diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/servlet/util/matcher/MvcRequestMatcher.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/servlet/util/matcher/MvcRequestMatcher.java
index facc820888..5205dfc34c 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/servlet/util/matcher/MvcRequestMatcher.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/servlet/util/matcher/MvcRequestMatcher.java
@@ -123,6 +123,24 @@ public class MvcRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher, RequestVariablesExtrac
 		return this.servletPath;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("Mvc [pattern='").append(this.pattern).append("'");
+
+		if (this.servletPath != null) {
+			sb.append(", servletPath='").append(this.servletPath).append("'");
+		}
+
+		if (this.method != null) {
+			sb.append(", ").append(this.method);
+		}
+
+		sb.append("]");
+
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
 	private class DefaultMatcher implements RequestMatcher, RequestVariablesExtractor {
 
 		private final UrlPathHelper pathHelper = new UrlPathHelper();
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/AnyRequestMatcher.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/AnyRequestMatcher.java
index c18268d9f6..f3931d8ac0 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/AnyRequestMatcher.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/AnyRequestMatcher.java
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ public final class AnyRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher {
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "any request";
+	}
+
 	private AnyRequestMatcher() {
 	}
 }
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/ELRequestMatcher.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/ELRequestMatcher.java
index 501efe08b0..3a77019570 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/ELRequestMatcher.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/ELRequestMatcher.java
@@ -65,4 +65,11 @@ public class ELRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher {
 		return new StandardEvaluationContext(new ELRequestMatcherContext(request));
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("EL [el=\"").append(this.expression.getExpressionString()).append("\"");
+		sb.append("]");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcher.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcher.java
index 64659649a9..0c54f8ad01 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcher.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcher.java
@@ -130,4 +130,18 @@ public final class RegexRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher {
 
 		return null;
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("Regex [pattern='").append(this.pattern).append("'");
+
+		if (this.httpMethod != null) {
+			sb.append(", ").append(this.httpMethod);
+		}
+
+		sb.append("]");
+
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/servlet/util/matcher/MvcRequestMatcherTests.java b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/servlet/util/matcher/MvcRequestMatcherTests.java
index 7d3e260ac4..5cdd134663 100644
--- a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/servlet/util/matcher/MvcRequestMatcherTests.java
+++ b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/servlet/util/matcher/MvcRequestMatcherTests.java
@@ -216,4 +216,31 @@ public class MvcRequestMatcherTests {
 				new HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException(this.request.getMethod()));
 		assertThat(this.matcher.matches(this.request)).isTrue();
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void toStringWhenAll() {
+		this.matcher.setMethod(HttpMethod.GET);
+		this.matcher.setServletPath("/spring");
+
+		assertThat(this.matcher.toString()).isEqualTo("Mvc [pattern='/path', servletPath='/spring', GET]");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void toStringWhenHttpMethod() {
+		this.matcher.setMethod(HttpMethod.GET);
+
+		assertThat(this.matcher.toString()).isEqualTo("Mvc [pattern='/path', GET]");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void toStringWhenServletPath() {
+		this.matcher.setServletPath("/spring");
+
+		assertThat(this.matcher.toString()).isEqualTo("Mvc [pattern='/path', servletPath='/spring']");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void toStringWhenOnlyPattern() {
+		assertThat(this.matcher.toString()).isEqualTo("Mvc [pattern='/path']");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/ELRequestMatcherTests.java b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/ELRequestMatcherTests.java
index 66f70e2f0a..b4b53dacee 100644
--- a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/ELRequestMatcherTests.java
+++ b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/ELRequestMatcherTests.java
@@ -90,4 +90,10 @@ public class ELRequestMatcherTests {
 		assertThat(requestMatcher.matches(request)).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void toStringThenFormatted() {
+		ELRequestMatcher requestMatcher = new ELRequestMatcher(
+				"hasHeader('User-Agent','MSIE')");
+		assertThat(requestMatcher.toString()).isEqualTo("EL [el=\"hasHeader('User-Agent','MSIE')\"]");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcherTests.java b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcherTests.java
index 78b1c2becd..676be4310e 100644
--- a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcherTests.java
+++ b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcherTests.java
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ public class RegexRequestMatcherTests {
 		assertThat(matcher.matches(request)).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void toStringThenFormatted() {
+		RegexRequestMatcher matcher = new RegexRequestMatcher("/blah", "GET");
+		assertThat(matcher.toString()).isEqualTo("Regex [pattern='/blah', GET]");
+	}
+
 	private HttpServletRequest createRequestWithNullMethod(String path) {
 		when(request.getQueryString()).thenReturn("doesntMatter");
 		when(request.getServletPath()).thenReturn(path);