diff --git a/include/maxscale/protocol/rwbackend.hh b/include/maxscale/protocol/rwbackend.hh
index 3dcbfdef8..d8b1841d5 100644
--- a/include/maxscale/protocol/rwbackend.hh
+++ b/include/maxscale/protocol/rwbackend.hh
@@ -54,6 +54,27 @@ public:
         return m_reply_state;
     }
 
+    const char* reply_state_str() const
+    {
+        switch (m_reply_state)
+        {
+        case REPLY_STATE_START:
+            return "START";
+
+        case REPLY_STATE_DONE:
+            return "DONE";
+
+        case REPLY_STATE_RSET_COLDEF:
+            return "COLDEF";
+
+        case REPLY_STATE_RSET_ROWS:
+            return "ROWS";
+
+        default:
+            return "UNKNOWN";
+        }
+    }
+
     void     add_ps_handle(uint32_t id, uint32_t handle);
     uint32_t get_ps_handle(uint32_t id) const;
 
diff --git a/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/rwbackend.cc b/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/rwbackend.cc
index 5924d60b0..e95b6406b 100644
--- a/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/rwbackend.cc
+++ b/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/rwbackend.cc
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ void RWBackend::process_reply(GWBUF* buffer)
         }
     }
 
+    MXS_DEBUG("cmd: %02hhx bytes: %u packets: %d state: %s", mxs_mysql_get_command(buffer),
+              gwbuf_length(buffer), modutil_count_packets(buffer), reply_state_str());
+
     if (get_reply_state() == REPLY_STATE_DONE)
     {
         ack_write();