diff --git a/utils/apparmor/rule/__init__.py b/utils/apparmor/rule/__init__.py
index 27cd4b35b..6e0960f02 100644
--- a/utils/apparmor/rule/__init__.py
+++ b/utils/apparmor/rule/__init__.py
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ class BaseRule(object):
         # Set only in the parse() class method
         self.raw_rule = None
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        classname = self.__class__.__name__
+        return '<%s> ' % classname + self.get_raw()
+
     @classmethod
     def match(cls, raw_rule):
         '''return True if raw_rule matches the class (main) regex, False otherwise
@@ -211,6 +215,10 @@ class BaseRuleset(object):
         '''called by __init__() and delete_all_rules() - override in child class to initialize more variables'''
         pass
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        classname = self.__class__.__name__
+        return '<%s>\n' % classname + '\n'.join(self.get_raw(1)) + '</%s>' % classname
+
     def add(self, rule):
         '''add a rule object'''
         self.rules.append(rule)
diff --git a/utils/test/test-network.py b/utils/test/test-network.py
index 0892376fb..c744c13c6 100644
--- a/utils/test/test-network.py
+++ b/utils/test/test-network.py
@@ -353,6 +353,15 @@ class NetworkLogprofHeaderTest(AATest):
         obj = NetworkRule._parse(params)
         self.assertEqual(obj.logprof_header(), expected)
 
+class NetworkRuleReprTest(AATest):
+    tests = [
+        (NetworkRule('inet', 'stream'),                             '<NetworkRule> network inet stream,'),
+        (NetworkRule.parse(' allow  network  inet  stream, # foo'), '<NetworkRule> allow  network  inet  stream, # foo'),
+    ]
+    def _run_test(self, params, expected):
+        self.assertEqual(str(params), expected)
+
+
 ## --- tests for NetworkRuleset --- #
 
 class NetworkRulesTest(AATest):
@@ -439,6 +448,17 @@ class NetworkGlobTestAATest(AATest):
 class NetworkDeleteTestAATest(AATest):
     pass
 
+class NetworkRulesetReprTest(AATest):
+    def test_network_ruleset_repr(self):
+        obj = NetworkRuleset()
+        obj.add(NetworkRule('inet', 'stream'))
+        obj.add(NetworkRule.parse(' allow  network  inet  stream, # foo'))
+
+        expected = '<NetworkRuleset>\n  network inet stream,\n  allow  network  inet  stream, # foo\n</NetworkRuleset>'
+        self.assertEqual(str(obj), expected)
+
+
+
 setup_all_loops(__name__)
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main(verbosity=2)