diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/dbus.c b/spa/plugins/support/dbus.c
index 4f3f29f16..169cce922 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/support/dbus.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/dbus.c
@@ -145,8 +145,11 @@ static dbus_bool_t add_watch(DBusWatch *watch, void *userdata)
 static void remove_watch(DBusWatch *watch, void *userdata)
 {
 	struct connection *conn = userdata;
+	struct impl *impl = conn->impl;
 	struct spa_source *source;
 
+	spa_log_debug(impl->log, "remove watch %p", watch);
+
 	if ((source = dbus_watch_get_data(watch)))
 		spa_loop_utils_destroy_source(conn->impl->utils, source);
 }
@@ -157,6 +160,8 @@ static void toggle_watch(DBusWatch *watch, void *userdata)
 	struct impl *impl = conn->impl;
 	struct spa_source *source;
 
+	spa_log_debug(impl->log, "toggle watch %p", watch);
+
 	source = dbus_watch_get_data(watch);
 
 	spa_loop_utils_update_io(impl->utils, source, dbus_to_io(watch));
@@ -177,6 +182,8 @@ handle_timer_event(void *userdata, uint64_t expirations)
 	struct connection *conn = data->conn;
 	struct impl *impl = conn->impl;
 
+	spa_log_debug(impl->log, "timeout %p conn:%p impl:%p", timeout, conn, impl);
+
 	if (dbus_timeout_get_enabled(timeout)) {
 		t = dbus_timeout_get_interval(timeout) * SPA_NSEC_PER_MSEC;
 		ts.tv_sec = t / SPA_NSEC_PER_SEC;
@@ -198,6 +205,8 @@ static dbus_bool_t add_timeout(DBusTimeout *timeout, void *userdata)
 	if (!dbus_timeout_get_enabled(timeout))
 		return FALSE;
 
+	spa_log_debug(impl->log, "add timeout %p conn:%p impl:%p", timeout, conn, impl);
+
 	data = calloc(1, sizeof(struct timeout_data));
 	data->conn = conn;
 	data->source = spa_loop_utils_add_timer(impl->utils, handle_timer_event, timeout);
@@ -217,6 +226,8 @@ static void remove_timeout(DBusTimeout *timeout, void *userdata)
 	struct impl *impl = conn->impl;
 	struct timeout_data *data;
 
+	spa_log_debug(impl->log, "remove timeout %p conn:%p impl:%p", timeout, conn, impl);
+
 	if ((data = dbus_timeout_get_data(timeout))) {
 		spa_loop_utils_destroy_source(impl->utils, data->source);
 		free(data);
@@ -232,6 +243,8 @@ static void toggle_timeout(DBusTimeout *timeout, void *userdata)
 
 	data = dbus_timeout_get_data(timeout);
 
+	spa_log_debug(impl->log, "toggle timeout %p conn:%p impl:%p", timeout, conn, impl);
+
 	if (dbus_timeout_get_enabled(timeout)) {
 		uint64_t t = dbus_timeout_get_interval(timeout) * SPA_NSEC_PER_MSEC;
 		ts.tv_sec = t / SPA_NSEC_PER_SEC;
@@ -264,6 +277,8 @@ impl_connection_destroy(struct spa_dbus_connection *conn)
 	struct connection *this = SPA_CONTAINER_OF(conn, struct connection, this);
 	struct impl *impl = this->impl;
 
+	spa_log_debug(impl->log, "destroy conn %p", this);
+
 	dbus_connection_close(this->conn);
 	dbus_connection_unref(this->conn);
 
@@ -313,6 +328,8 @@ impl_get_connection(void *object,
 
 	spa_list_append(&impl->connection_list, &conn->link);
 
+	spa_log_debug(impl->log, "new conn %p", conn);
+
 	return &conn->this;
 
       error: