diff --git a/includes/query.inc b/includes/query.inc
index c663116..8c63beb 100644
--- a/includes/query.inc
+++ b/includes/query.inc
@@ -811,6 +811,31 @@ class SearchApiQuery implements SearchApiQueryInterface {
     $this->filter = clone $this->filter;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Implements the magic __toString() method to simplify debugging.
+   */
+  public function __toString() {
+    $ret = 'Index: ' . $this->index->machine_name . "\n";
+    $ret .= 'Keys: ' . str_replace("\n", "\n  ", var_export($this->orig_keys, TRUE)) . "\n";
+    if (isset($this->keys)) {
+      $ret .= 'Parsed keys: ' . str_replace("\n", "\n  ", var_export($this->keys, TRUE)) . "\n";
+      $ret .= 'Searched fields: ' . (isset($this->fields) ? implode(', ', $this->fields) : '[ALL]') . "\n";
+    }
+    if ($filter = (string) $this->filter) {
+      $filter = str_replace("\n", "\n  ", $filter);
+      $ret .= "Filters:\n  $filter\n";
+    }
+    if ($this->sort) {
+      $sort = array();
+      foreach ($this->sort as $field => $order) {
+        $sort[] = "$field $order";
+      }
+      $ret .= 'Sorting: ' . implode(', ', $sort) . "\n";
+    }
+    $ret .= 'Options: ' . str_replace("\n", "\n  ", var_export($this->options, TRUE)) . "\n";
+    return $ret;
+  }
+
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1010,4 +1035,24 @@ class SearchApiQueryFilter implements SearchApiQueryFilterInterface {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Implements the magic __toString() method to simplify debugging.
+   */
+  public function __toString() {
+    // Special case for a single, nested filter:
+    if (count($this->filters) == 1 && is_object($this->filters[0])) {
+      return (string) $this->filters[0];
+    }
+    $ret = array();
+    foreach ($this->filters as $filter) {
+      if (is_object($filter)) {
+        $ret[] = "[\n  " . str_replace("\n", "\n    ", (string) $filter) . "\n  ]";
+      }
+      else {
+        $ret[] = "$filter[0] $filter[2] " . str_replace("\n", "\n    ", var_export($filter[1], TRUE));
+      }
+    }
+    return $ret ? '  ' . implode("\n{$this->conjunction}\n  ", $ret) : '';
+  }
+
 }