diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
index 09958b1181..eea008b163 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
@@ -216,14 +216,15 @@ namespace OpenSim
                                           HandleForceUpdate);
 
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("region", false, "debug packet",
-                                          "debug packet <level>",
+                                          "debug packet <level> [<avatar-first-name> <avatar-last-name>]",
                                           "Turn on packet debugging",
                                             "If level >  255 then all incoming and outgoing packets are logged.\n"
                                           + "If level <= 255 then incoming AgentUpdate and outgoing SimStats and SimulatorViewerTimeMessage packets are not logged.\n"
                                           + "If level <= 200 then incoming RequestImage and outgoing ImagePacket, ImageData, LayerData and CoarseLocationUpdate packets are not logged.\n"
                                           + "If level <= 100 then incoming ViewerEffect and AgentAnimation and outgoing ViewerEffect and AvatarAnimation packets are not logged.\n"
                                           + "If level <=  50 then outgoing ImprovedTerseObjectUpdate packets are not logged.\n"
-                                          + "If level <= 0 then no packets are logged.",
+                                          + "If level <= 0 then no packets are logged.\n"
+                                          + "If an avatar name is given then only packets from that avatar are logged",
                                           Debug);
 
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("region", false, "debug scene",
@@ -845,18 +846,21 @@ namespace OpenSim
             switch (args[1])
             {
                 case "packet":
+                    string name = null;
+                    if (args.Length == 5)
+                        name = string.Format("{0} {1}", args[3], args[4]);
+
                     if (args.Length > 2)
                     {
                         int newDebug;
                         if (int.TryParse(args[2], out newDebug))
                         {
-                            m_sceneManager.SetDebugPacketLevelOnCurrentScene(newDebug);
+                            m_sceneManager.SetDebugPacketLevelOnCurrentScene(newDebug, name);
                         }
                         else
                         {
                             MainConsole.Instance.Output("packet debug should be 0..255");
                         }
-                        MainConsole.Instance.Output(String.Format("New packet debug: {0}", newDebug));
                     }
 
                     break;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneManager.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
index c91744cfde..a58b87d9d1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
@@ -452,14 +452,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         /// console.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="newDebug"></param>
-        public void SetDebugPacketLevelOnCurrentScene(int newDebug)
+        /// <param name="name">Name of avatar to debug</param>
+        public void SetDebugPacketLevelOnCurrentScene(int newDebug, string name)
         {
             ForEachCurrentScene(
                 delegate(Scene scene)
                 {
                     scene.ForEachScenePresence(delegate(ScenePresence scenePresence)
                     {
-                        if (!scenePresence.IsChildAgent)
+                        if (!scenePresence.IsChildAgent && (name == null || scenePresence.Name == name))
                         {
                             m_log.DebugFormat("Packet debug for {0} {1} set to {2}",
                                               scenePresence.Firstname,