diff --git a/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c b/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c
index 324242f563..b275afe166 100644
--- a/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c
+++ b/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c
@@ -971,6 +971,7 @@ start_over:
                       "failed with server down";
         uldap_connection_unbind(ldc);
         failures++;
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, r, "%s (attempt %d)", ldc->reason, failures);
         goto start_over;
     }
     if (result == LDAP_TIMEOUT && failures == 0) {
@@ -982,6 +983,7 @@ start_over:
                       "failed with timeout";
         uldap_connection_unbind(ldc);
         failures++;
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, r, "%s (attempt %d)", ldc->reason, failures);
         goto start_over;
     }
     if (result != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
@@ -1130,6 +1132,7 @@ start_over:
         ldc->reason = "ldap_compare_s() failed with server down";
         uldap_connection_unbind(ldc);
         failures++;
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, r, "%s (attempt %d)", ldc->reason, failures);
         goto start_over;
     }
     if (result == LDAP_TIMEOUT && failures == 0) {
@@ -1140,6 +1143,7 @@ start_over:
         ldc->reason = "ldap_compare_s() failed with timeout";
         uldap_connection_unbind(ldc);
         failures++;
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, r, "%s (attempt %d)", ldc->reason, failures);
         goto start_over;
     }
 
@@ -1247,6 +1251,7 @@ start_over:
                       " down";
         uldap_connection_unbind(ldc);
         failures++;
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, r, "%s (attempt %d)", ldc->reason, failures);
         goto start_over;
     }
     if (result == LDAP_TIMEOUT && failures == 0) {
@@ -1257,6 +1262,7 @@ start_over:
         ldc->reason = "ldap_search_ext_s() for subgroups failed with timeout";
         uldap_connection_unbind(ldc);
         failures++;
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, r, "%s (attempt %d)", ldc->reason, failures);
         goto start_over;
     }
 
@@ -1725,6 +1731,7 @@ start_over:
         ldc->reason = "ldap_search_ext_s() for user failed with server down";
         uldap_connection_unbind(ldc);
         failures++;
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, r, "%s (attempt %d)", ldc->reason, failures);
         goto start_over;
     }
 
@@ -1732,6 +1739,7 @@ start_over:
         ldc->reason = "ldap_search_ext_s() for user failed with timeout";
         uldap_connection_unbind(ldc);
         failures++;
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, r, "%s (attempt %d)", ldc->reason, failures);
         goto start_over;
     }
 
@@ -1796,6 +1804,7 @@ start_over:
         ldap_msgfree(res);
         uldap_connection_unbind(ldc);
         failures++;
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, r, "%s (attempt %d)", ldc->reason, failures);
         goto start_over;
     }
 
@@ -1991,6 +2000,7 @@ start_over:
         ldc->reason = "ldap_search_ext_s() for user failed with server down";
         uldap_connection_unbind(ldc);
         failures++;
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, r, "%s (attempt %d)", ldc->reason, failures);
         goto start_over;
     }