diff --git a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-onvif-media.c b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-onvif-media.c
index 0b29f898df..e5cd411940 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-onvif-media.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-onvif-media.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 #include "rtsp-onvif-media.h"
 #include "rtsp-latency-bin.h"
 
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (rtsp_onvif_media_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT rtsp_onvif_media_debug
+
 struct GstRTSPOnvifMediaPrivate
 {
   GMutex lock;
@@ -234,6 +237,9 @@ gst_rtsp_onvif_media_class_init (GstRTSPOnvifMediaClass * klass)
   gobject_class->finalize = gst_rtsp_onvif_media_finalize;
 
   media_class->setup_sdp = gst_rtsp_onvif_media_setup_sdp;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (rtsp_onvif_media_debug, "rtsponvifmedia", 0,
+      "GstRTSPOnvifMedia");
 }
 
 static void
@@ -272,10 +278,15 @@ gst_rtsp_onvif_media_collect_backchannel (GstRTSPOnvifMedia * media)
   if (!element)
     return ret;
 
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (media, "Looking for backchannel bin onvif-backchannel");
+
   backchannel_bin =
       gst_bin_get_by_name (GST_BIN (element), "onvif-backchannel");
-  if (!backchannel_bin)
+  if (!backchannel_bin) {
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (media,
+        "onvif-backchannel bin not found in media pipeline");
     goto out;
+  }
 
   /* We don't want the backchannel element, which is a receiver, to affect
    * latency on the complete pipeline. That's why we remove it from the
@@ -298,6 +309,7 @@ gst_rtsp_onvif_media_collect_backchannel (GstRTSPOnvifMedia * media)
   if (!pad)
     goto out;
 
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (media, "Creating backchannel stream");
   gst_rtsp_media_create_stream (GST_RTSP_MEDIA (media), latency_bin, pad);
   ret = TRUE;