diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index e5f04ff06..a03340395 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -716,6 +716,10 @@ void read_debuging_settings(FILE *fp)
 	// defaults to: false
 	setDebugOption(fp, "DEBUG_EVENTS", DEBUG_EVENTS);
 
+	// DEBUG_HELPER
+	// defaults to: false
+	setDebugOption(fp, "DEBUG_HELPER", DEBUG_HELPER);
+
 	if(config.debug)
 	{
 		logg("*****************************");
@@ -739,6 +743,7 @@ void read_debuging_settings(FILE *fp)
 		logg("* DEBUG_EDNS0           %s *", (config.debug & DEBUG_EDNS0)? "YES":"NO ");
 		logg("* DEBUG_CLIENTS         %s *", (config.debug & DEBUG_CLIENTS)? "YES":"NO ");
 		logg("* DEBUG_EVENTS          %s *", (config.debug & DEBUG_EVENTS)? "YES":"NO ");
+		logg("* DEBUG_HELPER          %s *", (config.debug & DEBUG_HELPER)? "YES":"NO ");
 		logg("*****************************");
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq/helper.c b/src/dnsmasq/helper.c
index 2f32182d0..8cfa1c42c 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq/helper.c
+++ b/src/dnsmasq/helper.c
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ int create_helper(int event_fd, int err_fd, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, long max_fd)
        else 
 	continue;
 
+      /************************** Pi-hole modification **************************/
+      FTL_log_helper(1, action_str);
+      /**************************************************************************/
       	
       /* stringify MAC into dhcp_buff */
       p = daemon->dhcp_buff;
@@ -640,6 +643,12 @@ int create_helper(int event_fd, int err_fd, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, long max_fd)
 	fcntl(event_fd, F_SETFD, i | FD_CLOEXEC);
       close(pipefd[0]);
 
+      /**************************** Pi-hole modification ****************************/
+      FTL_log_helper(5, daemon->lease_change_command, action_str,
+		     (is6 && data.action != ACTION_ARP) ? daemon->packet : daemon->dhcp_buff,
+		     daemon->addrbuff, hostname);
+      /******************************************************************************/
+
       p =  strrchr(daemon->lease_change_command, '/');
       if (err == 0)
 	{
@@ -650,6 +659,9 @@ int create_helper(int event_fd, int err_fd, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, long max_fd)
 	  err = errno;
 	}
       /* failed, send event so the main process logs the problem */
+      /**************************** Pi-hole modification ****************************/
+      FTL_log_helper(2, daemon->lease_change_command, strerror(err));
+      /******************************************************************************/
       send_event(event_fd, EVENT_EXEC_ERR, err, NULL);
       _exit(0); 
     }
diff --git a/src/enums.h b/src/enums.h
index 1de6f3e9b..7bd1d37f6 100644
--- a/src/enums.h
+++ b/src/enums.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ enum debug_flags {
 	DEBUG_EDNS0         = (1 << 16), /* 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000000 */
 	DEBUG_CLIENTS       = (1 << 17), /* 00000000 00000010 00000000 00000000 */
 	DEBUG_EVENTS        = (1 << 18), /* 00000000 00000100 00000000 00000000 */
+	DEBUG_HELPER        = (1 << 19), /* 00000000 00001000 00000000 00000000 */
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 enum events {
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index a6bfdaf3b..e61387a06 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -166,6 +166,44 @@ void _FTL_log(const bool newline, const char *format, ...)
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock);
 }
 
+// Log helper activity (may be script or lua)
+void FTL_log_helper(const unsigned char n, ...)
+{
+	// Only log helper debug messages if enabled
+	if(!(config.debug & DEBUG_HELPER))
+		return;
+
+	// Extract all variable arguments
+	va_list args;
+	char *arg[n];
+	va_start(args, n);
+	for(unsigned char i = 0; i < n; i++)
+		arg[i] = strdup(va_arg(args, char*));
+	va_end(args);
+
+	// Select appropriate logging format
+	switch (n)
+	{
+		case 1:
+			logg("Script: Starting helper for action \"%s\"", arg[0]);
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			logg("Script: FAILED to execute \"%s\": %s", arg[0], arg[1]);
+			break;
+		case 5:
+			logg("Script: Executing \"%s\" with arguments: \"%s %s %s %s\"",
+			     arg[0], arg[1], arg[2], arg[3], arg[4]);
+			break;
+		default:
+			logg("ERROR: Unsupported number of arguments passed to FTL_log_helper(): %u", n);
+			break;
+	}
+
+	// Free allocated memory
+	for(unsigned char i = 0; i < n; i++)
+		free(arg[i]);
+}
+
 void format_memory_size(char * const prefix, const unsigned long long int bytes,
                         double * const formated)
 {
diff --git a/src/log.h b/src/log.h
index 141d4208c..ba5d20bc9 100644
--- a/src/log.h
+++ b/src/log.h
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ const char *get_ordinal_suffix(unsigned int number) __attribute__ ((const));
 #define logg_sameline(format, ...) _FTL_log(false, format, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 void _FTL_log(const bool newline, const char* format, ...) __attribute__ ((format (gnu_printf, 2, 3)));
 void log_ctrl(bool vlog, bool vstdout);
+void FTL_log_helper(const unsigned char n, ...);
 
 #endif //LOG_H