diff --git a/src/responder/common/cache_req/cache_req.c b/src/responder/common/cache_req/cache_req.c
index f1b63d9de1..3a575cf51a 100644
--- a/src/responder/common/cache_req/cache_req.c
+++ b/src/responder/common/cache_req/cache_req.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,8 @@ struct tevent_req *cache_req_send(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
     }
     state->first_iteration = true;
 
-    CACHE_REQ_DEBUG(SSSDBG_TRACE_FUNC, cr, "New request '%s'\n", cr->reqname);
+    SSS_REQ_TRACE_CID_CR(SSSDBG_TRACE_FUNC, cr, "New request [CID #%u] '%s'\n",
+                         rctx->client_id_num, cr->reqname);
 
     ret = cache_req_is_well_known_object(state, cr, &result);
     if (ret == EOK) {
diff --git a/src/responder/common/cache_req/cache_req_private.h b/src/responder/common/cache_req/cache_req_private.h
index 8ce10c2fbd..4ea5ab2498 100644
--- a/src/responder/common/cache_req/cache_req_private.h
+++ b/src/responder/common/cache_req/cache_req_private.h
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #define CACHE_REQ_DEBUG(level, cr, fmt, ...) \
     DEBUG(level, "CR #%u: " fmt, (cr)->reqid, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+/* Tracing message, changing this can break log parsing tools */
+#define SSS_REQ_TRACE_CID_CR(level, cr, fmt, ...) \
+    CACHE_REQ_DEBUG(level, cr, "REQ_TRACE: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 struct cache_req {
     /* Provided input. */
     struct cache_req_data *data;