diff --git a/engine/client/cl_main.c b/engine/client/cl_main.c
index c2486c65..56824244 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_main.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_main.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static CVAR_DEFINE_AUTO( cl_upmax, "1200", FCVAR_ARCHIVE, "max allowed incoming
 
 CVAR_DEFINE_AUTO( cl_lw, "1", FCVAR_ARCHIVE|FCVAR_USERINFO, "enable client weapon predicting" );
 CVAR_DEFINE_AUTO( cl_charset, "utf-8", FCVAR_ARCHIVE, "1-byte charset to use (iconv style)" );
+CVAR_DEFINE_AUTO( cl_trace_consistency, "0", FCVAR_ARCHIVE, "enable consistency info tracing (good for developers)" );
 CVAR_DEFINE_AUTO( cl_trace_stufftext, "0", FCVAR_ARCHIVE, "enable stufftext (server-to-client console commands) tracing (good for developers)" );
 CVAR_DEFINE_AUTO( cl_trace_messages, "0", FCVAR_ARCHIVE|FCVAR_CHEAT, "enable message names tracing (good for developers)" );
 CVAR_DEFINE_AUTO( cl_trace_events, "0", FCVAR_ARCHIVE|FCVAR_CHEAT, "enable events tracing (good for developers)" );
@@ -3393,6 +3394,7 @@ static void CL_InitLocal( void )
 
 	Cvar_RegisterVariable( &rcon_address );
 
+	Cvar_RegisterVariable( &cl_trace_consistency );
 	Cvar_RegisterVariable( &cl_trace_stufftext );
 	Cvar_RegisterVariable( &cl_trace_messages );
 	Cvar_RegisterVariable( &cl_trace_events );
diff --git a/engine/client/cl_parse.c b/engine/client/cl_parse.c
index 9d3bc3cc..75b43f0e 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_parse.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_parse.c
@@ -1614,6 +1614,23 @@ void CL_UpdateUserPings( sizebuf_t *msg )
 	}
 }
 
+static const char *CL_CheckTypeToString( int check_type )
+{
+	// renamed so they have same width and look better in console output
+	switch( check_type )
+	{
+	case force_exactfile:
+		return "exactfile";
+	case force_model_samebounds:
+		return "samebounds";
+	case force_model_specifybounds:
+		return "specbounds";
+	case force_model_specifybounds_if_avail:
+		return "specbounds2";
+	}
+	return "unknown";
+}
+
 static void CL_SendConsistencyInfo( sizebuf_t *msg, connprotocol_t proto )
 {
 	qboolean		user_changed_diskfile;
@@ -1879,6 +1896,9 @@ static void CL_ParseConsistencyInfo( sizebuf_t *msg, connprotocol_t proto )
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if( cl_trace_consistency.value )
+		Con_Printf( "Server wants consistency of the following resources:\n" );
+
 	skip_crc_change = NULL;
 	lastcheck = 0;
 
@@ -1910,7 +1930,7 @@ static void CL_ParseConsistencyInfo( sizebuf_t *msg, connprotocol_t proto )
 		pc = &cl.consistency_list[cl.num_consistency];
 		cl.num_consistency++;
 
-		memset( pc, 0, sizeof( consistency_t ));
+		memset( pc, 0, sizeof( *pc ));
 		pc->filename = pResource->szFileName;
 		pc->issound = (pResource->type == t_sound);
 		pc->orig_index = delta;
@@ -1923,6 +1943,9 @@ static void CL_ParseConsistencyInfo( sizebuf_t *msg, connprotocol_t proto )
 			pc->check_type = pResource->rguc_reserved[0];
 		}
 
+		if( cl_trace_consistency.value )
+			Con_Printf( "%s\t%s\t%s\n", COM_ResourceTypeFromIndex( pResource->type ), CL_CheckTypeToString( pc->check_type ), pc->filename );
+
 		skip_crc_change = pResource;
 		lastcheck = delta;
 	}
diff --git a/engine/client/client.h b/engine/client/client.h
index 22cedd24..9a56e89a 100644
--- a/engine/client/client.h
+++ b/engine/client/client.h
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ extern convar_t	r_showtextures;
 extern convar_t	cl_bmodelinterp;
 extern convar_t	cl_lw;		// local weapons
 extern convar_t	cl_charset;
+extern convar_t	cl_trace_consistency;
 extern convar_t	cl_trace_stufftext;
 extern convar_t	cl_trace_messages;
 extern convar_t	cl_trace_events;
diff --git a/engine/common/common.h b/engine/common/common.h
index b808b9f4..50c918f9 100644
--- a/engine/common/common.h
+++ b/engine/common/common.h
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ int CSCR_WriteGameCVars( file_t *cfg, const char *scriptfilename );
 //
 // hpak.c
 //
+const char *COM_ResourceTypeFromIndex( int index );
 void HPAK_Init( void );
 qboolean HPAK_GetDataPointer( const char *filename, struct resource_s *pRes, byte **buffer, int *size );
 qboolean HPAK_ResourceForHash( const char *filename, byte *hash, struct resource_s *pRes );
diff --git a/engine/common/hpak.c b/engine/common/hpak.c
index d5d4b3f6..0d268093 100644
--- a/engine/common/hpak.c
+++ b/engine/common/hpak.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static void HPAK_MaxSize_f( void )
 	Con_Printf( S_ERROR "hpk_maxsize is deprecated, use hpk_max_size\n" );
 }
 
-static const char *HPAK_TypeFromIndex( int type )
+const char *COM_ResourceTypeFromIndex( int type )
 {
 	switch( type )
 	{
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static qboolean HPAK_Validate( const char *filename, qboolean quiet, qboolean de
 
 		if( !quiet )
 		{
-			Con_Printf( "%i:      %s %s %s:   ", i, HPAK_TypeFromIndex( pRes->type ),
+			Con_Printf( "%i:      %s %s %s:   ", i, COM_ResourceTypeFromIndex( pRes->type ),
 				Q_pretifymem( pRes->nDownloadSize, 2 ), pRes->szFileName );
 		}
 
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ static void HPAK_List_f( void )
 	{
 		entry = &directory.entries[nCurrent];
 		COM_FileBase( entry->resource.szFileName, lumpname, sizeof( lumpname ));
-		type = HPAK_TypeFromIndex( entry->resource.type );
+		type = COM_ResourceTypeFromIndex( entry->resource.type );
 		size = Q_memprint( entry->resource.nDownloadSize );
 
 		Con_Printf( "%i: %10s %s %s\n  :  %s\n", nCurrent + 1, type, size, lumpname, MD5_Print( entry->resource.rgucMD5_hash ));
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ static void HPAK_Extract_f( void )
 			continue;
 
 		COM_FileBase( entry->resource.szFileName, lumpname, sizeof( lumpname ) );
-		type = HPAK_TypeFromIndex( entry->resource.type );
+		type = COM_ResourceTypeFromIndex( entry->resource.type );
 		size = Q_memprint( entry->resource.nDownloadSize );
 
 		Con_Printf( "Extracting %i: %10s %s %s\n", nCurrent + 1, type, size, lumpname );