diff --git a/results.go b/results.go
index f60bc76..19557fb 100644
--- a/results.go
+++ b/results.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package gophercloud
 
-import "net/http"
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+)
 
 // Result acts as a base struct that other results can embed.
 type Result struct {
@@ -16,6 +19,15 @@
 	Err error
 }
 
+// PrettyPrintJSON creates a string containing the full response body as pretty-printed JSON.
+func (r Result) PrettyPrintJSON() string {
+	pretty, err := json.MarshalIndent(r.Body, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+	return string(pretty)
+}
+
 // RFC3339Milli describes a time format used by API responses.
 const RFC3339Milli = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"