diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/deployers/impl/FileConfigurationParser.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/deployers/impl/FileConfigurationParser.java
index 70fe47c913..bd095e0c29 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/deployers/impl/FileConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/deployers/impl/FileConfigurationParser.java
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ public final class FileConfigurationParser extends XMLConfigurationUtil {
          }
       });
 
+      ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.initializingMetricsPlugin(clazz, properties.toString());
       config.setMetricsPlugin(metricsPlugin.init(properties));
 
       return metricsPlugin;
diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServerLogger.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServerLogger.java
index 8954839a07..8f760148d9 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServerLogger.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServerLogger.java
@@ -434,6 +434,10 @@ public interface ActiveMQServerLogger extends BasicLogger {
    @Message(id = 221081, value = "There is no address with ID {0}, deleting record {1}", format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
    void infoNoAddressWithID(Long id, Long record);
 
+   @LogMessage(level = Logger.Level.INFO)
+   @Message(id = 221082, value = "Initializing metrics plugin {0} with properties: {1}", format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
+   void initializingMetricsPlugin(String clazz, String properties);
+
    @LogMessage(level = Logger.Level.WARN)
    @Message(id = 222000, value = "ActiveMQServer is being finalized and has not been stopped. Please remember to stop the server before letting it go out of scope",
       format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)