diff --git a/gst/gstcaps.c b/gst/gstcaps.c
index 922c77c264..d40bd0f802 100644
--- a/gst/gstcaps.c
+++ b/gst/gstcaps.c
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ _gst_caps_copy (const GstCaps * caps)
   GST_CAPS_FLAGS (newcaps) = GST_CAPS_FLAGS (caps);
   n = GST_CAPS_LEN (caps);
 
+  GST_CAT_DEBUG_OBJECT (GST_CAT_PERFORMANCE, caps, "doing copy %p -> %p",
+      caps, newcaps);
+
   for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
     structure = gst_caps_get_structure_unchecked (caps, i);
     gst_caps_append_structure (newcaps, gst_structure_copy (structure));
diff --git a/gst/gstpad.c b/gst/gstpad.c
index 5df006c688..9f8f9771f5 100644
--- a/gst/gstpad.c
+++ b/gst/gstpad.c
@@ -2658,6 +2658,9 @@ gst_pad_query_accept_caps_default (GstPad * pad, GstQuery * query)
     }
   }
 
+  GST_CAT_DEBUG_OBJECT (GST_CAT_PERFORMANCE, pad,
+      "fallback ACCEPT_CAPS query, consider implementing a specialized version");
+
   allowed = gst_pad_query_caps (pad, NULL);
   gst_query_parse_accept_caps (query, &caps);