diff --git a/graphql_client/src/lib.rs b/graphql_client/src/lib.rs
index 67364730..4e80ea4e 100644
--- a/graphql_client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/graphql_client/src/lib.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pub trait GraphQLQuery {
 }
 
 /// The form in which queries are sent over HTTP in most implementations. This will be built using the [`GraphQLQuery`] trait normally.
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct QueryBody<Variables> {
     /// The values for the variables. They must match those declared in the queries. This should be the `Variables` struct from the generated module corresponding to the query.
     pub variables: Variables,
@@ -100,6 +100,28 @@ pub struct QueryBody<Variables> {
     pub operation_name: &'static str,
 }
 
+struct PrettyStr<'a>(&'a str);
+
+impl<'a> fmt::Debug for PrettyStr<'a> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        // Use `{}` (Display) instead of `{:?}` (Debug) to avoid escaping newlines.
+        write!(f, "\"{}\"", self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Variables: fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for QueryBody<Variables> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("QueryBody")
+            .field("variables", &self.variables)
+            // Replace the escaped literal "\n" with actual newline characters.
+            // This is necessary because when using code-generation,
+            // multi-line strings in macros are escaped and become a single
+            // line string in the generated code
+            .field("query", &PrettyStr(self.query))
+            .field("operation_name", &self.operation_name)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
 /// Represents a location inside a query string. Used in errors. See [`Error`].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Location {
diff --git a/graphql_client/tests/readable_debug.rs b/graphql_client/tests/readable_debug.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9a01590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphql_client/tests/readable_debug.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+use graphql_client::*;
+use opt_query::Param;
+
+#[derive(GraphQLQuery)]
+#[graphql(
+    query_path = "tests/default/query.graphql",
+    schema_path = "tests/default/schema.graphql",
+    variables_derives = "Default, Debug"
+)]
+struct OptQuery;
+
+fn normalize_whitespace(s: &str) -> String {
+    s.lines()
+        .map(str::trim)
+        .filter(|line| !line.is_empty())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("\n")
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn query_is_formatted_correctly() {
+    let variables = opt_query::Variables {
+        param: Some(Param::AUTHOR),
+    };
+    let query = OptQuery::build_query(variables);
+    let debug_output = format!("{:#?}", query);
+
+    let original_query = include_str!("default/query.graphql");
+
+    // Normalize both for comparison
+    let normalized_debug_output = normalize_whitespace(&debug_output);
+    let normalized_original_query = normalize_whitespace(original_query);
+
+    assert!(
+        normalized_debug_output.contains(&normalized_original_query),
+        "Debug output did not contain the expected query.\nDebug output:\n{}\n\nExpected query:\n{}",
+        normalized_debug_output,
+        normalized_original_query
+    );
+}