diff --git a/urjtag/ChangeLog b/urjtag/ChangeLog
index 3f46279b..79939237 100644
--- a/urjtag/ChangeLog
+++ b/urjtag/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
     convert the local bits_to_uint64() to a proper urj_tap_register_get_value()
     so everyone can use it
 
+  * src/tap/idcode.c: decode the bit stream into hex values so people don't
+    have to do this manually
+
 2009-05-19  Arnim Laeuger  <arniml>
 
   * data/Makefile.am, data/broadcom/bcm6348/bcm6348,
diff --git a/urjtag/src/tap/idcode.c b/urjtag/src/tap/idcode.c
index 5009209c..7279eeec 100644
--- a/urjtag/src/tap/idcode.c
+++ b/urjtag/src/tap/idcode.c
@@ -57,9 +57,12 @@ urj_tap_idcode (urj_chain_t *chain, unsigned int bytes)
     urj_log (URJ_LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL, _("Read"));
     for (i = 0; i < ((bytes) ? bytes : 1000); i++)
     {
+        uint8_t val;
         urj_tap_shift_register (chain, rz, rout, 0);
-        urj_log (URJ_LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL, _(" %s"),
-                 urj_tap_register_get_string (rout));
+        val = urj_tap_register_get_value (rout);
+        urj_log (URJ_LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL, N_(" %s(0x%x%x)"),
+                 urj_tap_register_get_string (rout),
+                 (val >> 4) & 0xf, val & 0xf);
         if (!bytes)
         {
             /* Abort Reading when a null IDCODE has been read */