diff --git a/github/Logging.py b/github/Logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..043fde0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/Logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import logging
+
+def get_logger():
+    return logging.getLogger('github')
diff --git a/github/Requester.py b/github/Requester.py
index fd223b71..3b2682cb 100644
--- a/github/Requester.py
+++ b/github/Requester.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with PyGithub.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+import logging
 import httplib
 import base64
 import urllib
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ else: #pragma no cover
     import simplejson as json #pragma no cover
 
 import GithubException
+import Logging
+
 
 class Requester:
     __httpConnectionClass = httplib.HTTPConnection
@@ -109,7 +112,9 @@ class Requester:
         if "x-ratelimit-remaining" in headers and "x-ratelimit-limit" in headers:
             self.rate_limiting = ( int( headers[ "x-ratelimit-remaining" ] ), int( headers[ "x-ratelimit-limit" ] ) )
 
-        # print verb, self.__base_url + url, parameters, input, "==>", status, str( headers ), str( output )
+        logger = Logging.get_logger()
+        if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+            logger.debug(' '.join(map(str, [verb, self.__base_url + url, parameters, input, "==>", status, str(headers), str(output)])))
         return status, headers, output
 
     def __completeUrl( self, url, parameters ):
diff --git a/github/__init__.py b/github/__init__.py
index ef0a03ab..91c2954c 100644
--- a/github/__init__.py
+++ b/github/__init__.py
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ from GithubException import GithubException
 from InputFileContent import InputFileContent
 from InputGitAuthor import InputGitAuthor
 from InputGitTreeElement import InputGitTreeElement
+from Logging import get_logger
diff --git a/github/tests/AllTests.py b/github/tests/AllTests.py
index 71453e57..dcdc9cdb 100644
--- a/github/tests/AllTests.py
+++ b/github/tests/AllTests.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ from UserKey import *
 from PaginatedList import *
 from Exceptions import *
 from Enterprise import *
+from Logging import *
 
 from Issue33 import *
 from Issue50 import *
diff --git a/github/tests/Logging.py b/github/tests/Logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f1b1ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/tests/Logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 2012 Vincent Jacques
+# vincent@vincent-jacques.net
+
+# This file is part of PyGithub. http://vincent-jacques.net/PyGithub
+
+# PyGithub is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+# PyGithub is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with PyGithub.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import logging
+
+import github
+
+import Framework
+
+class Logging( Framework.TestCase ):
+    class MockHandler:
+        def __init__( self ):
+            self.level = logging.DEBUG
+            self.handled = None
+
+        def handle( self, record ):
+            self.handled = record.getMessage()
+
+    def testLogging( self ):
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        logger = github.get_logger()
+        logger.setLevel( logging.DEBUG )
+        handler = self.MockHandler()
+        logger.addHandler( handler )
+        
+        self.assertEqual( self.g.get_user().name, "Vincent Jacques" )
+        self.assertEqual( handler.handled, u'GET https://api.github.com/user None None ==> 200 {\'status\': \'200 OK\', \'content-length\': \'806\', \'x-github-media-type\': \'github.beta; format=json\', \'x-content-type-options\': \'nosniff\', \'vary\': \'Accept, Authorization, Cookie\', \'x-ratelimit-remaining\': \'4993\', \'server\': \'nginx\', \'last-modified\': \'Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:47:46 GMT\', \'connection\': \'keep-alive\', \'x-ratelimit-limit\': \'5000\', \'etag\': \'"434dfe5d3f50558fe3cea087cb95c401"\', \'cache-control\': \'private, s-maxage=60, max-age=60\', \'date\': \'Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:12:32 GMT\', \'content-type\': \'application/json; charset=utf-8\'} {"owned_private_repos":3,"disk_usage":18612,"following":28,"type":"User","public_repos":13,"location":"Paris, France","company":"Criteo","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b68de5ae38616c296fa345d2b9df2225?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-user-420.png","plan":{"space":614400,"private_repos":5,"name":"micro","collaborators":1},"blog":"http://vincent-jacques.net","login":"jacquev6","public_gists":3,"html_url":"https://github.com/jacquev6","hireable":false,"created_at":"2010-07-09T06:10:06Z","private_gists":5,"followers":13,"name":"Vincent Jacques","email":"vincent@vincent-jacques.net","bio":"","total_private_repos":3,"collaborators":0,"gravatar_id":"b68de5ae38616c296fa345d2b9df2225","id":327146,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/jacquev6"}' )
diff --git a/github/tests/ReplayData/Logging.testLogging.txt b/github/tests/ReplayData/Logging.testLogging.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df230319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/tests/ReplayData/Logging.testLogging.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+https GET api.github.com None /user {'Authorization': 'Basic login_and_password_removed'} null
+200
+[('status', '200 OK'), ('content-length', '806'), ('x-github-media-type', 'github.beta; format=json'), ('x-content-type-options', 'nosniff'), ('x-ratelimit-limit', '5000'), ('vary', 'Accept, Authorization, Cookie'), ('x-ratelimit-remaining', '4993'), ('server', 'nginx'), ('last-modified', 'Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:47:46 GMT'), ('connection', 'keep-alive'), ('etag', '"434dfe5d3f50558fe3cea087cb95c401"'), ('cache-control', 'private, s-maxage=60, max-age=60'), ('date', 'Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:12:32 GMT'), ('content-type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')]
+{"owned_private_repos":3,"disk_usage":18612,"following":28,"type":"User","public_repos":13,"location":"Paris, France","company":"Criteo","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b68de5ae38616c296fa345d2b9df2225?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-user-420.png","plan":{"space":614400,"private_repos":5,"name":"micro","collaborators":1},"blog":"http://vincent-jacques.net","login":"jacquev6","public_gists":3,"html_url":"https://github.com/jacquev6","hireable":false,"created_at":"2010-07-09T06:10:06Z","private_gists":5,"followers":13,"name":"Vincent Jacques","email":"vincent@vincent-jacques.net","bio":"","total_private_repos":3,"collaborators":0,"gravatar_id":"b68de5ae38616c296fa345d2b9df2225","id":327146,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/jacquev6"}
+