diff --git a/tempest/cmd/subunit_describe_calls.py b/tempest/cmd/subunit_describe_calls.py
index f0ade7e..a4402fe 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/subunit_describe_calls.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/subunit_describe_calls.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
   written to. This contains more information than is present in stdout.
 * ``--ports, -p``: (Optional) The path to a JSON file describing the ports
   being used by different services
+* ``--verbose, -v``: (Optional) Print Request and Response Headers and Body
+  data to stdout
+
 
 Usage
 -----
@@ -262,6 +265,10 @@
             "-p", "--ports", metavar="<ports file>", default=None,
             help="A JSON file describing the ports for each service.")
 
+        self.add_argument(
+            "-v", "--verbose", action='store_true', default=False,
+            help="Add Request and Response header and body data to stdout.")
+
 
 def parse(stream, non_subunit_name, ports):
     if ports is not None and os.path.exists(ports):
@@ -286,7 +293,7 @@
     return url_parser
 
 
-def output(url_parser, output_file):
+def output(url_parser, output_file, verbose):
     if output_file is not None:
         with open(output_file, "w") as outfile:
             outfile.write(json.dumps(url_parser.test_logs))
@@ -302,13 +309,22 @@
             sys.stdout.write('\t- {0} {1} request for {2} to {3}\n'.format(
                 item.get('status_code'), item.get('verb'),
                 item.get('service'), item.get('url')))
+            if verbose:
+                sys.stdout.write('\t\t- request headers: {0}\n'.format(
+                    item.get('request_headers')))
+                sys.stdout.write('\t\t- request body: {0}\n'.format(
+                    item.get('request_body')))
+                sys.stdout.write('\t\t- response headers: {0}\n'.format(
+                    item.get('response_headers')))
+                sys.stdout.write('\t\t- response body: {0}\n'.format(
+                    item.get('response_body')))
         sys.stdout.write('\n')
 
 
 def entry_point():
     cl_args = ArgumentParser().parse_args()
     parser = parse(cl_args.subunit, cl_args.non_subunit_name, cl_args.ports)
-    output(parser, cl_args.output_file)
+    output(parser, cl_args.output_file, cl_args.verbose)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_subunit_describe_calls.py b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_subunit_describe_calls.py
index 5f3d770..cb34ba6 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_subunit_describe_calls.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_subunit_describe_calls.py
@@ -33,15 +33,42 @@
         p.communicate()
         self.assertEqual(0, p.returncode)
 
+    def test_verbose(self):
+        subunit_file = os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+            'sample_streams/calls.subunit')
+        p = subprocess.Popen([
+            'subunit-describe-calls', '-s', subunit_file,
+            '-v'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        stdout = p.communicate()
+        self.assertEqual(0, p.returncode)
+        self.assertIn(b'- request headers:', stdout[0])
+        self.assertIn(b'- request body:', stdout[0])
+        self.assertIn(b'- response headers:', stdout[0])
+        self.assertIn(b'- response body:', stdout[0])
+
     def test_return_code_no_output(self):
         subunit_file = os.path.join(
             os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
             'sample_streams/calls.subunit')
         p = subprocess.Popen([
             'subunit-describe-calls', '-s', subunit_file],
-            stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
-        p.communicate()
+            stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        stdout = p.communicate()
         self.assertEqual(0, p.returncode)
+        self.assertIn(b'foo', stdout[0])
+        self.assertIn(b'- 200 POST request for Nova to v2.1/<id>/',
+                      stdout[0])
+        self.assertIn(b'- 200 DELETE request for Nova to v2.1/<id>/',
+                      stdout[0])
+        self.assertIn(b'- 200 GET request for Nova to v2.1/<id>/',
+                      stdout[0])
+        self.assertIn(b'- 404 DELETE request for Nova to v2.1/<id>/',
+                      stdout[0])
+        self.assertNotIn(b'- request headers:', stdout[0])
+        self.assertNotIn(b'- request body:', stdout[0])
+        self.assertNotIn(b'- response headers:', stdout[0])
+        self.assertNotIn(b'- response body:', stdout[0])
 
     def test_parse(self):
         subunit_file = os.path.join(