diff --git a/internal/controller/runtime/pod_client.go b/internal/controller/runtime/pod_client.go
index 4122303bf5..597de85a24 100644
--- a/internal/controller/runtime/pod_client.go
+++ b/internal/controller/runtime/pod_client.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/remotecommand"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/flowcontrol"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/apiutil"
+	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 )
 
 // podExecutor runs command on container in pod in namespace. Non-nil streams
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ func NewPodExecutor(config *rest.Config) (podExecutor, error) {
 
 		exec, err := remotecommand.NewSPDYExecutor(configCopy, "POST", request.URL())
 
+		log := logf.FromContext(ctx)
+		log.V(1).Info("Running command in pod", "pod", pod, "container", container, "command", command)
 		if err == nil {
 			err = exec.StreamWithContext(ctx, remotecommand.StreamOptions{
 				Stdin:  stdin,
diff --git a/percona/clientcmd/clientcmd.go b/percona/clientcmd/clientcmd.go
index 411e1a1551..879d281e1d 100644
--- a/percona/clientcmd/clientcmd.go
+++ b/percona/clientcmd/clientcmd.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/remotecommand"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/flowcontrol"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
+	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 )
 
 type Client struct {
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ func (c *Client) Exec(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod, containerName string
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create executor")
 	}
 
+	log := logf.FromContext(ctx)
+	log.V(1).Info("Running command in pod", "pod", pod.Name, "container", containerName, "command", command)
+
 	retryErr := retry.OnError(retry.DefaultRetry, func(err error) bool {
 		return true // Retry on all errors
 	}, func() error {