diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
index e1ccc6cbb..bb56b8670 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "distributed/citus_nodefuncs.h"
 #include "distributed/connection_management.h"
 #include "distributed/connection_management.h"
+#include "distributed/distributed_deadlock_detection.h"
 #include "distributed/maintenanced.h"
 #include "distributed/master_metadata_utility.h"
 #include "distributed/master_protocol.h"
@@ -361,6 +362,17 @@ RegisterCitusConfigVariables(void)
 		0,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
+	DefineCustomBoolVariable(
+		"citus.log_distributed_deadlock_detection",
+		gettext_noop("Log distributed deadlock detection related processing in "
+					 "the server log"),
+		NULL,
+		&LogDistributedDeadlockDetection,
+		false,
+		PGC_SIGHUP,
+		GUC_NO_SHOW_ALL,
+		NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
 	DefineCustomBoolVariable(
 		"citus.explain_distributed_queries",
 		gettext_noop("Enables Explain for distributed queries."),
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/test/distributed_deadlock_detection.c b/src/backend/distributed/test/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
index dc3373dfc..6f10f55fc 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/test/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/test/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
-static char * WaitsForToString(List *waitsFor);
-
-
 PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(get_adjacency_list_wait_graph);
 
 
@@ -114,31 +111,3 @@ get_adjacency_list_wait_graph(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	PG_RETURN_VOID();
 }
-
-
-/*
- * WaitsForToString is only intended for testing and debugging. It gets a
- * waitsForList and returns the list of transaction nodes' transactionNumber
- * in a string.
- */
-static char *
-WaitsForToString(List *waitsFor)
-{
-	StringInfo transactionIdStr = makeStringInfo();
-	ListCell *waitsForCell = NULL;
-
-	foreach(waitsForCell, waitsFor)
-	{
-		TransactionNode *waitingNode = (TransactionNode *) lfirst(waitsForCell);
-
-		if (transactionIdStr->len != 0)
-		{
-			appendStringInfoString(transactionIdStr, ",");
-		}
-
-		appendStringInfo(transactionIdStr, "%ld",
-						 waitingNode->transactionId.transactionNumber);
-	}
-
-	return transactionIdStr->data;
-}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
index 2d61fd1b6..b231da2e0 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "postgres.h"
+
 #include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "pgstat.h"
 
 #include "access/hash.h"
 #include "distributed/backend_data.h"
@@ -55,7 +57,9 @@ static TransactionNode * GetOrCreateTransactionNode(HTAB *adjacencyList,
 													transactionId);
 static uint32 DistributedTransactionIdHash(const void *key, Size keysize);
 static int DistributedTransactionIdCompare(const void *a, const void *b, Size keysize);
-
+static void LogCancellingBackend(TransactionNode *transactionNode);
+static void LogTransactionNode(TransactionNode *transactionNode);
+static void LogDistributedDeadlockDebugMessage(const char *errorMessage);
 
 PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(check_distributed_deadlocks);
 
@@ -134,6 +138,9 @@ CheckForDistributedDeadlocks(void)
 			/* there should be at least two transactions to get into a deadlock */
 			Assert(list_length(deadlockPath) > 1);
 
+			LogDistributedDeadlockDebugMessage("Distributed deadlock found among the "
+											   "following distributed transactions:");
+
 			/*
 			 * We search for the youngest participant for two reasons
 			 * (i) predictable results (ii) cancel the youngest transaction
@@ -154,6 +161,8 @@ CheckForDistributedDeadlocks(void)
 
 				AssociateDistributedTransactionWithBackendProc(currentNode);
 
+				LogTransactionNode(currentNode);
+
 				if (currentNode->transactionId.initiatorNodeIdentifier ==
 					GetLocalGroupId() &&
 					timestamptz_cmp_internal(currentTimestamp, youngestTimestamp) == 1)
@@ -166,6 +175,7 @@ CheckForDistributedDeadlocks(void)
 			Assert(youngestTransaction->initiatorProc != NULL);
 
