diff --git a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
index a89117b6597790d9074be056dc1ae052994f7a0e..bb8eb6809881c12b282e66287f61e9952a51d90c 100644
--- a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
+++ b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ static void handleBuddyPayload(LocalBuddy *buddy, const pbnetwork::Buddy &payloa
 	// Set alias only if it's not empty. Backends are allowed to send empty alias if it has
 	// not changed.
 	if (!payload.alias().empty()) {
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Setting alias to " << payload.alias() << " " << buddy->getAlias());
 		buddy->setAlias(payload.alias());
 	}