diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala b/core/src/main/scala/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
index 4c95c989b53676c54e9c941b0892ff08b189a734..44f778e5c2eb6e4d76bbfc08befdfd3bd2d43cae 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
@@ -330,4 +330,9 @@ trait JavaRDDLike[T, This <: JavaRDDLike[T, This]] extends PairFlatMapWorkaround
       case _ => Optional.absent()
     }
   }
+
+  /** A description of this RDD and its recursive dependencies for debugging. */
+  def toDebugString(): String = {
+    rdd.toDebugString()
+  }
 }