diff --git a/types/wlr_surface.c b/types/wlr_surface.c
index 2f68b134..e733c544 100644
--- a/types/wlr_surface.c
+++ b/types/wlr_surface.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ struct wlr_surface *wlr_surface_create(struct wl_resource *res,
 		wl_resource_post_no_memory(res);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	wlr_log(L_DEBUG, "New wlr_surface %p (res %p)", surface, res);
 	surface->renderer = renderer;
 	surface->texture = wlr_render_texture_create(renderer);
 	surface->resource = res;
diff --git a/types/wlr_wl_shell.c b/types/wlr_wl_shell.c
index 378758e8..84b40fc3 100644
--- a/types/wlr_wl_shell.c
+++ b/types/wlr_wl_shell.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static void wl_shell_get_shell_surface(struct wl_client *client,
 	state->surface = surface;
 	struct wl_resource *shell_surface_resource = wl_resource_create(client,
 			&wl_shell_surface_interface, wl_resource_get_version(resource), id);
+	wlr_log(L_DEBUG, "New wl_shell %p (res %p)", state, shell_surface_resource);
 	wl_resource_set_implementation(shell_surface_resource,
 			&shell_surface_interface, state, destroy_shell_surface);
 	wl_list_insert(&wlr_wl_shell->surfaces, &state->link);
diff --git a/types/wlr_xdg_shell_v6.c b/types/wlr_xdg_shell_v6.c
index 484571b3..b5df9bd8 100644
--- a/types/wlr_xdg_shell_v6.c
+++ b/types/wlr_xdg_shell_v6.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ static void xdg_shell_get_xdg_surface(struct wl_client *client,
 	surface->surface = _surface;
 	surface->resource = wl_resource_create(client,
 		&zxdg_surface_v6_interface, wl_resource_get_version(_xdg_shell), id);
+	wlr_log(L_DEBUG, "new xdg_surface %p (res %p)", surface, surface->resource);
 	wl_resource_set_implementation(surface->resource,
 		&zxdg_surface_v6_implementation, surface, xdg_surface_destroy);
 	wl_list_insert(&xdg_shell->surfaces, &surface->link);