diff --git a/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal b/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
index b2fbad862a..86200186bf 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
+++ b/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ library
     Cardano.CLI.Commands
     Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug
     Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.LogEpochState
+    Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction
+    Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction.Echo
     Cardano.CLI.Commands.Hash
     Cardano.CLI.Commands.Ping
     Cardano.CLI.Environment
@@ -145,6 +147,8 @@ library
     Cardano.CLI.OS.Posix
     Cardano.CLI.Options
     Cardano.CLI.Options.Debug
+    Cardano.CLI.Options.Debug.Transaction
+    Cardano.CLI.Options.Debug.Transaction.Echo
     Cardano.CLI.Options.Hash
     Cardano.CLI.Options.Ping
     Cardano.CLI.Orphans
@@ -155,6 +159,8 @@ library
     Cardano.CLI.Run
     Cardano.CLI.Run.Debug
     Cardano.CLI.Run.Debug.LogEpochState
+    Cardano.CLI.Run.Debug.Transaction
+    Cardano.CLI.Run.Debug.Transaction.Echo
     Cardano.CLI.Run.Hash
     Cardano.CLI.Run.Ping
     Cardano.CLI.TopHandler
@@ -164,6 +170,7 @@ library
     Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.BootstrapWitnessError
     Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.CardanoAddressSigningKeyConversionError
     Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.CmdError
+    Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.DebugCmdError
     Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.DelegationError
     Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.GenesisCmdError
     Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.GovernanceActionsError
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Commands/Debug.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Commands/Debug.hs
index 8ab05d92b9..2e5928d545 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Commands/Debug.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Commands/Debug.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ module Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug
 where
 
 import           Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.LogEpochState
+import           Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction
 
-newtype DebugCmds
+data DebugCmds
   = DebugLogEpochStateCmd LogEpochStateCmdArgs
+  | DebugTransactionCmds DebugTransactionCmds
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Commands/Debug/Transaction.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Commands/Debug/Transaction.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fa0d0d5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Commands/Debug/Transaction.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction
+  ( DebugTransactionCmds (..)
+  )
+where
+
+import           Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction.Echo
+
+newtype DebugTransactionCmds
+  = DebugTransactionEchoCmd TransactionEchoCmdArgs
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Commands/Debug/Transaction/Echo.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Commands/Debug/Transaction/Echo.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db47b9d3cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Commands/Debug/Transaction/Echo.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DuplicateRecordFields #-}
+
+module Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction.Echo
+  ( TransactionEchoCmdArgs (..)
+  )
+where
+
+import           Cardano.Api.Shelley
+
+import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Common
+
+data TransactionEchoCmdArgs = TransactionEchoCmdArgs
+  { txOrTxBodyFile :: !InputTxBodyOrTxFile
+  , outTxFile :: !(TxFile Out)
+  }
+  deriving Show
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Transaction.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Transaction.hs
index 0544d0c28e..92fd884d98 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Transaction.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Transaction.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Commands.Transaction
   , TransactionBuildRawCmdArgs (..)
   , TransactionBuildCmdArgs (..)
   , TransactionBuildEstimateCmdArgs (..)
+  , TransactionEchoCmdArgs (..)
   , TransactionSignCmdArgs (..)
   , TransactionWitnessCmdArgs (..)
   , TransactionSignWitnessCmdArgs (..)
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ where
 import           Cardano.Api.Ledger (Coin)
 import           Cardano.Api.Shelley
 
+import           Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction.Echo
 import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Common
 import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Governance
 
