diff --git a/src/curl.c b/src/curl.c
index 81beb5f7..9f206dfa 100644
--- a/src/curl.c
+++ b/src/curl.c
@@ -409,11 +409,13 @@ restart_download:
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
+	debug("CURL - start sync download: %s -> %s\n", url, in_memory_file ? "<memory>" : filename);
 	curl_ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 	if (curl_ret == CURLE_OK || curl_ret == CURLE_HTTP_RETURNED_ERROR) {
 		curl_ret = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &ret);
 	}
 
+	debug("CURL - completed sync download: curl ret %d, http response  %d\n", curl_ret, ret);
 exit:
 	if (!in_memory_file) {
 		curl_ret = swupd_download_file_complete(curl_ret, &local);
diff --git a/src/download.c b/src/download.c
index 21224f06..3c867caf 100644
--- a/src/download.c
+++ b/src/download.c
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ static int perform_curl_io_and_complete(struct swupd_curl_parallel_handle *h, in
 		}
 		local_download = strncmp(url, "file://", 7) == 0;
 
+		debug("CURL - complete ASYNC download: %s -> %s\n", file->url, file->file.path);
 		/* Get error code from easy handle and augment it if
 		 * completing the download encounters further problems. */
 		curl_ret = swupd_download_file_complete(msg->data.result, &file->file);
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ static int process_download(struct swupd_curl_parallel_handle *h, struct multi_c
 		goto out_bad;
 	}
 
+	debug("CURL - start ASYNC download: %s -> %s\n", file->url, file->file.path);
 	curlm_ret = curl_multi_add_handle(h->mcurl, curl);
 	if (curlm_ret != CURLM_OK) {
 		goto out_bad;
diff --git a/src/swupd.h b/src/swupd.h
index 359ec2c6..26c94a76 100644
--- a/src/swupd.h
+++ b/src/swupd.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "lib/macros.h"
 #include "lib/strings.h"
 #include "lib/sys.h"
+#include "lib/log.h"
 #include "swupd-error.h"
 #include "timelist.h"