diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 886fd57bd5..e2fe0a20de 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3660,6 +3660,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rlp",
  "secp256k1",
  "smol_str",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/common/rlp/Cargo.toml b/crates/common/rlp/Cargo.toml
index 8025cfc8e5..c36bd5c336 100644
--- a/crates/common/rlp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/common/rlp/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ enr = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, optional = true }
 rlp = { version = "0.5.2", default-features = false, optional = true }
 ethereum-types = { version = "0.14", features = ["codec"], optional = true }
 reth-rlp-derive = { version = "0.1", path = "../rlp-derive", optional = true }
+tracing = "0.1.37"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-rlp = { path = ".", package = "reth-rlp", features = [
@@ -41,4 +42,4 @@ enr = ["dep:enr", "dep:rlp", "enr/rust-secp256k1", "derive"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "bench"
-harness = false
\ No newline at end of file
+harness = false
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/ethstream.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/ethstream.rs
index 2b6c54535c..977ee4e07a 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/ethstream.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/ethstream.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ where
 
         let msg = match ProtocolMessage::decode(&mut their_msg.as_ref()) {
             Ok(m) => m,
-            Err(err) => return Err(err.into()),
+            Err(err) => {
+                tracing::warn!("rlp decode error in eth handshake: msg={their_msg:x}");
+                return Err(err.into())
+            }
         };
 
         // TODO: Add any missing checks
@@ -191,7 +194,10 @@ where
 
         let msg = match ProtocolMessage::decode(&mut bytes.as_ref()) {
             Ok(m) => m,
-            Err(err) => return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err.into()))),
+            Err(err) => {
+                tracing::warn!("rlp decode error: msg={bytes:x}");
+                return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err.into())))
+            }
         };
 
         if matches!(msg.message, EthMessage::Status(_)) {