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ data TransactionCmds era
   = TransactionBuildRawCmd !(TransactionBuildRawCmdArgs era)
   | TransactionBuildCmd !(TransactionBuildCmdArgs era)
   | TransactionBuildEstimateCmd !(TransactionBuildEstimateCmdArgs era)
+  | TransactionEchoCmd !TransactionEchoCmdArgs
   | TransactionSignCmd !TransactionSignCmdArgs
   | TransactionWitnessCmd !TransactionWitnessCmdArgs
   | TransactionSignWitnessCmd !TransactionSignWitnessCmdArgs
@@ -259,6 +262,7 @@ renderTransactionCmds = \case
   TransactionBuildCmd{} -> "transaction build"
   TransactionBuildEstimateCmd{} -> "transaction build-estimate"
   TransactionBuildRawCmd{} -> "transaction build-raw"
+  TransactionEchoCmd{} -> "transaction echo"
   TransactionSignCmd{} -> "transaction sign"
   TransactionWitnessCmd{} -> "transaction witness"
   TransactionSignWitnessCmd{} -> "transaction sign-witness"
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Transaction.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Transaction.hs
index 3b7abb0430..1ab5f728da 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Transaction.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Transaction.hs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Run.Transaction
   ( runTransactionCmds
   , runTransactionBuildCmd
   , runTransactionBuildRawCmd
+  , runTransactionEchoCmd
   , runTransactionSignCmd
   , runTransactionSubmitCmd
   , runTransactionCalculateMinFeeCmd
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ runTransactionCmds = \case
   Cmd.TransactionBuildCmd args -> runTransactionBuildCmd args
   Cmd.TransactionBuildEstimateCmd args -> runTransactionBuildEstimateCmd args
   Cmd.TransactionBuildRawCmd args -> runTransactionBuildRawCmd args
+  Cmd.TransactionEchoCmd args -> runTransactionEchoCmd args
   Cmd.TransactionSignCmd args -> runTransactionSignCmd args
   Cmd.TransactionSubmitCmd args -> runTransactionSubmitCmd args
   Cmd.TransactionCalculateMinFeeCmd args -> runTransactionCalculateMinFeeCmd args
@@ -1448,6 +1450,43 @@ runTransactionSignCmd
             lift (writeTxFileTextEnvelopeCddl sbe outTxFile tx)
               & onLeft (left . TxCmdWriteFileError)
 
