diff --git a/pkg/remote/trans/nphttp2/codes/code_string.go b/pkg/remote/trans/nphttp2/codes/code_string.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65074b7524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/remote/trans/nphttp2/codes/code_string.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package codes
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+func (c Code) String() string {
+	switch c {
+	case OK:
+		return "OK"
+	case Canceled:
+		return "Canceled"
+	case Unknown:
+		return "Unknown"
+	case InvalidArgument:
+		return "InvalidArgument"
+	case DeadlineExceeded:
+		return "DeadlineExceeded"
+	case NotFound:
+		return "NotFound"
+	case AlreadyExists:
+		return "AlreadyExists"
+	case PermissionDenied:
+		return "PermissionDenied"
+	case ResourceExhausted:
+		return "ResourceExhausted"
+	case FailedPrecondition:
+		return "FailedPrecondition"
+	case Aborted:
+		return "Aborted"
+	case OutOfRange:
+		return "OutOfRange"
+	case Unimplemented:
+		return "Unimplemented"
+	case Internal:
+		return "Internal"
+	case Unavailable:
+		return "Unavailable"
+	case DataLoss:
+		return "DataLoss"
+	case Unauthenticated:
+		return "Unauthenticated"
+	default:
+		return "Code(" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(c), 10) + ")"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/remote/trans/nphttp2/codes/codes_test.go b/pkg/remote/trans/nphttp2/codes/codes_test.go
index 006d62f7be..35a712a49a 100644
--- a/pkg/remote/trans/nphttp2/codes/codes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/remote/trans/nphttp2/codes/codes_test.go
@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ func TestUnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	err = code.UnmarshalJSON([]byte("\"DATA_LOSS\""))
 	test.Assert(t, err != nil, err)
 }
+
+func TestCodeString(t *testing.T) {
+	test.Assert(t, OK.String() == "OK")
+}