diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy/HstsMiddleware.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy/HstsMiddleware.cs
index 252ae44c1e..da5aa3af4b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy/HstsMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy/HstsMiddleware.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Internal;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
@@ -24,13 +26,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy
         private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
         private readonly StringValues _strictTransportSecurityValue;
         private readonly IList<string> _excludedHosts;
+        private readonly ILogger _logger;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initialize the HSTS middleware.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="next"></param>
         /// <param name="options"></param>
-        public HstsMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, IOptions<HstsOptions> options)
+        /// <param name="loggerFactory"></param>
+        public HstsMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, IOptions<HstsOptions> options, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
         {
             if (options == null)
             {
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy
             var preload = hstsOptions.Preload ? Preload : StringSegment.Empty;
             _strictTransportSecurityValue = new StringValues($"max-age={maxAge}{includeSubdomains}{preload}");
             _excludedHosts = hstsOptions.ExcludedHosts;
+            _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<HstsMiddleware>();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -55,11 +60,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy
         /// <returns></returns>
         public Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
         {
-            if (context.Request.IsHttps && !IsHostExcluded(context.Request.Host.Host))
+            if (!context.Request.IsHttps)
             {
-                context.Response.Headers[HeaderNames.StrictTransportSecurity] = _strictTransportSecurityValue;
+                _logger.SkippingInsecure();
+                return _next(context);
             }
 
+            if (IsHostExcluded(context.Request.Host.Host))
+            {
+                _logger.SkippingExcludedHost(context.Request.Host.Host);
+                return _next(context);
+            }
+
+            context.Response.Headers[HeaderNames.StrictTransportSecurity] = _strictTransportSecurityValue;
+            _logger.AddingHstsHeader();
+
             return _next(context);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy/internal/HstsLoggingExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy/internal/HstsLoggingExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5162ccb9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy/internal/HstsLoggingExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Internal
+{
+    internal static class HstsLoggingExtensions
+    {
+        private static readonly Action<ILogger, Exception> _notSecure;
+        private static readonly Action<ILogger, string, Exception> _excludedHost;
+        private static readonly Action<ILogger, Exception> _addingHstsHeader;
+
+        static HstsLoggingExtensions()
+        {
+            _notSecure = LoggerMessage.Define(LogLevel.Debug, 1, "The request is insecure. Skipping HSTS header.");
+            _excludedHost = LoggerMessage.Define<string>(LogLevel.Debug, 2, "The host '{host}' is excluded. Skipping HSTS header.");
+            _addingHstsHeader = LoggerMessage.Define(LogLevel.Trace, 3, "Adding HSTS header to response.");
+        }
+
+        public static void SkippingInsecure(this ILogger logger)
+        {
+            _notSecure(logger, null);
+        }
+
+        public static void SkippingExcludedHost(this ILogger logger, string host)
+        {
+            _excludedHost(logger, host, null);
+        }
+
+        public static void AddingHstsHeader(this ILogger logger)
+        {
+            _addingHstsHeader(logger, null);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Tests/HstsMiddlewareTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Tests/HstsMiddlewareTests.cs
index 08df78f7c2..0cb5f5755c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Tests/HstsMiddlewareTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Tests/HstsMiddlewareTests.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -131,7 +133,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Tests
         [InlineData("[::1]")]
         public async Task DefaultExcludesCommonLocalhostDomains_DoesNotSetHstsHeader(string host)
         {
+            var sink = new TestSink(
+                TestSink.EnableWithTypeName<HstsMiddleware>,
+                TestSink.EnableWithTypeName<HstsMiddleware>);
+            var loggerFactory = new TestLoggerFactory(sink, enabled: true);
+            
             var builder = new WebHostBuilder()
+                .ConfigureServices(services =>
+                {
+                    services.AddSingleton<ILoggerFactory>(loggerFactory);
+                })
                 .Configure(app =>
                 {
                     app.UseHsts();
@@ -149,6 +160,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Tests
 
