diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchResponse.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchResponse.java
index bdc3e5aeb1a..94f5a3693be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchResponse.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Streamable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilderString;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -168,4 +169,17 @@ public class MultiSearchResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable<Mult
         static final XContentBuilderString RESPONSES = new XContentBuilderString("responses");
         static final XContentBuilderString ERROR = new XContentBuilderString("error");
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        try {
+            XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().prettyPrint();
+            builder.startObject();
+            toXContent(builder, EMPTY_PARAMS);
+            builder.endObject();
+            return builder.string();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return "{ \"error\" : \"" + e.getMessage() + "\"}";
+        }
+    }
 }