+-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Transaction echoing
+--
+
+runTransactionEchoCmd
+  :: ()
+  => Cmd.TransactionEchoCmdArgs
+  -> ExceptT TxCmdError IO ()
+runTransactionEchoCmd
+  Cmd.TransactionEchoCmdArgs
+    { txOrTxBodyFile = txOrTxBody
+    , outTxFile = outTxFile
+    } = do
+    case txOrTxBody of
+      InputTxFile (File inputTxFilePath) -> do
+        inputTxFile <- liftIO $ fileOrPipe inputTxFilePath
+        anyTx <- lift (readFileTx inputTxFile) & onLeft (left . TxCmdTextEnvCddlError)
+
+        InAnyShelleyBasedEra sbe tx <- pure anyTx
+
+        lift (writeTxFileTextEnvelopeCddl sbe outTxFile tx)
+          & onLeft (left . TxCmdWriteFileError)
+      InputTxBodyFile (File txbodyFilePath) -> do
+        txbodyFile <- liftIO $ fileOrPipe txbodyFilePath
+        unwitnessed <- firstExceptT TxCmdTextEnvCddlError . newExceptT $ readFileTxBody txbodyFile
+
+        case unwitnessed of
+          IncompleteCddlTxBody anyTxBody -> do
+            InAnyShelleyBasedEra sbe txbody <- pure anyTxBody
+
+            let tx = makeSignedTransaction [] txbody
+
+            firstExceptT TxCmdWriteFileError . newExceptT $
+              writeLazyByteStringFile outTxFile $
+                shelleyBasedEraConstraints sbe $
+                  textEnvelopeToJSON Nothing tx
+
 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Transaction submission
 --
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Options/Debug/Transaction.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Options/Debug/Transaction.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70c5b2946d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Options/Debug/Transaction.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+
+{- HLINT ignore "Use <$>" -}
+{- HLINT ignore "Move brackets to avoid $" -}
+
+module Cardano.CLI.Options.Debug.Transaction
+  ( parseDebugCmds
+  )
+where
+
+import           Cardano.Api.Shelley hiding (QueryInShelleyBasedEra (..))
+
+import           Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug
+import           Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.LogEpochState
+import           Cardano.CLI.Environment
+import           Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Options.Common
+import           Cardano.CLI.Options.Debug.Transaction.Echo
+
+import           Data.Foldable
+import           Options.Applicative hiding (help, str)
+import qualified Options.Applicative as Opt
+
+parseDebugCmds :: EnvCli -> Parser DebugCmds
+parseDebugCmds envCli =
+  Opt.hsubparser $
+    mconcat
+      [ Opt.metavar "debug transaction commands"
+      , Opt.commandGroup "debug commands"
+      , Opt.command "transaction" $
+          Opt.info (pDebugCmds envCli) $
+            Opt.progDesc "Debug transaction commands"
+      ]
+
+pDebugCmds :: EnvCli -> Parser DebugCmds
+pDebugCmds envCli =
+  asum
+    [ subParser "log-epoch-state" $
+        Opt.info pLogEpochStateCmdArgs $
+          Opt.progDesc $
+            mconcat
+              [ "Log epoch state of a running node."
+              , " This command will connect to a local node and log the epoch state to a file."
+              , " The log file format is line delimited JSON."
+              , " The command will not terminate."
+              ]
+    , subParser "echo" $
+        Opt.info (DebugTransactionCmds <$> pDebugTransactionEcho) $
+          Opt.progDesc "Echo a transaction"
+    ]
+ where
+  pLogEpochStateCmdArgs :: Parser DebugCmds
+  pLogEpochStateCmdArgs =
+    fmap DebugLogEpochStateCmd $
+      LogEpochStateCmdArgs
+        <$> pSocketPath envCli
+        <*> pNodeConfigurationFileIn
+        <*> pFileOutDirection
+          "out-file"
+          "Output filepath of the log file.  The log file format is line delimited JSON."
+
+pNodeConfigurationFileIn :: Parser (NodeConfigFile In)
+pNodeConfigurationFileIn =
+  fmap File $
+    Opt.strOption $
+      mconcat
+        [ Opt.long "node-configuration-file"
+        , Opt.metavar "FILE"
+        , Opt.help "Input filepath of the node configuration file."
+        , Opt.completer (Opt.bashCompleter "file")
+        ]
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Options/Debug/Transaction/Echo.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Options/Debug/Transaction/Echo.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a02059a04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Options/Debug/Transaction/Echo.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+
+module Cardano.CLI.Options.Debug.Transaction.Echo
+  ( pDebugTransactionEcho
+  )
+where
+
+import           Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction
+import           Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction.Echo
+import           Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Options.Common
+
+import           Options.Applicative hiding (help, str)
+
+pDebugTransactionEcho :: Parser DebugTransactionCmds
+pDebugTransactionEcho =
+  fmap DebugTransactionEchoCmd $
+    TransactionEchoCmdArgs
+      <$> pInputTxOrTxBodyFile
+      <*> pTxFileOut
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Debug.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Debug.hs
index 3b45f9243a..e74dd3afb1 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Debug.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Debug.hs
@@ -8,18 +8,26 @@ module Cardano.CLI.Run.Debug
   )
 where
 
+import           Cardano.Api
+
 import           Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug
 import           Cardano.CLI.Run.Debug.LogEpochState
-
-import           Control.Monad.IO.Class
-import           Control.Monad.Trans.Except
-import           Prettyprinter
-
-data DebugCmdError = DebugCmdFailed
+import           Cardano.CLI.Run.Debug.Transaction
+import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.DebugCmdError
 
 runDebugCmds :: DebugCmds -> ExceptT DebugCmdError IO ()
 runDebugCmds = \case
   DebugLogEpochStateCmd cmd -> liftIO $ runLogEpochStateCmd cmd
+  DebugTransactionCmds cmds -> runDebugTransactionCmds cmds
 
