diff --git a/common/djangoapps/util/views.py b/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
index e38056934f..8b9dd5a9c1 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
import datetime
import json
+import pprint
import sys
from django.conf import settings
@@ -91,3 +92,7 @@ def accepts(request, media_type):
"""Return whether this request has an Accept header that matches type"""
accept = parse_accept_header(request.META.get("HTTP_ACCEPT", ""))
return media_type in [t for (t, p, q) in accept]
+
+def debug_request(request):
+ """Return a pretty printed version of the request"""
+ return HttpResponse("{0}".format(pprint.pformat(request)))
diff --git a/lms/urls.py b/lms/urls.py
index a989767d76..8245a42f04 100644
--- a/lms/urls.py
+++ b/lms/urls.py
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ urlpatterns = ('',
url(r'^admin_dashboard$', 'dashboard.views.dashboard'),
+ # Adding to allow debugging issues when prod is mysteriously different from staging
+ # (specifically missing get parameters in certain cases)
+ url(r'^debug_request$', 'util.views.debug_request'),
+
url(r'^change_email$', 'student.views.change_email_request'),
url(r'^email_confirm/(?P[^/]*)$', 'student.views.confirm_email_change'),
url(r'^change_name$', 'student.views.change_name_request'),