 			CancelTransactionDueToDeadlock(youngestTransaction->initiatorProc);
+			LogCancellingBackend(youngestTransaction);
 
 			hash_seq_term(&status);
 
@@ -522,3 +532,116 @@ DistributedTransactionIdCompare(const void *a, const void *b, Size keysize)
 		return 0;
 	}
 }
+
+
+/*
+ * LogCancellingBackend should only be called when a distributed transaction's
+ * backend is cancelled due to distributed deadlocks. It sends which transaction
+ * is cancelled and its corresponding pid to the log.
+ */
+static void
+LogCancellingBackend(TransactionNode *transactionNode)
+{
+	StringInfo logMessage = NULL;
+
+	if (!LogDistributedDeadlockDetection)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	logMessage = makeStringInfo();
+
+	appendStringInfo(logMessage, "Cancelling the following backend "
+								 "to resolve distributed deadlock "
+								 "(transaction numner = %ld, pid = %d)",
+					 transactionNode->transactionId.transactionNumber,
+					 transactionNode->initiatorProc->pid);
+
+	LogDistributedDeadlockDebugMessage(logMessage->data);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * LogTransactionNode converts the transaction node to a human readable form
+ * and sends to the logs via LogDistributedDeadlockDebugMessage().
+ */
+static void
+LogTransactionNode(TransactionNode *transactionNode)
+{
+	StringInfo logMessage = NULL;
+	DistributedTransactionId *transactionId = NULL;
+
+	if (!LogDistributedDeadlockDetection)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	logMessage = makeStringInfo();
+	transactionId = &(transactionNode->transactionId);
+
+	appendStringInfo(logMessage, "[DistributedTransactionId: (%d, %ld, %s)] = ",
+					 transactionId->initiatorNodeIdentifier,
+					 transactionId->transactionNumber,
+					 timestamptz_to_str(transactionId->timestamp));
+
+	appendStringInfo(logMessage, "[WaitsFor transaction numbers: %s]",
+					 WaitsForToString(transactionNode->waitsFor));
+
+	/* log the backend query if the proc is associated with the transaction */
+	if (transactionNode->initiatorProc != NULL)
+	{
+		const char *backendQuery =
+			pgstat_get_backend_current_activity(transactionNode->initiatorProc->pid,
+												false);
+
+		appendStringInfo(logMessage, "[Backend Query: %s]", backendQuery);
+	}
+
+	LogDistributedDeadlockDebugMessage(logMessage->data);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * LogDistributedDeadlockDebugMessage checks EnableDistributedDeadlockDebugging flag. If
+ * it is true, the input message is sent to the logs with LOG level. Also, current timestamp
+ * is prepanded to the message.
+ */
+static void
+LogDistributedDeadlockDebugMessage(const char *errorMessage)
+{
+	if (!LogDistributedDeadlockDetection)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	ereport(LOG, (errmsg("[%s] %s", timestamptz_to_str(GetCurrentTimestamp()),
+						 errorMessage)));
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * WaitsForToString is only intended for testing and debugging. It gets a
+ * waitsForList and returns the list of transaction nodes' transactionNumber
+ * in a string.
+ */
+char *
+WaitsForToString(List *waitsFor)
+{
+	StringInfo transactionIdStr = makeStringInfo();
+	ListCell *waitsForCell = NULL;
+
+	foreach(waitsForCell, waitsFor)
+	{
+		TransactionNode *waitingNode = (TransactionNode *) lfirst(waitsForCell);
+
+		if (transactionIdStr->len != 0)
+		{
+			appendStringInfoString(transactionIdStr, ",");
+		}
+
+		appendStringInfo(transactionIdStr, "%ld",
+						 waitingNode->transactionId.transactionNumber);
+	}
+
+	return transactionIdStr->data;
+}