diff --git a/src/bitmap/immutable.rs b/src/bitmap/immutable.rs
index 0b1ab34ea42..ca978b6ea6c 100644
--- a/src/bitmap/immutable.rs
+++ b/src/bitmap/immutable.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use crate::{buffer::bytes::Bytes, buffer::MutableBuffer, trusted_len::TrustedLen};
 
 use super::{
-    utils::{get_bit, get_bit_unchecked, null_count, BitChunk, BitChunks, BitmapIter},
+    utils::{fmt, get_bit, get_bit_unchecked, null_count, BitChunk, BitChunks, BitmapIter},
     MutableBitmap,
 };
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use super::{
 /// * memory on this container is sharable across thread boundaries
 /// * Cloning [`Bitmap`] is `O(1)`
 /// * Slicing [`Bitmap`] is `O(1)`
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Bitmap {
     bytes: Arc<Bytes<u8>>,
     // both are measured in bits. They are used to bound the bitmap to a region of Bytes.
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ pub struct Bitmap {
     null_count: usize,
 }
 
+impl std::fmt::Debug for Bitmap {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        fmt(&self.bytes, self.offset, self.length, f)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Default for Bitmap {
     fn default() -> Self {
         MutableBitmap::new().into()
@@ -272,4 +278,12 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(6, b.offset());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_debug() {
+        let b = Bitmap::from([true, true, false, true, true, true, true, true, true]);
+        let b = b.slice(2, 7);
+
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", b), "[0b111110__, 0b_______1]");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/bitmap/mutable.rs b/src/bitmap/mutable.rs
index 6255f3a0cb3..f096354caff 100644
--- a/src/bitmap/mutable.rs
+++ b/src/bitmap/mutable.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::iter::FromIterator;
 
 use crate::{buffer::MutableBuffer, trusted_len::TrustedLen};
 
-use super::utils::{get_bit, null_count, set, set_bit, BitmapIter};
+use super::utils::{fmt, get_bit, null_count, set, set_bit, BitmapIter};
 use super::Bitmap;
 
 /// A container to store booleans. [`MutableBitmap`] is semantically equivalent
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ use super::Bitmap;
 /// The main difference against [`Vec<bool>`] is that a bitmap cannot be represented as `&[bool]`.
 /// # Implementation
 /// This container is backed by [`MutableBuffer<u8>`].
-#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct MutableBitmap {
     buffer: MutableBuffer<u8>,
     length: usize,
 }
 
+impl std::fmt::Debug for MutableBitmap {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        fmt(&self.buffer, 0, self.len(), f)
+    }
+}
+
 impl PartialEq for MutableBitmap {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
         self.iter().eq(other.iter())
@@ -603,4 +608,22 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(bitmap.len(), 6);
         assert_eq!(bitmap.buffer[0], 0b00101101);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_debug() {
+        let mut b = MutableBitmap::new();
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", b), "[]");
+        b.push(true);
+        b.push(false);
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", b), "[0b______01]");
+        b.push(false);
+        b.push(false);
+        b.push(false);
+        b.push(false);
+        b.push(true);
+        b.push(true);
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", b), "[0b11000001]");
+        b.push(true);
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", b), "[0b11000001, 0b_______1]");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/bitmap/utils/fmt.rs b/src/bitmap/utils/fmt.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca6b417e60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bitmap/utils/fmt.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+use std::fmt::Write;
+
+use super::is_set;
+
+/// Formats `bytes` taking into account an offset and length of the form
+pub fn fmt(
+    bytes: &[u8],
+    offset: usize,
+    length: usize,
+    f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>,
+) -> std::fmt::Result {
+    assert!(offset < 8);
+
+    f.write_char('[')?;
+    let mut remaining = length;
+    if remaining == 0 {
+        f.write_char(']')?;
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let first = bytes[0];
+    let bytes = &bytes[1..];
+    let empty_before = 8usize.saturating_sub(remaining + offset);
+    f.write_str("0b")?;
+    for _ in 0..empty_before {
+        f.write_char('_')?;
+    }
+    let until = std::cmp::min(8, offset + remaining);
+    for i in offset..until {
+        if is_set(first, offset + until - 1 - i) {
+            f.write_char('1')?;
+        } else {
+            f.write_char('0')?;
+        }
+    }
+    for _ in 0..offset {
+        f.write_char('_')?;
+    }
+    remaining -= until - offset;
+
+    if remaining == 0 {
+        f.write_char(']')?;
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let number_of_bytes = remaining / 8;
+    for byte in &bytes[..number_of_bytes] {
+        f.write_str(", ")?;
+        f.write_fmt(format_args!("{:#010b}", byte))?;
+    }
+    remaining -= number_of_bytes * 8;
+    if remaining == 0 {
+        f.write_char(']')?;
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let last = bytes[std::cmp::min((length + offset + 7) / 8, bytes.len() - 1)];
+    let remaining = (length + offset) % 8;
+    f.write_str(", ")?;
+    f.write_str("0b")?;
+    for _ in 0..(8 - remaining) {
+        f.write_char('_')?;
+    }
+    for i in 0..remaining {
+        if is_set(last, remaining - 1 - i) {
+            f.write_char('1')?;
+        } else {
+            f.write_char('0')?;
+        }
+    }
+    f.write_char(']')
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    struct A<'a>(&'a [u8], usize, usize);
+    impl<'a> std::fmt::Debug for A<'a> {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+            fmt(self.0, self.1, self.2, f)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_debug() -> std::fmt::Result {
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", A(&[1], 0, 0)), "[]");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", A(&[0b11000001], 0, 8)), "[0b11000001]");
+        assert_eq!(
+            format!("{:?}", A(&[0b11000001, 1], 0, 9)),
+            "[0b11000001, 0b_______1]"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", A(&[1], 0, 2)), "[0b______01]");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", A(&[1], 1, 2)), "[0b_____00_]");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", A(&[1], 2, 2)), "[0b____00__]");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", A(&[1], 3, 2)), "[0b___00___]");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", A(&[1], 4, 2)), "[0b__00____]");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", A(&[1], 5, 2)), "[0b_00_____]");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", A(&[1], 6, 2)), "[0b00______]");
+        assert_eq!(
+            format!("{:?}", A(&[0b11000001, 1], 1, 9)),
+            "[0b1100000_, 0b______01]"
+        );
+        // extra bytes are ignored
+        assert_eq!(
+            format!("{:?}", A(&[0b11000001, 1, 1, 1], 1, 9)),
+            "[0b1100000_, 0b______01]"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            format!("{:?}", A(&[0b11000001, 1, 1], 2, 16)),
+            "[0b110000__, 0b00000001, 0b______01]"
+        );
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/bitmap/utils/mod.rs b/src/bitmap/utils/mod.rs
index 538c193b0b2..9adfaa937ff 100644
--- a/src/bitmap/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bitmap/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 mod chunk_iterator;
+mod fmt;
 mod iterator;
 mod slice_iterator;
 mod zip_validity;
 
