1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/configured_bignumber.ts b/packages/utils/src/configured_bignumber.ts
index 2b22b6938..8e1491796 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/configured_bignumber.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/configured_bignumber.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,22 @@ BigNumber.config({
     DECIMAL_PLACES: 78,
 });
 
+// Set a debug print function for NodeJS
+// Upstream issue: https://github.com/MikeMcl/bignumber.js/issues/188
+import isNode = require('detect-node');
+if (isNode) {
+    // Dynamically load a NodeJS specific module.
+    // Typescript requires all imports to be global, so we need to use
+    // `const` here and disable the tslint warning.
+    // tslint:disable-next-line: no-var-requires
+    const util = require('util');
+
+    // Set a custom util.inspect function
+    (BigNumber.prototype as any)[util.inspect.custom] = function(): string {
+        // Return the readable string representation
+        // tslint:disable-next-line: no-invalid-this
+        return this.toString();
+    };
+}
+
 export { BigNumber };