diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 477cba2..06663a1 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ libaudit-go can be used to build go applications which perform tasks similar to
 
 To get started see package documentation at [godoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/mozilla/libaudit-go).
 
+For a simple example of usage, see the [auditprint](./auditprint/) tool included in this repository.
+
+```bash
+sudo service stop auditd
+go get -u github.com/mozilla/libaudit-go
+cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/mozilla/libaudit-go
+go install github.com/mozilla/libaudit-go/auditprint
+sudo $GOPATH/bin/auditprint testdata/rules.json
+```
+
 Some key functions are discussed in the overview section below.
 
 ## Overview
diff --git a/audit_events.go b/audit_events.go
index c463807..3ce8e43 100644
--- a/audit_events.go
+++ b/audit_events.go
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ type AuditEvent struct {
 
 // NewAuditEvent takes a NetlinkMessage passed from the netlink connection and parses the data
 // from the message header to return an AuditEvent type.
+//
+// Note that it is possible here that we don't have a full event to return. In some cases, a
+// single audit event may be represented by multiple audit events from the kernel. This function
+// looks after buffering partial fragments of a full event, and may only return the complete event
+// once an AUDIT_EOE record has been recieved for the audit event.
+//
+// See https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-audit/2016-January/msg00019.html for additional information
+// on the behavior of this function.
 func NewAuditEvent(msg NetlinkMessage) (*AuditEvent, error) {
 	x, err := ParseAuditEvent(string(msg.Data[:]), auditConstant(msg.Header.Type), true)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -40,7 +48,23 @@ func NewAuditEvent(msg NetlinkMessage) (*AuditEvent, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown message type %d", msg.Header.Type)
 	}
 
