diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/AbstractAccessDecisionManager.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/AbstractAccessDecisionManager.java
index eb5758903e..e9643c5b06 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/AbstractAccessDecisionManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/AbstractAccessDecisionManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.security.vote;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.security.AccessDecisionManager;
 import org.springframework.security.AccessDeniedException;
 import org.springframework.security.SpringSecurityMessageSource;
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 public abstract class AbstractAccessDecisionManager implements AccessDecisionManager, InitializingBean,
         MessageSourceAware {
     //~ Instance fields ================================================================================================
+    protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
     private List<AccessDecisionVoter> decisionVoters;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/AffirmativeBased.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/AffirmativeBased.java
index e6773ebd5c..4b5d8f0941 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/AffirmativeBased.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/AffirmativeBased.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public class AffirmativeBased extends AbstractAccessDecisionManager {
         for (AccessDecisionVoter voter : getDecisionVoters()) {
             int result = voter.vote(authentication, object, configAttributes);
 
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                logger.debug("Voter: " + voter + ", returned: " + result);
+            }
+
             switch (result) {
             case AccessDecisionVoter.ACCESS_GRANTED:
                 return;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/ConsensusBased.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/ConsensusBased.java
index eca091b066..cf16e1c6a9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/ConsensusBased.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/ConsensusBased.java
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ public class ConsensusBased extends AbstractAccessDecisionManager {
         for (AccessDecisionVoter voter :  getDecisionVoters()) {
             int result = voter.vote(authentication, object, configAttributes);
 
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                logger.debug("Voter: " + voter + ", returned: " + result);
+            }
+
             switch (result) {
             case AccessDecisionVoter.ACCESS_GRANTED:
                 grant++;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/UnanimousBased.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/UnanimousBased.java
index fa7fe7375b..0aa349f20c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/UnanimousBased.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/vote/UnanimousBased.java
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public class UnanimousBased extends AbstractAccessDecisionManager {
             for(AccessDecisionVoter voter : getDecisionVoters()) {
                 int result = voter.vote(authentication, object, singleAttributeList);
 
+                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                    logger.debug("Voter: " + voter + ", returned: " + result);
+                }
+
                 switch (result) {
                 case AccessDecisionVoter.ACCESS_GRANTED:
                     grant++;