diff --git a/tests/sys/net/bpf/Makefile b/tests/sys/net/bpf/Makefile
index cee27b55043..62e04e5a970 100644
--- a/tests/sys/net/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tests/sys/net/bpf/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIBADD+=	nv
 PROGS=	bpf_multi_read pcap-test
 LIBADD.bpf_multi_read+=	pcap
 CFLAGS.pcap-test.c+=	-Wno-cast-align
-LIBADD.pcap-test+=	pcap
+LIBADD.pcap-test+=	pcap util
 
 ATF_TESTS_SH=	bpf
 
diff --git a/tests/sys/net/bpf/pcap-test.c b/tests/sys/net/bpf/pcap-test.c
index 9d01548f7aa..4f837959208 100644
--- a/tests/sys/net/bpf/pcap-test.c
+++ b/tests/sys/net/bpf/pcap-test.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <netinet/ip.h>
 #include <pcap/pcap.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <libutil.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -219,8 +220,11 @@ compare(int argc __unused, char *argv[])
 		if (p1->caplen != p2->caplen)
 			errx(1, "packet #%u capture length %u != %u",
 			    cnt, p1->caplen, p2->caplen);
-		if (memcmp(p1->data, p2->data, p1->caplen) != 0)
+		if (memcmp(p1->data, p2->data, p1->caplen) != 0) {
+			hexdump(p1->data, p1->caplen, argv[0], 0);
+			hexdump(p2->data, p2->caplen, argv[1], 0);
 			errx(1, "packet #%u payload different", cnt);
+		}
 	}
 	if (p1 != NULL || p2 != NULL)
 		errx(1, "packet count different");