diff --git a/ptf b/ptf
index 79becd0..64b8449 100755
--- a/ptf
+++ b/ptf
@@ -819,7 +819,8 @@ platform_mod = None
 try:
     platform_mod = import_module(config["platform_dir"], platform_name)
 except:
-    logging.warn("Failed to import " + platform_name + " platform module")
+    logging.warning("Failed to import " + platform_name + " platform module")
+    # logging.warn("Failed to import " + platform_name + " platform module")
     raise
 
 try:
diff --git a/src/ptf/dataplane.py b/src/ptf/dataplane.py
index fd250fe..7e307be 100644
--- a/src/ptf/dataplane.py
+++ b/src/ptf/dataplane.py
@@ -854,6 +854,33 @@ def format(self):
             in the output. If the expected packet is a scapy packet object, the
             output will include information about the fields in the packet.
             """
+            # returns list of indexes of bytes not matching the expected packet
+            def get_indexes_not_equal(exp_pkt, pkt):
+                if isinstance(exp_pkt, mask.Mask):
+                    if not exp_pkt.is_valid():
+                        return []
+                    ret = exp_pkt.pkt_match(pkt, with_indexes=True)
+                    if type(ret) == bool:
+                        # something went wrong, don't mark any bytes red
+                        return None
+                    else:
+                        b, indxs_n_equal = ret
+                        return indxs_n_equal
+
+                e = bytes(exp_pkt)
+                p = bytes(pkt)
+                if len(e) < 60:
+                    p = p[:len(e)]
+
+                indxs_n_equal = []
+                i = 0
+                for b in p:
+                    if b != e[i]:
+                        indxs_n_equal.append(i)
+                    i = i + 1
+
+                return indxs_n_equal
+
             try:
                 stdout_save = sys.stdout
                 # The scapy packet dissection methods print directly to stdout,
@@ -885,7 +912,8 @@ def format(self):
                             # the expected packet's class.
                             packet.ls(self.expected_packet.__class__(recent_packet))
                             print("--")
-                        packet.hexdump(recent_packet)
+                        indxs_n_equal = get_indexes_not_equal(self.expected_packet, recent_packet)
+                        packet.hexdump_marked(recent_packet, indxs_n_equal)
                 else:
                     print("%d total packets." % self.packet_count)
                 print("==============================")
diff --git a/src/ptf/mask.py b/src/ptf/mask.py
index 32afb48..1e596fa 100644
--- a/src/ptf/mask.py
+++ b/src/ptf/mask.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def set_ignore_extra_bytes(self):
     def is_valid(self):
         return self.valid
 
-    def pkt_match(self, pkt):
+    def pkt_match(self, pkt, with_indexes=False):
         # just to be on the safe side
         pkt = bytearray(bytes(pkt))
         # we fail if we don't match on sizes, or if ignore_extra_bytes is set,
@@ -89,9 +89,15 @@ def pkt_match(self, pkt):
         ) < self.size:
             return False
         exp_pkt = bytearray(bytes(self.exp_pkt))
+        indxs_n_equal = []
         for i in range(self.size):
             if (exp_pkt[i] & self.mask[i]) != (pkt[i] & self.mask[i]):
-                return False
+                if not with_indexes:
+                    return False
+                else:
+                    indxs_n_equal.append(i)
+        if with_indexes:
+            return len(indxs_n_equal) == 0, indxs_n_equal
         return True
 
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/src/ptf/packet_scapy.py b/src/ptf/packet_scapy.py
index a8a43b9..f6de833 100644
--- a/src/ptf/packet_scapy.py
+++ b/src/ptf/packet_scapy.py
@@ -148,6 +148,32 @@ def mysummary(self):
         pass
 
 
+# modified scapy.utils.hexdump(packet)
+# https://github.com/secdev/scapy/blob/master/scapy/utils.py
+def hexdump_marked(in_packet, indxs_n_equal):
+    def red(inp_str):
+        return '\x1b[1;31m' + inp_str + '\x1b[0m'
+
+    s = ""
+    x = scapy.utils.bytes_encode(in_packet)
+    x_len = len(x)
+    i = 0
+    while i < x_len:
+        s += "%04x  " % i
+        for j in range(16):
+            if i + j < x_len:
+                if indxs_n_equal is not None and i + j in indxs_n_equal:
+                    s += red("%02X " % scapy.utils.orb(x[i + j]))
+                else:
+                    s += "%02X " % scapy.utils.orb(x[i + j])
+            else:
+                s += "   "
+        s += " %s\n" % scapy.utils.sane(x[i:i + 16])
+        i += 16
+    # remove trailing \n
+    s = s[:-1] if s.endswith("\n") else s
+    print(s)
+
 # Scapy has its own hexdump
 hexdump = scapy.utils.hexdump
 ls = scapy.packet.ls