diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
index e0edb9131c12418256a7205e17f9d2875d99b1e1..ddf6a0674dfcf80e553da7808cca04baec8a801d 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ module Geocoder
       def make_api_request(query)
         timeout(configuration.timeout) do
           uri = URI.parse(query_url(query))
+          Geocoder.log(:debug, "Geocoder: HTTP request being made for #{uri.to_s}")
           http_client.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: use_ssl?) do |client|
             req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri, configuration.http_headers)
             if configuration.basic_auth[:user] and configuration.basic_auth[:password]