diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index 131db88330..45ff34c64b 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -1200,6 +1200,7 @@ func (k *kataAgent) connect() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	k.Logger().WithField("url", k.state.URL).Info("New client")
 	client, err := kataclient.NewAgentClient(k.state.URL, k.proxyBuiltIn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_proxy.go b/virtcontainers/kata_proxy.go
index a1d3d3aaa9..fe4b01e9c7 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_proxy.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_proxy.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func (p *kataProxy) consoleWatched() bool {
 
 // start is kataProxy start implementation for proxy interface.
 func (p *kataProxy) start(sandbox *Sandbox, params proxyParams) (int, string, error) {
+	sandbox.Logger().Info("Starting regular Kata proxy rather than built-in")
 	if sandbox.agent == nil {
 		return -1, "", fmt.Errorf("No agent")
 	}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/no_proxy.go b/virtcontainers/no_proxy.go
index a3e9d0b78a..33664a56bf 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/no_proxy.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/no_proxy.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type noProxy struct {
 
 // start is noProxy start implementation for proxy interface.
 func (p *noProxy) start(sandbox *Sandbox, params proxyParams) (int, string, error) {
+	sandbox.Logger().Info("No proxy started because of no-proxy implementation")
 	if params.agentURL == "" {
 		return -1, "", fmt.Errorf("AgentURL cannot be empty")
 	}