diff --git a/changelog.d/6757.misc b/changelog.d/6757.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a50c5e974a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6757.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add some debugging for media storage providers.
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py
index 3b87717a5aa4..683a79c96641 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ def fetch_media(self, file_info):
         for provider in self.storage_providers:
             res = yield provider.fetch(path, file_info)
             if res:
+                logger.debug("Streaming %s from %s", path, provider)
                 return res
 
         return None
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/storage_provider.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/storage_provider.py
index 37687ea7f4ec..858680be266c 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/storage_provider.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/storage_provider.py
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ def __init__(self, backend, store_local, store_synchronous, store_remote):
         self.store_synchronous = store_synchronous
         self.store_remote = store_remote
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "StorageProviderWrapper[%s]" % (self.backend,)
+
     def store_file(self, path, file_info):
         if not file_info.server_name and not self.store_local:
             return defer.succeed(None)
@@ -114,6 +117,9 @@ def __init__(self, hs, config):
         self.cache_directory = hs.config.media_store_path
         self.base_directory = config
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "FileStorageProviderBackend[%s]" % (self.base_directory,)
+
     def store_file(self, path, file_info):
         """See StorageProvider.store_file"""