-	return x, nil
+	// Determine if the event type is one which the kernel is expected to send only a single
+	// packet for; in these cases we don't need to look into buffering it and can return the
+	// event immediately.
+	if auditConstant(msg.Header.Type) < AUDIT_SYSCALL ||
+		auditConstant(msg.Header.Type) >= AUDIT_FIRST_ANOM_MSG {
+		return x, nil
+	}
+
+	// If this is an EOE message, get the entire processed message and return it.
+	if auditConstant(msg.Header.Type) == AUDIT_EOE {
+		return bufferGet(x), nil
+	}
+
+	// Otherwise we need to buffer this message.
+	bufferEvent(x)
+
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
 // GetAuditEvents receives audit messages from the kernel and parses them into an AuditEvent.
@@ -63,6 +87,9 @@ func GetAuditEvents(s Netlink, cb EventCallback) {
 						}
 					} else {
 						nae, err := NewAuditEvent(msg)
+						if nae == nil {
+							continue
+						}
 						cb(nae, err)
 					}
 				}
@@ -125,6 +152,9 @@ func GetAuditMessages(s Netlink, cb EventCallback, done *chan bool) {
 					}
 				} else {
 					nae, err := NewAuditEvent(msg)
+					if nae == nil {
+						continue
+					}
 					cb(nae, err)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/auditprint/auditprint.go b/auditprint/auditprint.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d9b386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auditprint/auditprint.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+// auditprint is a simple command line tool that loads an audit rule set from a JSON file,
+// applies it to the current kernel and begins printing any audit event the kernel sends in
+// JSON format.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/mozilla/libaudit-go"
+)
+
+func auditProc(e *libaudit.AuditEvent, err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		// See if the error is libaudit.ErrorAuditParse, if so convert and also display
+		// the audit record we could not parse
+		if nerr, ok := err.(libaudit.ErrorAuditParse); ok {
+			fmt.Printf("parser error: %v: %v\n", nerr, nerr.Raw)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("callback received error: %v\n", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	// Marshal the event to JSON and print
+	buf, err := json.Marshal(e)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("callback was unable to marshal event: %v\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("%v\n", string(buf))
+}
+
+func main() {
+	s, err := libaudit.NewNetlinkConnection()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "NetNetlinkConnection: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if len(os.Args) != 2 {
+		fmt.Printf("usage: %v path_to_rules.json\n", os.Args[0])
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	err = libaudit.AuditSetEnabled(s, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "AuditSetEnabled: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	err = libaudit.AuditSetPID(s, os.Getpid())
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "AuditSetPid: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	err = libaudit.AuditSetRateLimit(s, 1000)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "AuditSetRateLimit: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	err = libaudit.AuditSetBacklogLimit(s, 250)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "AuditSetBacklogLimit: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	var ar libaudit.AuditRules
+	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(os.Args[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ReadFile: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	// Make sure we can unmarshal the rules JSON to validate it is the correct
+	// format
+	err = json.Unmarshal(buf, &ar)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Unmarshaling rules JSON: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// Remove current rule set and send rules to the kernel
+	err = libaudit.DeleteAllRules(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "DeleteAllRules: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	warnings, err := libaudit.SetRules(s, buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "SetRules: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	// Print any warnings we got back but still continue
+	for _, x := range warnings {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ruleset warning: %v\n", x)
+	}
+
+	doneCh := make(chan bool, 1)
+	libaudit.GetAuditMessages(s, auditProc, &doneCh)
+}
diff --git a/buffer.go b/buffer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..117d718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buffer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+package libaudit
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+var bufferMap map[uint64][]*AuditEvent
+
+// bufferEvent buffers an incoming audit event which contains partial record informatioa.
+func bufferEvent(a *AuditEvent) {
+	if bufferMap == nil {
+		bufferMap = make(map[uint64][]*AuditEvent)
+	}
+
+	serial, err := strconv.ParseUint(a.Serial, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if _, ok := bufferMap[serial]; !ok {
+		bufferMap[serial] = make([]*AuditEvent, 5)
+	}
+	bufferMap[serial] = append(bufferMap[serial], a)
+}
+
+// bufferGet returns the complete audit event from the buffer, given the AUDIT_EOE event a.
+func bufferGet(a *AuditEvent) *AuditEvent {
+	serial, err := strconv.ParseUint(a.Serial, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var (
+		bm []*AuditEvent
+		ok bool
+	)
+	if bm, ok = bufferMap[serial]; !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	rlen := len(a.Raw)
+	for i := range bm {
+		if bm[i] == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		for k, v := range bm[i].Data {
+			a.Data[k] = v
+		}
+		if len(bm[i].Raw) > rlen {
+			a.Raw += " " + bm[i].Raw[rlen:]
+		}
+	}
+
+	delete(bufferMap, serial)
+	return a
+}
diff --git a/libaudit.go b/libaudit.go
index 9e786f3..bea2ecb 100644
--- a/libaudit.go
+++ b/libaudit.go
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ func parseAuditNetlinkMessage(b []byte) (ret []NetlinkMessage, err error) {
 		var (
 			m NetlinkMessage
 		)
+
 		m.Header.Len, b, err = netlinkPopuint32(b)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ func parseAuditNetlinkMessage(b []byte) (ret []NetlinkMessage, err error) {
 		// Determine our alignment size given the reported header length
 		alignbounds := nlmAlignOf(int(m.Header.Len))
 		padding := alignbounds - int(m.Header.Len)
+
 		// Subtract 4 from alignbounds here to account for already having popped 4 bytes
 		// off the input buffer
 		if len(b) < alignbounds-4 {
@@ -208,9 +210,27 @@ func parseAuditNetlinkMessage(b []byte) (ret []NetlinkMessage, err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err
 		}
-		datalen := m.Header.Len - syscall.NLMSG_HDRLEN
-		m.Data = b[:datalen]
-		b = b[int(datalen)+padding:]
+		// Determine how much data we want to read here; if this isn't NLM_F_MULTI, we'd
+		// typically want to read m.Header.Len bytes (the length of the payload indicated in
+		// the netlink header.
+		//
+		// However, this isn't always the case. Depending on what is generating the audit
+		// message (e.g., via audit_log_end) the kernel does not include the netlink header
+		// size in the submitted audit message. So, we just read whatever is left in the buffer
+		// we have if this isn't multipart.
+		//
+		// Additionally, it seems like there are also a few messages types where the netlink paylaod
+		// value is inaccurate and can't be relied upon.
+		//
+		// XXX Just consuming the rest of the buffer based on the event type might be a better
+		// approach here.
+		if !multi {
+			m.Data = b
+		} else {
+			datalen := m.Header.Len - syscall.NLMSG_HDRLEN
+			m.Data = b[:datalen]
+			b = b[int(datalen)+padding:]
+		}
 		ret = append(ret, m)
 		if !multi {
 			break
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index a8dcc20..a1624b1 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -17,6 +17,28 @@ type record struct {
 	a1         int
 }
 
