diff -ur mysql-5.1.31/client/client_priv.h mysql-5.1.31-binlog/client/client_priv.h
--- mysql-5.1.31/client/client_priv.h	2009-02-11 00:05:12.000000000 +0000
+++ mysql-5.1.31-binlog/client/client_priv.h	2009-02-10 22:52:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@
   OPT_FIX_TABLE_NAMES, OPT_FIX_DB_NAMES, OPT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT,
   OPT_DEBUG_INFO, OPT_DEBUG_CHECK, OPT_COLUMN_TYPES, OPT_ERROR_LOG_FILE,
   OPT_WRITE_BINLOG, OPT_DUMP_DATE,
-  OPT_MAX_CLIENT_OPTION
+  OPT_MAX_CLIENT_OPTION, OPT_RAW_OUTPUT
 };
diff -ur mysql-5.1.31/client/mysqlbinlog.cc mysql-5.1.31-binlog/client/mysqlbinlog.cc
--- mysql-5.1.31/client/mysqlbinlog.cc	2009-02-11 00:05:12.000000000 +0000
+++ mysql-5.1.31-binlog/client/mysqlbinlog.cc	2009-02-11 00:21:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 static const char* database= 0;
 static my_bool force_opt= 0, short_form= 0, remote_opt= 0;
 static my_bool debug_info_flag, debug_check_flag;
-static my_bool force_if_open_opt= 1;
+static my_bool force_if_open_opt= 1, raw_mode= 1;
 static ulonglong offset = 0;
 static const char* host = 0;
 static int port= 0;
@@ -1010,6 +1010,9 @@
   {"read-from-remote-server", 'R', "Read binary logs from a MySQL server",
    (uchar**) &remote_opt, (uchar**) &remote_opt, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0},
+  {"raw", OPT_RAW_OUTPUT, "Requires -R. Output raw binlog data instead of SQL statements",
+   (uchar**) &raw_mode, (uchar**) &raw_mode, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+   0, 0},
   {"result-file", 'r', "Direct output to a given file.", 0, 0, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"server-id", OPT_SERVER_ID,
@@ -1353,17 +1356,23 @@
      Set safe delimiter, to dump things
      like CREATE PROCEDURE safely
   */
-  fprintf(result_file, "DELIMITER /*!*/;\n");
-  strmov(print_event_info.delimiter, "/*!*/;");
+  if (!raw_mode)
+  {
+    fprintf(result_file, "DELIMITER /*!*/;\n");
+    strmov(print_event_info.delimiter, "/*!*/;");
   
-  print_event_info.verbose= short_form ? 0 : verbose;
+    print_event_info.verbose= short_form ? 0 : verbose;
+  }
 
   rc= (remote_opt ? dump_remote_log_entries(&print_event_info, logname) :
        dump_local_log_entries(&print_event_info, logname));
 
   /* Set delimiter back to semicolon */
-  fprintf(result_file, "DELIMITER ;\n");
-  strmov(print_event_info.delimiter, ";");
+  if (!raw_mode)
+  {
+    fprintf(result_file, "DELIMITER ;\n");
+    strmov(print_event_info.delimiter, ";");
+  }
   return rc;
 }
 
@@ -1462,6 +1471,7 @@
 {
   uchar buf[128];
   ulong len;
+  uint header_count= 0;
   uint logname_len;
   NET* net;
   my_off_t old_off= start_position_mot;
@@ -1586,8 +1596,23 @@
         */
         if (old_off != BIN_LOG_HEADER_SIZE)
           len= 1;         // fake event, don't increment old_off
+
+        if (raw_mode && (header_count == 0))
+        {
+          header_count++;
+          fprintf(result_file,"%s", BINLOG_MAGIC);
+        }
       }
-      Exit_status retval= process_event(print_event_info, ev, old_off, logname);
+
+      if (raw_mode)
+      {
+        fwrite(net->read_pos + 1, 1, len - 1, result_file);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        Exit_status retval= process_event(print_event_info, ev, old_off, logname);
+      }
+
       if (retval != OK_CONTINUE)
         DBUG_RETURN(retval);
     }
@@ -1623,7 +1648,6 @@
   DBUG_RETURN(OK_CONTINUE);
 }
 
-
 /**
   Reads the @c Format_description_log_event from the beginning of a
   local input file.
@@ -1973,27 +1997,30 @@
   else
     load_processor.init_by_cur_dir();
 
-  fprintf(result_file,
+  if (!raw_mode)
+  {
+    fprintf(result_file,
 	  "/*!40019 SET @@session.max_insert_delayed_threads=0*/;\n");
 
-  if (disable_log_bin)
-    fprintf(result_file,
+    if (disable_log_bin)
+      fprintf(result_file,
             "/*!32316 SET @OLD_SQL_LOG_BIN=@@SQL_LOG_BIN, SQL_LOG_BIN=0*/;\n");
 
-  /*
-    In mysqlbinlog|mysql, don't want mysql to be disconnected after each
-    transaction (which would be the case with GLOBAL.COMPLETION_TYPE==2).
-  */
-  fprintf(result_file,
+    /*
+      In mysqlbinlog|mysql, don't want mysql to be disconnected after each
+      transaction (which would be the case with GLOBAL.COMPLETION_TYPE==2).
+    */
+    fprintf(result_file,
           "/*!50003 SET @OLD_COMPLETION_TYPE=@@COMPLETION_TYPE,"
           "COMPLETION_TYPE=0*/;\n");
 
-  if (charset)
-    fprintf(result_file,
+    if (charset)
+      fprintf(result_file,
             "\n/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;"
             "\n/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;"
             "\n/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;"  
             "\n/*!40101 SET NAMES %s */;\n", charset);
+  }
 
   for (save_stop_position= stop_position, stop_position= ~(my_off_t)0 ;
        (--argc >= 0) ; )
@@ -2007,21 +2034,24 @@
     start_position= BIN_LOG_HEADER_SIZE;
   }
 
-  /*
-    Issue a ROLLBACK in case the last printed binlog was crashed and had half
-    of transaction.
-  */
-  fprintf(result_file,
+  if (!raw_mode)
+  {
+    /*
+      Issue a ROLLBACK in case the last printed binlog was crashed and had half
+      of transaction.
+    */
+    fprintf(result_file,
           "# End of log file\nROLLBACK /* added by mysqlbinlog */;\n"
           "/*!50003 SET COMPLETION_TYPE=@OLD_COMPLETION_TYPE*/;\n");
-  if (disable_log_bin)
-    fprintf(result_file, "/*!32316 SET SQL_LOG_BIN=@OLD_SQL_LOG_BIN*/;\n");
+    if (disable_log_bin)
+      fprintf(result_file, "/*!32316 SET SQL_LOG_BIN=@OLD_SQL_LOG_BIN*/;\n");
 
-  if (charset)
-    fprintf(result_file,
+    if (charset)
+      fprintf(result_file,
             "/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;\n"
             "/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;\n"
             "/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;\n");
+  }
 
   if (tmpdir.list)
     free_tmpdir(&tmpdir);