 renderDebugCmdError :: DebugCmdError -> Doc ann
-renderDebugCmdError DebugCmdFailed = "Debug command failed"
+renderDebugCmdError = \case
+  DebugCmdFailed ->
+    "Debug command failed"
+  DebugCmdWriteFileError fileErr ->
+    prettyError fileErr
+  DebugCmdTextEnvCddlError cddlErr ->
+    mconcat
+      [ "Failed to decode the ledger's CDDL serialisation format. "
+      , "TextEnvelopeCddl error: " <> prettyError cddlErr
+      ]
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Debug/Transaction.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Debug/Transaction.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df6fb46f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Debug/Transaction.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+
+module Cardano.CLI.Run.Debug.Transaction
+  ( runDebugTransactionCmds
+  )
+where
+
+import           Cardano.Api
+
+import           Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction
+import           Cardano.CLI.Run.Debug.Transaction.Echo
+import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.DebugCmdError
+
+runDebugTransactionCmds
+  :: DebugTransactionCmds
+  -> ExceptT DebugCmdError IO ()
+runDebugTransactionCmds = \case
+  DebugTransactionEchoCmd cmd -> runDebugTransactionEchoCmd cmd
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Debug/Transaction/Echo.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Debug/Transaction/Echo.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a652e63263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Debug/Transaction/Echo.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DuplicateRecordFields #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+
+module Cardano.CLI.Run.Debug.Transaction.Echo
+  ( runDebugTransactionEchoCmd
+  )
+where
+
+import           Cardano.Api
+
+import qualified Cardano.CLI.Commands.Debug.Transaction.Echo as Cmd
+import           Cardano.CLI.Orphans ()
+import           Cardano.CLI.Read
+import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Common
+import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.DebugCmdError
+
+import           Data.Function ((&))
+
+runDebugTransactionEchoCmd
+  :: ()
+  => Cmd.TransactionEchoCmdArgs
+  -> ExceptT DebugCmdError IO ()
+runDebugTransactionEchoCmd
+  Cmd.TransactionEchoCmdArgs
+    { Cmd.txOrTxBodyFile = txOrTxBody
+    , Cmd.outTxFile = outTxFile
+    } = do
+    case txOrTxBody of
+      InputTxFile (File inputTxFilePath) -> do
+        inputTxFile <- liftIO $ fileOrPipe inputTxFilePath
+        anyTx <- lift (readFileTx inputTxFile) & onLeft (left . DebugCmdTextEnvCddlError)
+
+        InAnyShelleyBasedEra sbe tx <- pure anyTx
+
+        lift (writeTxFileTextEnvelopeCddl sbe outTxFile tx)
+          & onLeft (left . DebugCmdWriteFileError)
+      InputTxBodyFile (File txbodyFilePath) -> do
+        txbodyFile <- liftIO $ fileOrPipe txbodyFilePath
+        unwitnessed <- firstExceptT DebugCmdTextEnvCddlError . newExceptT $ readFileTxBody txbodyFile
+
+        case unwitnessed of
+          IncompleteCddlTxBody anyTxBody -> do
+            InAnyShelleyBasedEra sbe txbody <- pure anyTxBody
+
+            let tx = makeSignedTransaction [] txbody
+
+            firstExceptT DebugCmdWriteFileError . newExceptT $
+              writeLazyByteStringFile outTxFile $
+                shelleyBasedEraConstraints sbe $
+                  textEnvelopeToJSON Nothing tx
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Errors/DebugCmdError.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Errors/DebugCmdError.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f602cb3796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Errors/DebugCmdError.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
+
+module Cardano.CLI.Types.Errors.DebugCmdError
+  ( DebugCmdError (..)
+  )
+where
+
+import           Cardano.Api
+
+import           GHC.Generics (Generic)
+
+data DebugCmdError
+  = DebugCmdFailed
+  | DebugCmdTextEnvCddlError !(FileError TextEnvelopeCddlError)
+  | DebugCmdWriteFileError !(FileError ())
+  deriving (Show, Generic)