 pub use chunk_iterator::{BitChunk, BitChunkIterExact, BitChunks, BitChunksExact};
+pub use fmt::fmt;
 pub use iterator::BitmapIter;
 pub use slice_iterator::SlicesIterator;
 pub use zip_validity::{zip_validity, ZipValidity};
diff --git a/src/buffer/immutable.rs b/src/buffer/immutable.rs
index 065bfa47ba1..476f8ffdf28 100644
--- a/src/buffer/immutable.rs
+++ b/src/buffer/immutable.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::{convert::AsRef, usize};
-use std::{fmt::Debug, iter::FromIterator};
+use std::{convert::AsRef, iter::FromIterator, sync::Arc, usize};
 
 use crate::{trusted_len::TrustedLen, types::NativeType};
 
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@ use super::mutable::MutableBuffer;
 
 /// Buffer represents a contiguous memory region that can be shared with other buffers and across
 /// thread boundaries.
-#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Buffer<T: NativeType> {
     /// the internal byte buffer.
     data: Arc<Bytes<T>>,
@@ -22,6 +20,12 @@ pub struct Buffer<T: NativeType> {
     length: usize,
 }
 
+impl<T: NativeType> std::fmt::Debug for Buffer<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&**self, f)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: NativeType> Default for Buffer<T> {
     #[inline]
     fn default() -> Self {
@@ -226,4 +230,12 @@ mod tests {
         let ptr = buffer.as_ptr();
         assert_eq!(unsafe { *ptr }, 1);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_debug() {
+        let buffer = Buffer::<i32>::from(&[0, 1, 2, 3]);
+        let buffer = buffer.slice(1, 2);
+        let a = format!("{:?}", buffer);
+        assert_eq!(a, "[1, 2]")
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/buffer/mutable.rs b/src/buffer/mutable.rs
index 7cf5cdae394..a021c7a3438 100644
--- a/src/buffer/mutable.rs
+++ b/src/buffer/mutable.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::iter::FromIterator;
+use std::mem::size_of;
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
 use std::usize;
-use std::{fmt::Debug, mem::size_of};
 
 use crate::types::NativeType;
 use crate::{alloc, trusted_len::TrustedLen};
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ fn capacity_multiple_of_64<T: NativeType>(capacity: usize) -> usize {
 /// let buffer: Buffer<u32> = buffer.into();
 /// assert_eq!(buffer.as_slice(), &[256, 1])
 /// ```
-#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct MutableBuffer<T: NativeType> {
     // dangling iff capacity = 0
     ptr: NonNull<T>,
@@ -41,6 +40,12 @@ pub struct MutableBuffer<T: NativeType> {
     capacity: usize,
 }
 
+impl<T: NativeType> std::fmt::Debug for MutableBuffer<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&**self, f)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: NativeType> PartialEq for MutableBuffer<T> {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
         self.as_slice() == other.as_slice()
@@ -770,4 +775,11 @@ mod tests {
         let b: Bytes<i32> = b.into();
         assert_eq!(b.as_ref(), &[0, 1, 2]);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_debug() {
+        let buffer = MutableBuffer::<i32>::from(&[0, 1, 2, 3]);
+        let a = format!("{:?}", buffer);
+        assert_eq!(a, "[0, 1, 2, 3]")
+    }
 }