diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/debugger-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/BaseIntegrationTest.java b/dd-smoke-tests/debugger-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/BaseIntegrationTest.java
index 931cca819d1..8ce304043c3 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/debugger-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/BaseIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/debugger-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/BaseIntegrationTest.java
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ protected List<String> getDebuggerCommandParams() {
             "-Ddd.service.name=" + getAppId(),
             "-Ddd.profiling.enabled=false",
             "-Ddatadog.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=info",
+            "-Ddatadog.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.datadog.trace.agent.core=debug",
             "-Ddatadog.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.com.datadog.debugger=debug",
             "-Ddatadog.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.datadog.remoteconfig=debug",
             "-Ddd.jmxfetch.start-delay=0",