diff --git a/candump.c b/candump.c
index 41f680c..ca7d067 100644
--- a/candump.c
+++ b/candump.c
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ void print_usage(char *prg)
 	fprintf(stderr, "         -D          (Don't exit if a \"detected\" can device goes down.\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "         -d          (monitor dropped CAN frames)\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "         -e          (dump CAN error frames in human-readable format)\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "         -8          (display raw DLC values in {} for Classical CAN)\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "         -x          (print extra message infos, rx/tx brs esi)\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "         -T <msecs>  (terminate after <msecs> without any reception)\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	last_tv.tv_sec  = 0;
 	last_tv.tv_usec = 0;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "t:HciaSs:lDdxLn:r:heT:?")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "t:HciaSs:lDdxLn:r:he8T:?")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 't':
 			timestamp = optarg[0];
@@ -291,6 +292,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			view |= CANLIB_VIEW_ERROR;
 			break;
 
+		case '8':
+			view |= CANLIB_VIEW_LEN8_DLC;
+			break;
+
 		case 's':
 			silent = atoi(optarg);
 			if (silent > SILENT_ON) {
@@ -359,7 +364,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	
 	if (logfrmt && view) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Log file format selected: Please disable ASCII/BINARY/SWAP options!\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Log file format selected: Please disable ASCII/BINARY/SWAP/RAWDLC options!\n");
 		exit(0);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib.c b/lib.c
index 0642071..aed3734 100644
--- a/lib.c
+++ b/lib.c
@@ -381,9 +381,23 @@ void sprint_long_canframe(char *buf , struct canfd_frame *cf, int view, int maxd
 
 	/* The len value is sanitized by maxdlen (see above) */
 	if (maxdlen == CAN_MAX_DLEN) {
-		buf[offset + 1] = '[';
-		buf[offset + 2] = len + '0';
-		buf[offset + 3] = ']';
+		if (view & CANLIB_VIEW_LEN8_DLC) {
+			struct can_frame *ccf = (struct can_frame *)cf;
+			unsigned char dlc = ccf->len8_dlc;
+
+			/* fall back to len if we don't have a valid DLC > 8 */
+			if (!((len == CAN_MAX_DLEN) && (dlc > CAN_MAX_DLEN) &&
+			      (dlc <= CAN_MAX_RAW_DLC)))
+				dlc = len;
+
+			buf[offset + 1] = '{';
+			buf[offset + 2] = hex_asc_upper[dlc];
+			buf[offset + 3] = '}';
+		} else {
+			buf[offset + 1] = '[';
+			buf[offset + 2] = len + '0';
+			buf[offset + 3] = ']';
+		}
 
 		/* standard CAN frames may have RTR enabled */
 		if (cf->can_id & CAN_RTR_FLAG) {
diff --git a/lib.h b/lib.h
index 94760d4..e0a0e1c 100644
--- a/lib.h
+++ b/lib.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ void sprint_canframe(char *buf , struct canfd_frame *cf, int sep, int maxdlen);
 #define CANLIB_VIEW_SWAP	0x4
 #define CANLIB_VIEW_ERROR	0x8
 #define CANLIB_VIEW_INDENT_SFF	0x10
+#define CANLIB_VIEW_LEN8_DLC	0x20
 
 #define SWAP_DELIMITER '`'
 
@@ -194,11 +195,12 @@ void sprint_long_canframe(char *buf , struct canfd_frame *cf, int view, int maxd
  * maxdlen = 8 -> CAN2.0 frame (aka Classical CAN)
  * maxdlen = 64 -> CAN FD frame
  *
- * 12345678   [3]  11 22 33 -> extended CAN-Id = 0x12345678, dlc = 3, data
+ * 12345678   [3]  11 22 33 -> extended CAN-Id = 0x12345678, len = 3, data
  * 12345678   [0]  remote request -> extended CAN-Id = 0x12345678, RTR
  * 14B0DC51   [8]  4A 94 E8 2A EC 58 55 62   'J..*.XUb' -> (with ASCII output)
+ * 321   {B}  11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 -> Classical CAN with raw '{DLC}' value B
  * 20001111   [7]  C6 23 7B 32 69 98 3C      ERRORFRAME -> (CAN_ERR_FLAG set)
- * 12345678  [03]  11 22 33 -> CAN FD with extended CAN-Id = 0x12345678, dlc = 3
+ * 12345678  [03]  11 22 33 -> CAN FD with extended CAN-Id = 0x12345678, len = 3
  *
  * 123   [3]  11 22 33         -> CANLIB_VIEW_INDENT_SFF == 0
  *      123   [3]  11 22 33    -> CANLIB_VIEW_INDENT_SFF == set
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ void sprint_long_canframe(char *buf , struct canfd_frame *cf, int view, int maxd
  * // CAN FD frame with eol to STDOUT
  * fprint_long_canframe(stdout, &frame, "\n", 0, CANFD_MAX_DLEN);
  *
- * // CAN 2.0 frame without eol to STDERR
+ * // Classical CAN 2.0 frame without eol to STDERR
  * fprint_long_canframe(stderr, &frame, NULL, 0, CAN_MAX_DLEN);
  *
  */