diff --git a/src/audio/playback/pipewire.cpp b/src/audio/playback/pipewire.cpp
index 8c6a2cea6..f97ea143c 100644
--- a/src/audio/playback/pipewire.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/playback/pipewire.cpp
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ static void on_param_changed(void *state, uint32_t id, const struct spa_pod *par
 
         spa_format_audio_raw_parse(param, &audio_params.info.raw);
 
+        log_msg(LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE, MOD_NAME "Pipewire format change: %s, %u ch, %uHz\n",
+                        spa_debug_type_find_short_name(spa_type_audio_format, audio_params.info.raw.format),
+                        audio_params.info.raw.channels,
+                        audio_params.info.raw.rate);
+
         assert(audio_params.info.raw.rate == (unsigned) s->desc.sample_rate);
         assert(audio_params.info.raw.channels == (unsigned) s->desc.ch_count);
         assert(audio_params.info.raw.format == get_pw_format_from_bps(s->desc.bps));