diff --git a/src/debug.c b/src/debug.c
index d1824dfd796b26c97d50b56697cdbe65bdf02410..6cc734c321b5722542b2ecc746e782bf50f6c4e9 100644
--- a/src/debug.c
+++ b/src/debug.c
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ NULL
             addReplyBool(c,1);
         } else if (!strcasecmp(name,"false")) {
             addReplyBool(c,0);
+        } else if (!strcasecmp(name,"verbatim")) {
+            addReplyVerbatim(c,"This is a verbatim\nstring",25,"txt");
         } else {
             addReplyError(c,"Wrong protocol type name. Please use one of the following: string|integer|double|bignum|null|array|set|map|attrib|push|verbatim|true|false|state|err|bloberr");
         }
diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 75312a1f27f744c61a1215fef0a8b840b6d06bbf..6b13db8e34e7d45a2c4bfaf880919aad5c74c828 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -696,6 +696,35 @@ void addReplyBulkLongLong(client *c, long long ll) {
     addReplyBulkCBuffer(c,buf,len);
 }
 
+/* Reply with a verbatim type having the specified extension.
+ *
+ * The 'ext' is the "extension" of the file, actually just a three
+ * character type that describes the format of the verbatim string.
+ * For instance "txt" means it should be interpreted as a text only
+ * file by the receiver, "md " as markdown, and so forth. Only the
+ * three first characters of the extension are used, and if the
+ * provided one is shorter than that, the remaining is filled with
+ * spaces. */
+void addReplyVerbatim(client *c, const char *s, size_t len, const char *ext) {
+    if (c->resp == 2) {
+        addReplyBulkCBuffer(c,s,len);
+    } else {
+        char buf[32];
+        size_t preflen = snprintf(buf,sizeof(buf),"=%zu\r\nxxx:",len+4);
+        char *p = buf+preflen-4;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            if (*ext == '\0') {
+                p[i] = ' ';
+            } else {
+                p[i] = *ext++;
+            }
+        }
+        addReplyString(c,buf,preflen);
+        addReplyString(c,s,len);
+        addReplyString(c,"\r\n",2);
+    }
+}
+
 /* Add an array of C strings as status replies with a heading.
  * This function is typically invoked by from commands that support
  * subcommands in response to the 'help' subcommand. The help array
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 0362c03a27e520008f9b8fc67aa94c32bcfe327b..8c1e6a775e6001b6131cfc90ebc2aa5f52af5939 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -1440,6 +1440,7 @@ void readQueryFromClient(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask);
 void addReplyNull(client *c);
 void addReplyNullArray(client *c);
 void addReplyBool(client *c, int b);
+void addReplyVerbatim(client *c, const char *s, size_t len, const char *ext);
 void addReplyString(client *c, const char *s, size_t len);
 void addReplyBulk(client *c, robj *obj);
 void addReplyBulkCString(client *c, const char *s);