diff --git a/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/symbol/SymbolDecorator.java b/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/symbol/SymbolDecorator.java
index 4da4f43410..1e90ba4690 100644
--- a/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/symbol/SymbolDecorator.java
+++ b/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/symbol/SymbolDecorator.java
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ public ASTCDClass decorate(ASTCDClass symbolInput) {
             .addCDMember(createDetermineFullName(scopeInterface))
             .build();
 
+    // Only add a toString method, if not already present on the input CD
+    if (symbolClass.getCDMethodList().stream().noneMatch(x->x.getName().equals("toString") && x.getCDParameterList().isEmpty()))
+      symbolClass.addCDMember(createToString(symbolName));
+
     // add only for scope spanning symbols
     if (hasScope || hasInheritedScope) {
       ASTCDAttribute spannedScopeAttribute = createSpannedScopeAttribute();
@@ -314,6 +318,15 @@ protected ASTCDMethod createDetermineFullName(String scopeInterface) {
     return method;
   }
 
+  protected ASTCDMethod createToString(String symbolName) {
+    ASTMCType stringType = getMCTypeFacade().createStringType();
+
+    ASTCDMethod method = getCDMethodFacade().createMethod(PUBLIC.build(), stringType, "toString");
+    this.replaceTemplate(EMPTY_BODY, method, new TemplateHookPoint(TEMPLATE_PATH + "ToString",
+            symbolName));
+    return method;
+  }
+
   public boolean isSymbolTop() {
     return isSymbolTop;
   }
diff --git a/monticore-generator/src/main/resources/_symboltable/symbol/ToString.ftl b/monticore-generator/src/main/resources/_symboltable/symbol/ToString.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..926a01bd8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monticore-generator/src/main/resources/_symboltable/symbol/ToString.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ <#-- (c) https://github.com/MontiCore/monticore -->
+${tc.signature("symbolName")}
+return "${symbolName}{" +
+  "fullName='" + this.getFullName() + "'" +
+  ", sourcePosition=" + this.getSourcePosition() +
+'}';
diff --git a/monticore-generator/src/test/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/symbol/SymbolDecoratorTest.java b/monticore-generator/src/test/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/symbol/SymbolDecoratorTest.java
index a6441af4da..d69538846c 100644
--- a/monticore-generator/src/test/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/symbol/SymbolDecoratorTest.java
+++ b/monticore-generator/src/test/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/symbol/SymbolDecoratorTest.java
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public void testSymbolRuleAttributes() {
 
   @Test
   public void testMethods() {
-    assertEquals(20, symbolClassAutomaton.getCDMethodList().size());
+    assertEquals(21, symbolClassAutomaton.getCDMethodList().size());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ public void testSpannedScopeAttributeStateSymbol() {
 
   @Test
   public void testMethodsStateSymbol() {
-    assertEquals(18, symbolClassState.getCDMethodList().size());
+    assertEquals(19, symbolClassState.getCDMethodList().size());
   
     assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());
   }
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ public void testScopeRuleMethod() {
     assertDeepEquals(String.class, method.getMCReturnType().getMCType());
 
     assertTrue(method.isEmptyCDParameters());
-  
+
     assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());
   }
 
diff --git a/monticore-test/02.experiments/symbols/src/test/java/AutomataSymbolsTest.java b/monticore-test/02.experiments/symbols/src/test/java/AutomataSymbolsTest.java
index 22afea92bb..ce6caf50b7 100644
--- a/monticore-test/02.experiments/symbols/src/test/java/AutomataSymbolsTest.java
+++ b/monticore-test/02.experiments/symbols/src/test/java/AutomataSymbolsTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ public void testStateSymbol1() throws IOException {
     assertEquals("ping",s1.getName());
     assertEquals("",s1.getPackageName());
     assertEquals("ping",s1.getFullName());
+    // Test the generated toString method()
+    assertEquals("StateSymbol{fullName='ping', sourcePosition=<0,0>}",s1.toString());
     assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());
   }