diff --git a/src/materialsystem/cmaterialsystem.cpp b/src/materialsystem/cmaterialsystem.cpp
index 74237ae9..27b62eca 100644
--- a/src/materialsystem/cmaterialsystem.cpp
+++ b/src/materialsystem/cmaterialsystem.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,29 @@ void StreamDB_Init(const char* pszLevelName)
 	v_StreamDB_Init(pszLevelName);
 }
 
+static ConVar stream_overlay_memory("stream_overlay_memory", "524288", FCVAR_DEVELOPMENTONLY, "Total string memory to allocate for the texture streaming debug overlay.");
+
+/*
+=====================
+Mat_DumpStreamInfo_f
+
+  Prints the stream info to the console.
+=====================
+*/
+static void Mat_DumpStreamInfo_f(const CCommand& args)
+{
+	const int stringMem = stream_overlay_memory.GetInt();
+	std::unique_ptr<char[]> stringBuf(new char[stringMem]);
+
+	const char* const mode = args.ArgC() >= 2 ? args.Arg(1) : stream_overlay_mode->GetString();
+	char* const scratch = stringBuf.get();
+
+	CMaterialSystem__GetStreamOverlay(mode, scratch, stringMem);
+	Msg(eDLL_T::MS, "%s\n", scratch);
+}
+
+static ConCommand stream_dumpinfo("stream_dumpinfo", Mat_DumpStreamInfo_f, "Dump texture streaming debug info to the console", FCVAR_DEVELOPMENTONLY, nullptr, "tex mtl bsp short");
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Purpose: draw frame
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------