path_to_string:
+ * @path: the path
+ *
+ * Dumps the widget path into a string representation. It tries to match
+ * the CSS style as closely as possible (Note that there might be paths
+ * that cannot be represented in CSS).
+ *                 
+ * The main use of this code is for debugging purposes, so that you can
+ * g_print() the path or dump it in a gdb session.
+ *
+ * Returns: A new string describing @path.
+ **/
+char *
+gtk_widget_path_to_string (const GtkWidgetPath *path)
+{
+  GString *string;
+  guint i, j;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (path != NULL, NULL);
+
+  string = g_string_new ("");
+
+  for (i = 0; i < path->elems->len; i++)
+    {
+      GtkPathElement *elem;
+
+      elem = &g_array_index (path->elems, GtkPathElement, i);
+
+      if (i > 0)
+        g_string_append_c (string, ' ');
+
+      g_string_append (string, g_type_name (elem->type));
+
+      if (elem->name)
+        {
+          g_string_append_c (string, '(');
+          g_string_append (string, g_quark_to_string (elem->name));
+          g_string_append_c (string, ')');
+        }
+
+      if (elem->classes)
+        {
+          for (j = 0; j < elem->classes->len; j++)
+            {
+              g_string_append_c (string, '.');
+              g_string_append (string, g_quark_to_string (g_array_index (elem->classes, GQuark, j)));
+            }
+        }
+
+      if (elem->regions)
+        {
+          GHashTableIter iter;
+          gpointer key, value;
+
+          g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, elem->regions);
+          while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, &key, &value))
+            {
+              GtkRegionFlags flags = GPOINTER_TO_UINT (value);
+              static const char *flag_names[] = {
+                "even",
+                "odd",
+                "first",
+                "last",
+                "sorted"
+              };
+
+              g_string_append_c (string, ' ');
+              g_string_append (string, g_quark_to_string (GPOINTER_TO_UINT (key)));
+              for (j = 0; j < G_N_ELEMENTS(flag_names); j++)
+                {
+                  if (flags & (1 << j))
+                    {
+                      g_string_append_c (string, ':');
+                      g_string_append (string, flag_names[j]);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+  return g_string_free (string, FALSE);
+}
+
 /**
  * gtk_widget_path_prepend_type:
  * @path: a #GtkWidgetPath
diff --git a/gtk/gtkwidgetpath.h b/gtk/gtkwidgetpath.h
index 2c9c981e41..a84c420548 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkwidgetpath.h
+++ b/gtk/gtkwidgetpath.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ GtkWidgetPath * gtk_widget_path_new                 (void);
 GtkWidgetPath * gtk_widget_path_copy                (const GtkWidgetPath *path);
 void            gtk_widget_path_free                (GtkWidgetPath       *path);
 
+char *          gtk_widget_path_to_string           (const GtkWidgetPath *path);
 gint            gtk_widget_path_length              (const GtkWidgetPath *path);
 
 gint            gtk_widget_path_append_type         (GtkWidgetPath       *path,