diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index fece3c1..7ff02ca 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ package ranger
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"go.mondoo.com/ranger-rpc/status"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"moul.io/http2curl"
 )
 
 // Client is the client for the Ranger service. It is used as the base client for all service calls.
@@ -45,6 +48,11 @@ func (c *Client) DoClientRequest(ctx context.Context, client HTTPClient, url str
 	req = req.WithContext(ctx)
 	req.Header = header
 
+	// trace curl request
+	if log.Trace().Enabled() {
+		c.PrintTraceCurlCommand(url, in)
+	}
+
 	// do http call
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -90,3 +98,28 @@ func (c *Client) DoClientRequest(ctx context.Context, client HTTPClient, url str
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *Client) PrintTraceCurlCommand(url string, in proto.Message) {
+	// for better debuggability we try to construct an equivalent json request
+	jsonBytes, err := json.Marshal(in)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("could not generate trace http log")
+	}
+
+	header := make(http.Header)
+	header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
+	header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(jsonBytes)))
+
+	// create http request
+	reader := bytes.NewReader(jsonBytes)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	req.Header = header
+
+	// convert request to curl command
+	command, _ := http2curl.GetCurlCommand(req)
+	log.Trace().Msg(command.String())
+}
diff --git a/examples/pingpong/client/main.go b/examples/pingpong/client/main.go
index c0c7a4c..3bef3bd 100644
--- a/examples/pingpong/client/main.go
+++ b/examples/pingpong/client/main.go
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"go.mondoo.com/ranger-rpc/examples/pingpong"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.TraceLevel)
 	fmt.Println("start pingpong example client")
 	client, err := pingpong.NewPingPongClient("http://localhost:2155/api/", &http.Client{
 		Timeout: time.Second * 10,
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1018572..c644aac 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	moul.io/http2curl v1.0.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5583bfd..bf6abef 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -738,6 +738,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
+moul.io/http2curl v1.0.0 h1:6XwpyZOYsgZJrU8exnG87ncVkU1FVCcTRpwzOkTDUi8=
+moul.io/http2curl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:f6cULg+e4Md/oW1cYmwW4IWQOVl2lGbmCNGOHvzX2kE=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=