diff --git a/data/org_kde_kwin.categories b/data/org_kde_kwin.categories
index 9667b916fd..6c03919d5e 100644
--- a/data/org_kde_kwin.categories
+++ b/data/org_kde_kwin.categories
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 kwin_core KWin Core DEFAULT_SEVERITY [CRITICAL] IDENTIFIER [KWIN_CORE]
+kwin_virtualkeyboard KWin Virtual Keyboard Integration DEFAULT_SEVERITY [CRITICAL] IDENTIFIER [KWIN_VIRTUALKEYBOARD]
 kwineffects KWin Effects DEFAULT_SEVERITY [CRITICAL] IDENTIFIER [KWINEFFECTS]
 libkwineffects KWin Effects Library DEFAULT_SEVERITY [CRITICAL] IDENTIFIER [LIBKWINEFFECTS]
 libkwinglutils KWin OpenGL utility Library DEFAULT_SEVERITY [CRITICAL] IDENTIFIER [LIBKWINGLUTILS]
diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
index 7314044f23..91f345a7d6 100644
--- a/utils.cpp
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #endif
 
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(KWIN_CORE, "kwin_core", QtCriticalMsg)
+Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(KWIN_VIRTUALKEYBOARD, "kwin_virtualkeyboard", QtCriticalMsg)
 namespace KWin
 {
 
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 7fb2537445..5f5efce892 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 // system
 #include <limits.h>
 Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(KWIN_CORE)
+Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(KWIN_VIRTUALKEYBOARD)
 namespace KWin
 {
 
diff --git a/virtualkeyboard.cpp b/virtualkeyboard.cpp
index f0c9cf7710..018da529fe 100644
--- a/virtualkeyboard.cpp
+++ b/virtualkeyboard.cpp
@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@ VirtualKeyboard::~VirtualKeyboard() = default;
 void VirtualKeyboard::init()
 {
     // TODO: need a shared Qml engine
+    qCDebug(KWIN_VIRTUALKEYBOARD) << "Initializing window";
     m_inputWindow.reset(new QQuickView(nullptr));
     m_inputWindow->setFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
     m_inputWindow->setGeometry(screens()->geometry(screens()->current()));
     m_inputWindow->setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
     m_inputWindow->setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral(KWIN_NAME "/virtualkeyboard/main.qml"))));
     if (m_inputWindow->status() != QQuickView::Status::Ready) {
+        qCWarning(KWIN_VIRTUALKEYBOARD) << "window not ready yet";
         m_inputWindow.reset();
         return;
     }
@@ -81,13 +83,16 @@ void VirtualKeyboard::init()
 
     if (waylandServer()) {
         m_enabled = !input()->hasAlphaNumericKeyboard();
+        qCDebug(KWIN_VIRTUALKEYBOARD) << "enabled by default: " << m_enabled;
         connect(input(), &InputRedirection::hasAlphaNumericKeyboardChanged, this,
             [this] (bool set) {
+                qCDebug(KWIN_VIRTUALKEYBOARD) << "AlphaNumeric Keyboard changed:" << set << "toggling VirtualKeyboard.";
                 setEnabled(!set);
             }
         );
     }
 
+    qCDebug(KWIN_VIRTUALKEYBOARD) << "Registering the SNI";
     m_sni = new KStatusNotifierItem(QStringLiteral("kwin-virtual-keyboard"), this);
     m_sni->setStandardActionsEnabled(false);
     m_sni->setCategory(KStatusNotifierItem::Hardware);
@@ -102,6 +107,7 @@ void VirtualKeyboard::init()
     connect(this, &VirtualKeyboard::enabledChanged, this, &VirtualKeyboard::updateSni);
 
     auto dbus = new VirtualKeyboardDBus(this);
+    qCDebug(KWIN_VIRTUALKEYBOARD) << "Registering the DBus interface";
     dbus->setEnabled(m_enabled);
     connect(dbus, &VirtualKeyboardDBus::activateRequested, this, &VirtualKeyboard::setEnabled);
     connect(this, &VirtualKeyboard::enabledChanged, dbus, &VirtualKeyboardDBus::setEnabled);