diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/src/org/apache/cloudstack/ldap/LdapContextFactory.java b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/src/org/apache/cloudstack/ldap/LdapContextFactory.java
index ceeed6862fb..a5077c63891 100644
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/src/org/apache/cloudstack/ldap/LdapContextFactory.java
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/src/org/apache/cloudstack/ldap/LdapContextFactory.java
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ public class LdapContextFactory {
 	private DirContext createInitialDirContext(final String principal,
 			final String password, final String providerUrl,
 			final boolean isSystemContext) throws NamingException {
-		return new InitialDirContext(getEnvironment(principal, password,
-				providerUrl, isSystemContext));
+        Hashtable<String, String> environment = getEnvironment(principal, password, providerUrl, isSystemContext);
+        s_logger.debug("initializing ldap with provider url: "+ environment.get(Context.PROVIDER_URL));
+		return new InitialDirContext(environment);
 	}
 
 	public DirContext createUserContext(final String principal,
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/src/org/apache/cloudstack/ldap/LdapManagerImpl.java b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/src/org/apache/cloudstack/ldap/LdapManagerImpl.java
index 578ebce7f77..960a8279119 100644
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/src/org/apache/cloudstack/ldap/LdapManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/src/org/apache/cloudstack/ldap/LdapManagerImpl.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public class LdapManagerImpl implements LdapManager, LdapValidator {
                 s_logger.info("Added new ldap server with hostname: " + hostname);
                 return new LdapConfigurationResponse(hostname, port);
             } catch (final NamingException e) {
+                s_logger.debug("NamingException while doing an LDAP bind", e);
                 throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Unable to bind to the given LDAP server");
             }
         } else {
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ public class LdapManagerImpl implements LdapManager, LdapValidator {
             closeContext(context);
             return true;
         } catch (final NamingException e) {
+            s_logger.debug("NamingException: while doing an LDAP bind for user "+" "+username, e);
             s_logger.info("Failed to authenticate user: " + username + ". incorrect password.");
             return false;
         }
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ public class LdapManagerImpl implements LdapManager, LdapValidator {
                 context.close();
             }
         } catch (final NamingException e) {
-            s_logger.warn(e.getMessage());
+            s_logger.warn(e.getMessage(),e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ public class LdapManagerImpl implements LdapManager, LdapValidator {
             context = _ldapContextFactory.createBindContext();
             return _ldapUserManager.getUsers(context);
         } catch (final NamingException e) {
+            s_logger.debug("ldap NamingException: ",e);
             throw new NoLdapUserMatchingQueryException("*");
         } finally {
             closeContext(context);
@@ -187,6 +190,7 @@ public class LdapManagerImpl implements LdapManager, LdapValidator {
             context = _ldapContextFactory.createBindContext();
             return _ldapUserManager.getUsersInGroup(groupName, context);
         } catch (final NamingException e) {
+            s_logger.debug("ldap NamingException: ",e);
             throw new NoLdapUserMatchingQueryException("groupName=" + groupName);
         } finally {
             closeContext(context);
@@ -214,6 +218,7 @@ public class LdapManagerImpl implements LdapManager, LdapValidator {
             final String escapedUsername = LdapUtils.escapeLDAPSearchFilter(username);
             return _ldapUserManager.getUsers("*" + escapedUsername + "*", context);
         } catch (final NamingException e) {
+            s_logger.debug("ldap NamingException: ",e);
             throw new NoLdapUserMatchingQueryException(username);
         } finally {
             closeContext(context);