diff --git a/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h b/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h
index c31475bd05..a4fefc2eee 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h
@@ -347,7 +347,15 @@ public:
     virtual wxString ConvertToText(wxHtmlSelection *WXUNUSED(sel)) const
         { return wxEmptyString; }
 
+    // This method is useful for debugging, to customize it for particular cell
+    // type, override GetDescription() and not this function itself.
+    virtual wxString Dump(int indent = 0) const;
+
 protected:
+    // Return the description used by Dump().
+    virtual wxString GetDescription() const;
+
+
     // pointer to the next cell
     wxHtmlCell *m_Next;
     // pointer to parent cell
@@ -399,6 +407,8 @@ public:
     void SetPreviousWord(wxHtmlWordCell *cell);
 
 protected:
+    virtual wxString GetDescription() const wxOVERRIDE;
+
     virtual wxString GetAllAsText() const
         { return m_Word; }
     virtual wxString GetPartAsText(int begin, int end) const
@@ -524,6 +534,8 @@ public:
     // Call Layout at least once before using GetMaxTotalWidth()
     virtual int GetMaxTotalWidth() const wxOVERRIDE { return m_MaxTotalWidth; }
 
+    virtual wxString Dump(int indent = 0) const wxOVERRIDE;
+
 protected:
     void UpdateRenderingStatePre(wxHtmlRenderingInfo& info,
                                  wxHtmlCell *cell) const;
@@ -577,6 +589,8 @@ public:
     virtual void DrawInvisible(wxDC& dc, int x, int y,
                                wxHtmlRenderingInfo& info) wxOVERRIDE;
 
+    virtual wxString GetDescription() const wxOVERRIDE;
+
 protected:
     wxColour m_Colour;
     unsigned m_Flags;
@@ -602,6 +616,8 @@ public:
     virtual void DrawInvisible(wxDC& dc, int x, int y,
                                wxHtmlRenderingInfo& info) wxOVERRIDE;
 
+    virtual wxString GetDescription() const wxOVERRIDE;
+
 protected:
     wxFont m_Font;
 
diff --git a/src/html/htmlcell.cpp b/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
index 8532699459..c2b3e6d769 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
@@ -284,6 +284,21 @@ bool wxHtmlCell::IsBefore(wxHtmlCell *cell) const
     return false;
 }
 
+wxString wxHtmlCell::GetDescription() const
+{
+    return GetClassInfo()->GetClassName();
+}
+
+wxString wxHtmlCell::Dump(int indent) const
+{
+    wxString s(' ', indent);
+    s += wxString::Format("%s at (%d, %d) %dx%d",
+                          GetDescription(), m_PosX, m_PosY, m_Width, m_Height);
+    if ( !m_id.empty() )
+        s += wxString::Format(" [id=%s]", m_id);
+
+    return s;
+}
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxHtmlWordCell
@@ -620,6 +635,15 @@ wxString wxHtmlWordWithTabsCell::GetPartAsText(int begin, int end) const
     return sel;
 }
 
+wxString wxHtmlWordCell::GetDescription() const
+{
+    wxString s;
+    s = wxString::Format("wxHtmlWordCell(%s)", m_Word);
+    if ( !m_allowLinebreak )
+        s += " no line break";
+
+    return s;
+}
 
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1437,6 +1461,15 @@ void wxHtmlContainerCell::RemoveExtraSpacing(bool top, bool bottom)
     }
 }
 
+wxString wxHtmlContainerCell::Dump(int indent) const
+{
+    wxString s = wxHtmlCell::Dump(indent);
+
+    for ( wxHtmlCell* c = m_Cells; c; c = c->GetNext() )
+        s << "\n" << c->Dump(indent + 4);
+
+    return s;
+}
 
 
 
@@ -1491,6 +1524,10 @@ void wxHtmlColourCell::DrawInvisible(wxDC& dc,
     }
 }
 
+wxString wxHtmlColourCell::GetDescription() const
+{
+    return wxString::Format("wxHtmlColourCell(%s)", m_Colour.GetAsString());
+}
 
 
 
@@ -1515,6 +1552,10 @@ void wxHtmlFontCell::DrawInvisible(wxDC& dc, int WXUNUSED(x), int WXUNUSED(y),
 }
 
 
+wxString wxHtmlFontCell::GetDescription() const
+{
+    return wxString::Format("wxHtmlFontCell(%s)", m_Font.GetNativeFontInfoUserDesc());
+}
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/html/m_image.cpp b/src/html/m_image.cpp
index a456e5e38f..2685a80cd4 100644
--- a/src/html/m_image.cpp
+++ b/src/html/m_image.cpp
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ public:
 
     virtual void Layout(int w) wxOVERRIDE;
 
+    virtual wxString GetDescription() const wxOVERRIDE
+    {
+        return wxString::Format("wxHtmlImageCell with bitmap of size %d*%d",
+                                m_bmpW, m_bmpH);
+    }
+
 private:
     wxBitmap           *m_bitmap;
     int                 m_align;