diff --git a/aos/aos_dump.cc b/aos/aos_dump.cc
index 1662b47..a13ad9a 100644
--- a/aos/aos_dump.cc
+++ b/aos/aos_dump.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
             "If true, fetch the current message on the channel first");
 DEFINE_bool(pretty, false,
             "If true, pretty print the messages on multiple lines");
+DEFINE_bool(
+    pretty_max, false,
+    "If true, expand every field to its own line (expands more than -pretty)");
 DEFINE_bool(print_timestamps, true, "If true, timestamps are printed.");
 DEFINE_uint64(count, 0,
               "If >0, aos_dump will exit after printing this many messages.");
@@ -44,7 +47,8 @@
 
   aos::FlatbufferToJson(
       builder, channel->schema(), static_cast<const uint8_t *>(context.data),
-      {FLAGS_pretty, static_cast<size_t>(FLAGS_max_vector_size)});
+      {FLAGS_pretty, static_cast<size_t>(FLAGS_max_vector_size),
+       FLAGS_pretty_max});
 
   if (FLAGS_print_timestamps) {
     if (context.monotonic_remote_time != context.monotonic_event_time) {
diff --git a/aos/flatbuffer_introspection.cc b/aos/flatbuffer_introspection.cc
index b7f3727..b442af8 100644
--- a/aos/flatbuffer_introspection.cc
+++ b/aos/flatbuffer_introspection.cc
@@ -300,7 +300,9 @@
   const int child_tree_depth = tree_depth + 1;
 
   bool wrap = false;
-  if (json_options.multi_line) {
+  if (json_options.max_multi_line) {
+    wrap = true;
+  } else if (json_options.multi_line) {
     // Check whether this object has objects, vectors, or floats inside of it
     for (const reflection::Field *field : *obj->fields()) {
       if (ShouldCauseWrapping(field->type()->base_type())) {
diff --git a/aos/json_to_flatbuffer.h b/aos/json_to_flatbuffer.h
index 1f475be..7168e4c 100644
--- a/aos/json_to_flatbuffer.h
+++ b/aos/json_to_flatbuffer.h
@@ -38,10 +38,13 @@
 }
 
 struct JsonOptions {
-  // controls if the Json is written ouut on multiple lines or one.
+  // controls if the Json is written out on multiple lines or one.
   bool multi_line = false;
   // the contents of vectors longer than max_vector_size will be skipped.
   size_t max_vector_size = SIZE_MAX;
+  // more extensive version of multi_line that prints every single field on its
+  // own line.
+  bool max_multi_line = false;
 };
 
 // Converts a flatbuffer into a Json string.