diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Protocol.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Protocol.java
index 448bd7ff12..a24ce95cc2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Protocol.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Protocol.java
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 import redis.clients.jedis.util.RedisOutputStream;
 import redis.clients.jedis.util.SafeEncoder;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 public final class Protocol {
+  protected static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Protocol.class.getName());
 
   public static final String DEFAULT_HOST = "127.0.0.1";
   public static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 6379;
@@ -63,6 +67,15 @@ private Protocol() {
   }
 
   public static void sendCommand(final RedisOutputStream os, CommandArguments args) {
+    if(logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+      StringBuilder logMessage = new StringBuilder();
+      for (Rawable arg : args) {
+        logMessage.append(new String(arg.getRaw()));
+        logMessage.append(" ");
+      }
+      logger.debug(logMessage.toString());
+    }
+
     try {
       os.write(ASTERISK_BYTE);
       os.writeIntCrLf(args.size());