diff --git a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/libvici.c b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/libvici.c
index f184a3b27..61ff5b993 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/libvici.c
+++ b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/libvici.c
@@ -417,64 +417,12 @@ void vici_free_req(vici_req_t *req)
 	free(req);
 }
 
-int vici_dump(vici_res_t *res, FILE *out)
+int vici_dump(vici_res_t *res, char *label, FILE *out)
 {
-	enumerator_t *enumerator;
-	int ident = 0, delta = 2;
-	vici_type_t type;
-	char *name;
-	chunk_t value;
-
-	enumerator = res->message->create_enumerator(res->message);
-	while (enumerator->enumerate(enumerator, &type, &name, &value))
+	if (res->message->dump(res->message, label, out))
 	{
-		switch (type)
-		{
-			case VICI_SECTION_START:
-				fprintf(out, "%*s%s {\n", ident, "", name);
-				ident += delta;
-				break;
-			case VICI_SECTION_END:
-				ident -= delta;
-				fprintf(out, "%*s}\n", ident, "");
-				break;
-			case VICI_KEY_VALUE:
-				if (chunk_printable(value, NULL, ' '))
-				{
-					fprintf(out, "%*s%s = %.*s\n",
-							ident, "", name, (int)value.len, value.ptr);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					fprintf(out, "%*s%s = 0x%+#B\n",
-							ident, "", name, &value);
-				}
-				break;
-			case VICI_LIST_START:
-				fprintf(out, "%*s%s = [\n", ident, "", name);
-				ident += delta;
-				break;
-			case VICI_LIST_END:
-				ident -= delta;
-				fprintf(out, "%*s]\n", ident, "");
-				break;
-			case VICI_LIST_ITEM:
-				if (chunk_printable(value, NULL, ' '))
-				{
-					fprintf(out, "%*s%.*s\n",
-							ident, "", (int)value.len, value.ptr);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					fprintf(out, "%*s 0x%+#B\n", ident, "", &value);
-				}
-				break;
-			case VICI_END:
-				enumerator->destroy(enumerator);
-				return 0;
-		}
+		return 0;
 	}
-	enumerator->destroy(enumerator);
 	errno = EBADMSG;
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/libvici.h b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/libvici.h
index fed356547..499e9a0b1 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/libvici.h
+++ b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/libvici.h
@@ -247,10 +247,11 @@ void vici_free_req(vici_req_t *req);
  * Dump a message text representation to a FILE stream.
  *
  * @param res		response message to dump
+ * @param label		a label to print for this message
  * @param out		FILE to dump to
  * @return			0 if dumped complete message, 1 on error
  */
-int vici_dump(vici_res_t *res, FILE *out);
+int vici_dump(vici_res_t *res, char *label, FILE *out);
 
 /**
  * Parse next element from a vici response message.
diff --git a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_message.c b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_message.c
index 1a1820acb..644cbce59 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_message.c
+++ b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_message.c
@@ -412,6 +412,72 @@ METHOD(vici_message_t, get_encoding, chunk_t,
 	return this->encoding;
 }
 
+METHOD(vici_message_t, dump, bool,
+	private_vici_message_t *this, char *label, FILE *out)
+{
+	enumerator_t *enumerator;
+	int ident = 0, delta = 2;
+	vici_type_t type;
+	char *name;
+	chunk_t value;
+
+	fprintf(out, "%s {\n", label);
+	ident += delta;
+
+	enumerator = create_enumerator(this);
+	while (enumerator->enumerate(enumerator, &type, &name, &value))
+	{
+		switch (type)
+		{
+			case VICI_SECTION_START:
+				fprintf(out, "%*s%s {\n", ident, "", name);
+				ident += delta;
+				break;
+			case VICI_SECTION_END:
+				ident -= delta;
+				fprintf(out, "%*s}\n", ident, "");
+				break;
+			case VICI_KEY_VALUE:
+				if (chunk_printable(value, NULL, ' '))
+				{
+					fprintf(out, "%*s%s = %.*s\n",
+							ident, "", name, (int)value.len, value.ptr);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					fprintf(out, "%*s%s = 0x%+#B\n",
+							ident, "", name, &value);
+				}
+				break;
+			case VICI_LIST_START:
+				fprintf(out, "%*s%s = [\n", ident, "", name);
+				ident += delta;
+				break;
+			case VICI_LIST_END:
+				ident -= delta;
+				fprintf(out, "%*s]\n", ident, "");
+				break;
+			case VICI_LIST_ITEM:
+				if (chunk_printable(value, NULL, ' '))
+				{
+					fprintf(out, "%*s%.*s\n",
+							ident, "", (int)value.len, value.ptr);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					fprintf(out, "%*s 0x%+#B\n", ident, "", &value);
+				}
+				break;
+			case VICI_END:
+				fprintf(out, "}\n");
+				enumerator->destroy(enumerator);
+				return TRUE;
+		}
+	}
+	enumerator->destroy(enumerator);
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
 METHOD(vici_message_t, destroy, void,
 	private_vici_message_t *this)
 {
@@ -440,6 +506,7 @@ vici_message_t *vici_message_create_from_data(chunk_t data, bool cleanup)
 			.get_value = _get_value,
 			.vget_value = _vget_value,
 			.get_encoding = _get_encoding,
+			.dump = _dump,
 			.destroy = _destroy,
 		},
 		.strings = linked_list_create(),
diff --git a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_message.h b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_message.h
index 9e1a36659..4fc59d746 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_message.h
+++ b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_message.h
@@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ struct vici_message_t {
 	 */
 	chunk_t (*get_encoding)(vici_message_t *this);
 
+	/**
+	 * Dump a message text representation to a FILE stream.
+	 *
+	 * @param label	label to print for message
+	 * @param out	FILE stream to dump to
+	 * @return		TRUE if message valid
+	 */
+	bool (*dump)(vici_message_t *this, char *label, FILE *out);
+
 	/**
 	 * Destroy a vici_message_t.
 	 */