diff --git a/pkg/api/plugins.go b/pkg/api/plugins.go
index ffe15c59357..2501b2c615d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/api/plugins.go
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) InstallPlugin(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) response.Respons
 	}
 	pluginID := web.Params(c.Req)[":pluginId"]
 
+	hs.log.Info("Plugin install/update requested", "pluginId", pluginID, "user", c.Login)
+
 	compatOpts := plugins.NewCompatOpts(hs.Cfg.BuildVersion, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 	err := hs.pluginInstaller.Add(c.Req.Context(), pluginID, dto.Version, compatOpts)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -486,6 +488,9 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) InstallPlugin(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) response.Respons
 
 func (hs *HTTPServer) UninstallPlugin(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) response.Response {
 	pluginID := web.Params(c.Req)[":pluginId"]
+
+	hs.log.Info("Plugin uninstall requested", "pluginId", pluginID, "user", c.Login)
+
 	plugin, exists := hs.pluginStore.Plugin(c.Req.Context(), pluginID)
 	if !exists {
 		return response.Error(http.StatusNotFound, "Plugin not installed", nil)
diff --git a/pkg/api/plugins_test.go b/pkg/api/plugins_test.go
index 1801f2b315a..2b01e7427bb 100644
--- a/pkg/api/plugins_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/plugins_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ func Test_PluginsInstallAndUninstall(t *testing.T) {
 			hs.authnService = &authntest.FakeService{
 				ExpectedIdentity: expectedIdentity,
 			}
+
+			hs.log = log.NewNopLogger()
 		})
 
 		t.Run(testName("Install", tc), func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/manager/installer.go b/pkg/plugins/manager/installer.go
index b0be555af16..b1db5662c51 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/manager/installer.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/manager/installer.go
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ func (m *PluginInstaller) install(ctx context.Context, pluginID, version string,
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		m.log.Info("Updating plugin", "pluginId", pluginID, "from", plugin.Info.Version, "to", pluginArchiveInfo.Version)
+
 		// if existing plugin version is the same as the target update version
 		if pluginArchiveInfo.Version == plugin.Info.Version {
 			return nil, plugins.DuplicateError{
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ func (m *PluginInstaller) install(ctx context.Context, pluginID, version string,
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		m.log.Info("Installing plugin", "pluginId", pluginID, "version", version)
 	}
 
 	extractedArchive, err := m.pluginStorage.Extract(ctx, pluginID, m.pluginStorageDirFunc, pluginArchive.File)