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             Assert.Empty(response.Headers);
+
+            var logMessages = sink.Writes.ToList();
+
+            Assert.Single(logMessages);
+            var message = logMessages.Single();
+            Assert.Equal(LogLevel.Debug, message.LogLevel);
+            Assert.Equal($"The host '{host}' is excluded. Skipping HSTS header.", message.State.ToString(), ignoreCase: true);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -157,9 +175,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Tests
         [InlineData("[::1]")]
         public async Task AllowLocalhostDomainsIfListIsReset_SetHstsHeader(string host)
         {
+            var sink = new TestSink(
+                TestSink.EnableWithTypeName<HstsMiddleware>,
+                TestSink.EnableWithTypeName<HstsMiddleware>);
+            var loggerFactory = new TestLoggerFactory(sink, enabled: true);
+
             var builder = new WebHostBuilder()
                 .ConfigureServices(services =>
                 {
+                    services.AddSingleton<ILoggerFactory>(loggerFactory);
+
                     services.AddHsts(options =>
                     {
                         options.ExcludedHosts.Clear();
@@ -182,6 +207,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Tests
 
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             Assert.Single(response.Headers);
+
+            var logMessages = sink.Writes.ToList();
+
+            Assert.Single(logMessages);
+            var message = logMessages.Single();
+            Assert.Equal(LogLevel.Trace, message.LogLevel);
+            Assert.Equal("Adding HSTS header to response.", message.State.ToString());
         }
         
         [Theory]
@@ -190,9 +222,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Tests
         [InlineData("EXAMPLE.COM")]
         public async Task AddExcludedDomains_DoesNotAddHstsHeader(string host)
         {
+            var sink = new TestSink(
+                TestSink.EnableWithTypeName<HstsMiddleware>,
+                TestSink.EnableWithTypeName<HstsMiddleware>);
+            var loggerFactory = new TestLoggerFactory(sink, enabled: true);
+
             var builder = new WebHostBuilder()
                 .ConfigureServices(services =>
                 {
+                    services.AddSingleton<ILoggerFactory>(loggerFactory);
+                    
                     services.AddHsts(options => {
                         options.ExcludedHosts.Add(host);
                     });
@@ -214,6 +253,91 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.Tests
 
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             Assert.Empty(response.Headers);
+
+            var logMessages = sink.Writes.ToList();
+
+            Assert.Single(logMessages);
+            var message = logMessages.Single();
+            Assert.Equal(LogLevel.Debug, message.LogLevel);
+            Assert.Equal($"The host '{host}' is excluded. Skipping HSTS header.", message.State.ToString(), ignoreCase: true);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task WhenRequestIsInsecure_DoesNotAddHstsHeader()
+        {
+            var sink = new TestSink(
+                TestSink.EnableWithTypeName<HstsMiddleware>,
+                TestSink.EnableWithTypeName<HstsMiddleware>);
+            var loggerFactory = new TestLoggerFactory(sink, enabled: true);
+
+            var builder = new WebHostBuilder()
+                .ConfigureServices(services =>
+                {
+                    services.AddSingleton<ILoggerFactory>(loggerFactory);
+                })
+                .Configure(app =>
+                {
+                    app.UseHsts();
+                    app.Run(context =>
+                    {
+                        return context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello world");
+                    });
+                });
+            var server = new TestServer(builder);
+            var client = server.CreateClient();
+            client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://example.com:5050");
+            var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "");
+
+            var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
+
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
+            Assert.Empty(response.Headers);
+
+            var logMessages = sink.Writes.ToList();
+
+            Assert.Single(logMessages);
+            var message = logMessages.Single();
+            Assert.Equal(LogLevel.Debug, message.LogLevel);
+            Assert.Equal("The request is insecure. Skipping HSTS header.", message.State.ToString());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task WhenRequestIsSecure_AddsHstsHeader()
+        {
+            var sink = new TestSink(
+                TestSink.EnableWithTypeName<HstsMiddleware>,
+                TestSink.EnableWithTypeName<HstsMiddleware>);
+            var loggerFactory = new TestLoggerFactory(sink, enabled: true);
+
+            var builder = new WebHostBuilder()
+                .ConfigureServices(services =>
+                {
+                    services.AddSingleton<ILoggerFactory>(loggerFactory);
+                })
+                .Configure(app =>
+                {
+                    app.UseHsts();
+                    app.Run(context =>
+                    {
+                        return context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello world");
+                    });
+                });
+            var server = new TestServer(builder);
+            var client = server.CreateClient();
+            client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://example.com:5050");
+            var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "");
+
+            var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
+
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
+            Assert.Contains(response.Headers, x => x.Key == HeaderNames.StrictTransportSecurity);
+
+            var logMessages = sink.Writes.ToList();
+
+            Assert.Single(logMessages);
+            var message = logMessages.Single();
+            Assert.Equal(LogLevel.Trace, message.LogLevel);
+            Assert.Equal("Adding HSTS header to response.", message.State.ToString());
         }
     }
 }