diff --git a/src/intel/tools/aubinator.c b/src/intel/tools/aubinator.c
index 73df16b6dce..0d4b3f944f4 100644
--- a/src/intel/tools/aubinator.c
+++ b/src/intel/tools/aubinator.c
@@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ print_iterator_values(struct gen_field_iterator *iter, int *idx)
 {
     char *token = NULL;
     if (strstr(iter->value, "struct") == NULL) {
-        printf("    %s: %s\n", iter->name, iter->value);
+       if (strlen(iter->description) > 0) {
+          printf("    %s: %s (%s)\n",
+                 iter->name, iter->value, iter->description);
+       } else {
+          printf("    %s: %s\n", iter->name, iter->value);
+       }
     } else {
         token = strtok(iter->value, " ");
         if (token != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/intel/tools/decoder.c b/src/intel/tools/decoder.c
index 88ba5c0f5fc..6bd02bf9053 100644
--- a/src/intel/tools/decoder.c
+++ b/src/intel/tools/decoder.c
@@ -635,6 +635,19 @@ gen_field_iterator_init(struct gen_field_iterator *iter,
    iter->print_colors = print_colors;
 }
 
+static void
+gen_field_write_value(char *str, size_t max_length,
+                      struct gen_field *field,
+                      uint64_t value)
+{
+   for (int i = 0; i < field->n_values; i++) {
+      if (field->values[i]->value == value) {
+         strncpy(str, field->values[i]->name, max_length);
+         return;
+      }
+   }
+}
+
 bool
 gen_field_iterator_next(struct gen_field_iterator *iter)
 {
@@ -656,16 +669,26 @@ gen_field_iterator_next(struct gen_field_iterator *iter)
    else
       v.qw = iter->p[index];
 
+   iter->description[0] = '\0';
+
    switch (f->type.kind) {
    case GEN_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
-   case GEN_TYPE_INT:
+   case GEN_TYPE_INT: {
+      uint64_t value = field(v.qw, f->start, f->end);
       snprintf(iter->value, sizeof(iter->value),
-               "%"PRId64, field(v.qw, f->start, f->end));
+               "%"PRId64, value);
+      gen_field_write_value(iter->description, sizeof(iter->description),
+                            f, value);
       break;
-   case GEN_TYPE_UINT:
+   }
+   case GEN_TYPE_UINT: {
+      uint64_t value = field(v.qw, f->start, f->end);
       snprintf(iter->value, sizeof(iter->value),
-               "%"PRIu64, field(v.qw, f->start, f->end));
+               "%"PRIu64, value);
+      gen_field_write_value(iter->description, sizeof(iter->description),
+                            f, value);
       break;
+   }
    case GEN_TYPE_BOOL: {
       const char *true_string =
          iter->print_colors ? "\e[0;35mtrue\e[0m" : "true";
diff --git a/src/intel/tools/decoder.h b/src/intel/tools/decoder.h
index ecc9ff116b7..b28e6031249 100644
--- a/src/intel/tools/decoder.h
+++ b/src/intel/tools/decoder.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct gen_field_iterator {
    struct gen_group *group;
    const char *name;
    char value[128];
+   char description[128];
    const uint32_t *p;
    int i;
    bool print_colors;