diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp
index 0c10bc242b..954cfc83e6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ webkit_extension_msg_received (WebKitWebContext  *context,
     GVariant *params = webkit_user_message_get_parameters (message);
     gboolean res = TRUE;
 
+    GST_TRACE_OBJECT(src, "Handling message %s", name);
     if (!g_strcmp0(name, "gstwpe.new_stream")) {
         guint32 id = g_variant_get_uint32 (g_variant_get_child_value (params, 0));
         const gchar *capsstr = g_variant_get_string (g_variant_get_child_value (params, 1), NULL);
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/wpe-extension/gstwpeextension.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/wpe-extension/gstwpeextension.c
index 256b264ef8..bcdfa9b765 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/wpe-extension/gstwpeextension.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/wpe-extension/gstwpeextension.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 #include <gio/gunixfdlist.h>
 #include <wpe/webkit-web-extension.h>
 
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (wpe_extension_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT wpe_extension_debug
+
 G_MODULE_EXPORT void webkit_web_extension_initialize (WebKitWebExtension *
     extension);
 
@@ -42,13 +45,16 @@ webkit_web_extension_initialize (WebKitWebExtension * extension)
 
   gst_init (NULL, NULL);
 
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (wpe_extension_debug, "wpewebextension", 0,
+      "GstWPE WebExtension");
+
   /* Register our own audio sink to */
   gst_element_register (NULL, "gstwpeaudiosink", GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 500,
       gst_wpe_audio_sink_get_type ());
   gst_object_unref (g_object_new (gst_wpe_bus_msg_forwarder_get_type (), NULL));
 
   global_extension = extension;
-  GST_INFO_OBJECT (global_extension, "Setting as global extension.");
+  GST_INFO ("Setting as global extension.");
 }
 
 void