diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20ad056..862d456 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 A simple service to proxy unix sockets to http. Useful for containerizing web services that don't natively support listening on unix sockets.
 
 Usage of unixproxy:
+  -log
+        Log requests to stdout
+  -strip string
+        Strip prefix from reqeusts
   -unix string
         Unix socket to listen on
   -url string
         URL to proxy to
-
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cb37642..7329572 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ type myConfig struct {
 	MyURL  string
 	MySock string
 	Strip  string
+	Log    bool
+}
+
+func logRequest(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		log.Printf("%s %s %s\n", r.RemoteAddr, r.Method, r.URL)
+		handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -23,7 +31,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&c.MyURL, "url", "", "URL to proxy to")
 	flag.StringVar(&c.MySock, "unix", "", "Unix socket to listen on")
 	flag.StringVar(&c.Strip, "strip", "", "Strip prefix from reqeusts")
-
+	flag.BoolVar(&c.Log, "log", false, "Log requests to stdout")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	if c.MySock == "" {
@@ -49,9 +57,21 @@ func main() {
 		WriteTimeout:      3 * time.Second,
 		IdleTimeout:       30 * time.Second,
 		ReadHeaderTimeout: 20 * time.Second,
-		Handler:           http.StripPrefix(c.Strip, frontendProxy),
 	}
+	if c.Strip == "" {
+		if c.Log {
+			srv.Handler = logRequest(frontendProxy)
+		} else {
+			srv.Handler = frontendProxy
+		}
+	} else {
+		if c.Log {
+			srv.Handler = logRequest(http.StripPrefix(c.Strip, frontendProxy))
 
+		} else {
+			srv.Handler = http.StripPrefix(c.Strip, frontendProxy)
+		}
+	}
 	unixListener, err := net.Listen("unix", c.MySock)
 
 	if err != nil {