diff --git a/liblog/logprint.c b/liblog/logprint.c
index 4ff7e01..da80e36 100644
--- a/liblog/logprint.c
+++ b/liblog/logprint.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@
         outRemaining--;
         /* pretend we ate all the data to prevent log stutter */
         inCount = 0;
+        if (result > 0) result = 0;
     }
 
     /* eat the silly terminating '\n' */
@@ -1078,7 +1079,7 @@
 
     entry->message = messageBuf;
 
-    return 0;
+    return result;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp b/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
index 9c09523..70c7a48 100644
--- a/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
+++ b/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@
             EXPECT_TRUE(NULL != logformat);
             AndroidLogEntry entry;
             char msgBuf[1024];
+            if (length != total) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Expect \"Binary log entry conversion failed\"\n");
+            }
             int processBinaryLogBuffer = android_log_processBinaryLogBuffer(
                 &log_msg.entry_v1, &entry, NULL, msgBuf, sizeof(msgBuf));
             EXPECT_EQ((length == total) ? 0 : -1, processBinaryLogBuffer);
diff --git a/logcat/logcat.cpp b/logcat/logcat.cpp
index d0c693d..41f2280 100644
--- a/logcat/logcat.cpp
+++ b/logcat/logcat.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 static size_t g_maxCount;
 static size_t g_printCount;
 static bool g_printItAnyways;
+static bool g_debug;
 
 enum helpType {
     HELP_FALSE,
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@
     } else {
         err = android_log_processLogBuffer(&buf->entry_v1, &entry);
     }
-    if (err < 0) {
+    if ((err < 0) && !g_debug) {
         goto error;
     }
 
@@ -619,6 +620,7 @@
         int option_index = 0;
         // list of long-argument only strings for later comparison
         static const char pid_str[] = "pid";
+        static const char debug_str[] = "debug";
         static const char id_str[] = "id";
         static const char wrap_str[] = "wrap";
         static const char print_str[] = "print";
@@ -627,6 +629,7 @@
           { "buffer",        required_argument, NULL,   'b' },
           { "buffer-size",   optional_argument, NULL,   'g' },
           { "clear",         no_argument,       NULL,   'c' },
+          { debug_str,       no_argument,       NULL,   0 },
           { "dividers",      no_argument,       NULL,   'D' },
           { "file",          required_argument, NULL,   'f' },
           { "format",        required_argument, NULL,   'v' },
@@ -691,6 +694,10 @@
                     g_printItAnyways = true;
                     break;
                 }
+                if (long_options[option_index].name == debug_str) {
+                    g_debug = true;
+                    break;
+                }
                 if (long_options[option_index].name == id_str) {
                     setId = optarg && optarg[0] ? optarg : NULL;
                     break;