+// ErrorAuditParse is an implementation of the error interface that is returned by
+// ParseAuditEvent. msg will contain a description of the error, and the raw audit event
+// which failed parsing is returned in raw for inspection by the calling program.
+type ErrorAuditParse struct {
+	Msg string
+	Raw string
+}
+
+// Error returns a string representation of ErrorAuditParse e
+func (e ErrorAuditParse) Error() string {
+	return e.Msg
+}
+
+// newErrorAuditParse returns a new ErrorAuditParse type with the fields populated
+func newErrorAuditParse(raw string, f string, v ...interface{}) ErrorAuditParse {
+	ret := ErrorAuditParse{
+		Raw: raw,
+		Msg: fmt.Sprintf(f, v...),
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
 // ParseAuditEvent parses an incoming audit message from kernel and returns an AuditEvent.
 //
 // msgType is supposed to come from the calling function which holds the msg header indicating header
@@ -36,11 +58,11 @@ func ParseAuditEvent(str string, msgType auditConstant, interpret bool) (*AuditE
 	if strings.HasPrefix(str, "audit(") {
 		str = str[6:]
 	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed audit message")
+		return nil, newErrorAuditParse(event.Raw, "malformed, missing audit prefix")
 	}
 	index := strings.Index(str, ":")
 	if index == -1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed audit message")
+		return nil, newErrorAuditParse(event.Raw, "malformed, can't locate start of fields")
 	}
 
 	// determine timestamp
@@ -49,13 +71,13 @@ func ParseAuditEvent(str string, msgType auditConstant, interpret bool) (*AuditE
 	str = str[index+1:]
 	index = strings.Index(str, ")")
 	if index == -1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed audit message")
+		return nil, newErrorAuditParse(event.Raw, "malformed, can't locate end of prefix")
 	}
 	serial := str[:index]
 	if strings.HasPrefix(str, serial+"): ") {
 		str = str[index+3:]
 	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed audit message")
+		return nil, newErrorAuditParse(event.Raw, "malformed, prefix termination unexpected")
 	}
 
 	var (
@@ -87,7 +109,7 @@ func ParseAuditEvent(str string, msgType auditConstant, interpret bool) (*AuditE
 						var err error
 						value, err = interpretField(key, value, msgType, r)
 						if err != nil {
-							return nil, err
+							return nil, newErrorAuditParse(event.Raw, "interpretField: %v", err)
 						}
 					}
 					m[key] = value
@@ -117,7 +139,7 @@ func ParseAuditEvent(str string, msgType auditConstant, interpret bool) (*AuditE
 						var err error
 						value, err = interpretField(key, value, msgType, r)
 						if err != nil {
-							return nil, err
+							return nil, newErrorAuditParse(event.Raw, "interpretField: %v", err)
 						}
 					}
 					m[key] = value
@@ -142,7 +164,7 @@ func ParseAuditEvent(str string, msgType auditConstant, interpret bool) (*AuditE
 						var err error
 						value, err = interpretField(key, value, msgType, r)
 						if err != nil {
-							return nil, err
+							return nil, newErrorAuditParse(event.Raw, "interpretField: %v", err)
 						}
 					}
 					m[key] = value
@@ -155,7 +177,7 @@ func ParseAuditEvent(str string, msgType auditConstant, interpret bool) (*AuditE
 					var err error
 					value, err = interpretField(key, value, msgType, r)
 					if err != nil {
-						return nil, err
+						return nil, newErrorAuditParse(event.Raw, "interpretField: %v", err)
 					}
 				}
 				m[key] = value
@@ -206,7 +228,7 @@ func ParseAuditEvent(str string, msgType auditConstant, interpret bool) (*AuditE
 				var err error
 				value, err = interpretField(key, value, msgType, r)
 				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
+					return nil, newErrorAuditParse(event.Raw, "interpretField: %v", err)
 				}
 			}
 			m[key] = value
diff --git a/parser_test.go b/parser_test.go
index dd18e1a..8aaccc5 100644
--- a/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser_test.go
@@ -280,17 +280,18 @@ func TestMalformedPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	tmsg := []struct {
 		msg     string
 		msgType auditConstant
+		err     string
 	}{
-		{"xyzabc", AUDIT_AVC},
-		{`audit(1464163771`, AUDIT_AVC},
-		{`audit(1464176620.068:1445`, AUDIT_AVC},
+		{"xyzabc", AUDIT_AVC, "malformed, missing audit prefix"},
+		{`audit(1464163771`, AUDIT_AVC, "malformed, can't locate start of fields"},
+		{`audit(1464176620.068:1445`, AUDIT_AVC, "malformed, can't locate end of prefix"},
 	}
 	for _, m := range tmsg {
 		_, err := ParseAuditEvent(m.msg, m.msgType, false)
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("ParseAuditEvent should have failed on %q", m.msg)
 		}
-		if err.Error() != "malformed audit message" {
+		if err.Error() != m.err {
 			t.Fatalf("ParseAuditEvent failed, but error %q was unexpected", err)
 		}
 	}