diff --git a/sys/net/crosslayer/ng_pktdump/ng_pktdump.c b/sys/net/crosslayer/ng_pktdump/ng_pktdump.c
index 0c1fdd8697..924c70df41 100644
--- a/sys/net/crosslayer/ng_pktdump/ng_pktdump.c
+++ b/sys/net/crosslayer/ng_pktdump/ng_pktdump.c
@@ -18,13 +18,17 @@
  * @}
  */
 
+#include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include "byteorder.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "msg.h"
 #include "kernel.h"
 #include "net/ng_pktdump.h"
 #include "net/ng_netbase.h"
+#include "net/ng_ipv6/addr.h"
+#include "net/ng_ipv6/hdr.h"
 #include "od.h"
 
 /**
@@ -58,6 +62,29 @@ static void _dump_netif_hdr(ng_netif_hdr_t *hdr)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef MODULE_NG_IPV6
+static void _dump_ipv6_hdr(ng_ipv6_hdr_t *hdr)
+{
+    char addr_str[NG_IPV6_ADDR_MAX_STR_LEN];
+
+    if (ng_ipv6_hdr_is_ipv6_hdr(hdr)) {
+        printf("illegal version field: %" PRIu8 "\n", ng_ipv6_hdr_get_version(hdr));
+    }
+
+    printf("traffic class: 0x%02" PRIx8 " (ECN: 0x%" PRIx8 ", DSCP: 0x%02" PRIx8 ")\n",
+           ng_ipv6_hdr_get_tc(hdr), ng_ipv6_hdr_get_tc_ecn(hdr),
+           ng_ipv6_hdr_get_tc_dscp(hdr));
+    printf("flow label: 0x%05" PRIx32 "\n", ng_ipv6_hdr_get_fl(hdr));
+    printf("length: %" PRIu16 "  next header: %" PRIu8 "  hop limit: %" PRIu8 "\n",
+           byteorder_ntohs(hdr->len), hdr->nh, hdr->hl);
+    printf("source address: %s\n", ng_ipv6_addr_to_str(addr_str, &hdr->src,
+            sizeof(addr_str)));
+    printf("destination address: %s\n", ng_ipv6_addr_to_str(addr_str, &hdr->dst,
+            sizeof(addr_str)));
+
+}
+#endif
+
 static void _dump_snip(ng_pktsnip_t *pkt)
 {
     switch (pkt->type) {
@@ -78,7 +105,8 @@ static void _dump_snip(ng_pktsnip_t *pkt)
 #endif
 #ifdef MODULE_NG_IPV6
         case NG_NETTYPE_IPV6:
-            printf("NETTYPE_IPV6 (%i)", pkt->type);
+            printf("NETTYPE_IPV6 (%i)\n", pkt->type);
+            _dump_ipv6_hdr(pkt->data);
             break;
 #endif
 #ifdef MODULE_NG_ICMPV6