diff --git a/lib/remote.js b/lib/remote.js
index 2aef9f8..b06daa8 100644
--- a/lib/remote.js
+++ b/lib/remote.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const { Minipass } = require('minipass')
 const fetch = require('minipass-fetch')
 const promiseRetry = require('promise-retry')
 const ssri = require('ssri')
+const { log } = require('proc-log')
 
 const CachingMinipassPipeline = require('./pipeline.js')
 const { getAgent } = require('@npmcli/agent')
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ const remoteFetch = (request, options) => {
           options.onRetry(res)
         }
 
+        log.http('fetch', `${req.method} ${req.url} failed with ${res.status}, retrying`)
         return retryHandler(res)
       }
 
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ const remoteFetch = (request, options) => {
         options.onRetry(err)
       }
 
+      log.http('fetch', `${req.method} ${req.url} failed with ${err.code}, retrying`)
       return retryHandler(err)
     }
   }, options.retry).catch((err) => {
diff --git a/test/fetch.js b/test/fetch.js
index 51b25e2..2754bb1 100644
--- a/test/fetch.js
+++ b/test/fetch.js
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ t.test('500-level responses not thrown', async t => {
 
 t.test('calls opts.onRetry', async t => {
   t.test('when request is retriable', async (t) => {
+    const logs = []
+    const logHandler = (...logparams) => {
+      logs.push(...logparams)
+    }
+    process.on('log', logHandler)
+    t.teardown(() => {
+      process.off('log', logHandler)
+    })
     const srv = nock(HOST)
       .get('/test-onretry')
       .reply(500)
@@ -95,10 +103,23 @@ t.test('calls opts.onRetry', async t => {
     t.same(res.headers.get('x-fetch-attempts'), '2', 'set the appropriate header')
     t.equal(calledOnRetry, true, 'should have called onRetry')
     t.equal(retryNotification, 1, 'should have called method once')
+    t.strictSame(logs, [
+      'http',
+      'fetch',
+      'GET https://make-fetch-happen.npm/test-onretry failed with 500, retrying',
+    ])
     t.ok(srv.isDone())
   })
 
   t.test('when request is retriable; and caught', async (t) => {
+    const logs = []
+    const logHandler = (...logparams) => {
+      logs.push(...logparams)
+    }
+    process.on('log', logHandler)
+    t.teardown(() => {
+      process.off('log', logHandler)
+    })
     const srv = nock(HOST)
       .get('/catch-retry')
       .replyWithError({
@@ -128,6 +149,11 @@ t.test('calls opts.onRetry', async t => {
     t.equal(calledOnRetry, true, 'should have called onRetry')
     const buf = await res.buffer()
     t.same(buf, CONTENT, 'request succeeded')
+    t.strictSame(logs, [
+      'http',
+      'fetch',
+      'GET https://make-fetch-happen.npm/catch-retry failed with ECONNRESET, retrying',
+    ])
     t.ok(srv.isDone())
   })