diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/Application.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/Application.java
index 29ab30d26c662..09f725f83e8e1 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/Application.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/Application.java
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ public final void stop() {
      * stop, that exception is propagated.
      */
     public final void stop(Runnable afterStopTask) {
+        Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Application.class);
+        logger.debugf("Stopping application");
+        if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            logger.tracef(new RuntimeException("Application Stop Stack Trace"), "Application shutting down");
+        }
         final Lock stateLock = this.stateLock;
         stateLock.lock();
         try {
diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java
index ed5870318db36..1d5893b5ec6b4 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ public class ApplicationLifecycleManager {
     private static volatile BiConsumer<Integer, Throwable> defaultExitCodeHandler = new BiConsumer<Integer, Throwable>() {
         @Override
         public void accept(Integer integer, Throwable cause) {
+            Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Application.class);
+            logger.debugf("Shutting down with exit code %s", integer);
+            if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                logger.tracef(new RuntimeException("Shutdown Stack Trace"), "Shutdown triggered");
+            }
             System.exit(integer);
         }
     };
@@ -275,6 +280,8 @@ private static void registerSignalHandlers(final BiConsumer<Integer, Throwable>
         final SignalHandler exitHandler = new SignalHandler() {
             @Override
             public void handle(Signal signal) {
+                Logger applicationLogger = Logger.getLogger(Application.class);
+                applicationLogger.debugf("Received signed %s, shutting down", signal.getNumber());
                 exitCodeHandler.accept(signal.getNumber() + 0x80, null);
             }
         };