diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.toml b/CHANGELOG.next.toml
index 72d79628e7..4336f30b02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.toml
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,15 @@
 # references = ["smithy-rs#920"]
 # meta = { "breaking" = false, "tada" = false, "bug" = false }
 # author = "rcoh"
+
+[[aws-sdk-rust]]
+message = "Log a debug event when a retry is going to be peformed"
+references = ["smithy-rs#1352"]
+meta = { "breaking" = false, "tada" = false, "bug" = false }
+author = "jdisanti"
+
+[[smithy-rs]]
+message = "Log a debug event when a retry is going to be peformed"
+references = ["smithy-rs#1352"]
+meta = { "breaking" = false, "tada" = false, "bug" = false }
+author = "jdisanti"
diff --git a/rust-runtime/aws-smithy-client/src/retry.rs b/rust-runtime/aws-smithy-client/src/retry.rs
index faea04b930..d8751cbe15 100644
--- a/rust-runtime/aws-smithy-client/src/retry.rs
+++ b/rust-runtime/aws-smithy-client/src/retry.rs
@@ -313,6 +313,13 @@ impl RetryHandler {
                 return None;
             }
         };
+
+        tracing::debug!(
+            "attempt {} failed with {:?}; retrying after {:?}",
+            self.local.attempts,
+            retry_kind,
+            dur
+        );
         let sleep_future = sleep.sleep(dur);
         let fut = async move {
             sleep_future.await;