diff --git a/python/src/trezorlib/debuglink.py b/python/src/trezorlib/debuglink.py
index 470dc6257a..218f2c1cb8 100644
--- a/python/src/trezorlib/debuglink.py
+++ b/python/src/trezorlib/debuglink.py
@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ class DebugLink:
         self.t1_screenshot_directory: Optional[Path] = None
         self.t1_screenshot_counter = 0
 
+        # Optional debug screen saver
+        self.debug_screen_file: Optional[Path] = None
+        self.last_screen_content = ""
+
+    def set_debug_screen_file(self, file_path: Path) -> None:
+        Path(file_path).write_bytes(b"")
+        self.debug_screen_file = file_path
+
     def open(self) -> None:
         self.transport.begin_session()
 
@@ -304,10 +312,33 @@ class DebugLink:
         )
         ret = self._call(decision, nowait=not wait)
         if ret is not None:
+            if self.debug_screen_file is not None:
+                self.save_debug_screen(ret.lines)
             return LayoutContent(ret.lines)
 
+        if self.debug_screen_file is not None:
+            layout = self.read_layout()
+            self.save_debug_screen(layout.lines)
+
         return None
 
+    def save_debug_screen(self, lines: List[str]) -> None:
+        if self.debug_screen_file is not None:
+            if not self.debug_screen_file.exists():
+                self.debug_screen_file.write_bytes(b"")
+
+            content = "\n".join(lines)
+
+            # Not writing the same screen twice
+            if content == self.last_screen_content:
+                return
+
+            self.last_screen_content = content
+
+            with open(self.debug_screen_file, "a") as f:
+                f.write(content)
+                f.write("\n" + 80 * "/" + "\n")
+
     # Type overloads make sure that when we supply `wait=True` into `click()`,
     # it will always return `LayoutContent` and we do not need to assert `is not None`.
 
diff --git a/tests/ui_tests/.gitignore b/tests/ui_tests/.gitignore
index 3f2756cebe..c50d2d2aa9 100644
--- a/tests/ui_tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/ui_tests/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *.png
 *.html
 *.zip
+*.txt
 fixtures.suggestion.json
 fixtures.json.diff
diff --git a/tests/ui_tests/__init__.py b/tests/ui_tests/__init__.py
index eed6927291..d8a026f617 100644
--- a/tests/ui_tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/ui_tests/__init__.py
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ def screen_recording(
     shutil.rmtree(screen_path, ignore_errors=True)
     screen_path.mkdir()
 
+    # Start saving debugging trace into a file
+    debug_screen_file = screens_test_path / "screens.txt"
+    client.debug.set_debug_screen_file(debug_screen_file)
+
     try:
         client.debug.start_recording(str(screen_path))
         yield
diff --git a/tests/ui_tests/reporting/testreport.py b/tests/ui_tests/reporting/testreport.py
index 4c496a011f..a6d8fa5633 100644
--- a/tests/ui_tests/reporting/testreport.py
+++ b/tests/ui_tests/reporting/testreport.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from . import download, html
 HERE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 REPORTS_PATH = HERE / "reports" / "test"
 RECORDED_SCREENS_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "screens"
+SCREEN_TEXT_FILE = REPORTS_PATH / "screen_text.txt"
 
 STYLE = (HERE / "testreport.css").read_text()
 SCRIPT = (HERE / "testreport.js").read_text()
@@ -201,6 +202,18 @@ def all_unique_screens(test_case_dirs: List[Path]) -> Path:
     return html.write(REPORTS_PATH, doc, ALL_UNIQUE_SCREENS)
 
 
+def screen_text_report(test_case_dirs: List[Path]) -> None:
+    with open(SCREEN_TEXT_FILE, "w") as f2:
+        for test_case_dir in test_case_dirs:
+            screen_file = test_case_dir / "screens.txt"
+            if not screen_file.exists():
+                continue
+            f2.write(f"\n{test_case_dir.name}\n")
+            with open(screen_file, "r") as f:
+                for line in f.readlines():
+                    f2.write(f"\t{line}")
+
+
 def generate_reports() -> None:
     """Generate HTML reports for the test."""
     index()
@@ -210,6 +223,7 @@ def generate_reports() -> None:
     current_testcases = _get_testcases_dirs()
     all_screens(current_testcases)
     all_unique_screens(current_testcases)
+    screen_text_report(current_testcases)
 
 
 def _img_hash(img: Path) -> str: