@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """Wrapper for the GitLab API."""
 
+import logging
 import warnings
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -65,3 +66,11 @@ def __getattr__(name: str) -> Any:
 ]
 __all__.extend(gitlab.const._DEPRECATED)
 __all__.extend(gitlab.exceptions.__all__)
+
+# If at some point we have "children" modules which start logging before we get
+# here then this should be moved before we import any of the `gitlab` modules
+# above.
+# Using the `NullHandler` means that any log messages generated will not be
+# output unless the client application configures logging. For example by
+# calling `logging.basicConfig()`
+logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """Wrapper for the GitLab API."""
 
+import logging
 import os
 import time
 from typing import Any, cast, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
 import gitlab.exceptions
 from gitlab import utils
 
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 REDIRECT_MSG = (
     "python-gitlab detected a {status_code} ({reason!r}) redirection. You must update "
     "your GitLab URL to the correct URL to avoid issues. The redirection was from: "
@@ -526,7 +529,6 @@ def _set_auth_info(self) -> None:
 
     @staticmethod
     def enable_debug() -> None:
-        import logging
         from http.client import HTTPConnection  # noqa
 
         HTTPConnection.debuglevel = 1
@@ -535,6 +537,7 @@ def enable_debug() -> None:
         requests_log = logging.getLogger("requests.packages.urllib3")
         requests_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         requests_log.propagate = True
+        LOG.debug("Enabled debug mode for python-gitlab")
 
     def _get_session_opts(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         return {