diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
index a6e2ece59..d7b76b8f3 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) setProcessName(procName string, args ...interface{}) {
 
 // SetStatus of Postgres cluster
 func (c *Cluster) setStatus(status string) {
+	c.logger.Debugf("updating status to %s", status)
 	// TODO: eventually switch to updateStatus() for kubernetes 1.11 and above
 	patch, err := json.Marshal(acidv1.PostgresStatus{PostgresClusterStatus: status})
 	if err != nil {