diff --git a/src/format_flac.c b/src/format_flac.c
index c09a5c10..8b058d6f 100644
--- a/src/format_flac.c
+++ b/src/format_flac.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <ogg/ogg.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -30,6 +31,64 @@
 #define CATMODULE "format-flac"
 #include "logging.h"
 
+typedef enum {
+    FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE__ERROR = -1,
+    FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_STREAMINFO = 0,
+    FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_PADDING = 1,
+    FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_APPLICATION = 2,
+    FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_SEEKTABLE = 3,
+    FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT = 4,
+    FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_CUESHEET = 5,
+    FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_PICTURE = 6
+} flac_block_type_t;
+
+static flac_block_type_t flac_blocktype(const ogg_packet * packet)
+{
+    uint8_t type;
+
+    if (packet->bytes <= 4)
+        return FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE__ERROR;
+
+    type = packet->packet[0] & 0x7F;
+
+    if (type <= FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_PICTURE) {
+        return type;
+    } else {
+        return FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE__ERROR;
+    }
+}
+
+static const char * flac_block_type_to_name(flac_block_type_t type)
+{
+    switch (type) {
+        case FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE__ERROR:
+            return "<error>";
+            break;
+        case FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_STREAMINFO:
+            return "STREAMINFO";
+            break;
+        case FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_PADDING:
+            return "PADDING";
+            break;
+        case FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_APPLICATION:
+            return "APPLICATION";
+            break;
+        case FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_SEEKTABLE:
+            return "SEEKTABLE";
+            break;
+        case FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_VORBIS_COMMENT:
+            return "VORBIS_COMMENT";
+            break;
+        case FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_CUESHEET:
+            return "CUESHEET";
+            break;
+        case FLAC_BLOCK_TYPE_PICTURE:
+            return "PICTURE";
+            break;
+    }
+
+    return "<unknown>";
+}
 
 static void flac_codec_free (ogg_state_t *ogg_info, ogg_codec_t *codec)
 {
@@ -55,13 +114,18 @@ static refbuf_t *process_flac_page (ogg_state_t *ogg_info, ogg_codec_t *codec, o
 
         while (ogg_stream_packetout(&codec->os, &packet)) {
             if (packet.bytes >= 1) {
-                int type = packet.packet[0];
+                uint8_t type = packet.packet[0];
+                flac_block_type_t blocktype;
 
                 if (type == 0xFF) {
                     codec->headers = 0;
                     break;
                 }
 
+                blocktype = flac_blocktype(&packet);
+
+                ICECAST_LOG_DEBUG("Found header of type %s%s", flac_block_type_to_name(blocktype), (type & 0x80) ? "|0x80" : "");
+
                 if (type >= 1 && type <= 0x7E)
                     continue;
                 if (type >= 0x81 && type <= 0xFE)