diff --git a/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/client/AmqpClient.java b/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/client/AmqpClient.java
index 78b1aa0c60..8c794eabb9 100644
--- a/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/client/AmqpClient.java
+++ b/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/client/AmqpClient.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.activemq.transport.amqp.client.transport.NettyTransportFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.transport.amqp.client.transport.NettyTransport;
+import org.apache.activemq.transport.amqp.client.transport.NettyTransportFactory;
 import org.apache.qpid.proton.amqp.Symbol;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class AmqpClient {
     private final URI remoteURI;
     private String authzid;
     private String mechanismRestriction;
+    private boolean traceFrames;
 
     private AmqpValidator stateInspector = new AmqpValidator();
     private List<Symbol> offeredCapabilities = Collections.emptyList();
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ public class AmqpClient {
         connection.setOfferedCapabilities(getOfferedCapabilities());
         connection.setOfferedProperties(getOfferedProperties());
         connection.setStateInspector(getStateInspector());
+        connection.setTraceFrames(isTraceFrames());
 
         return connection;
     }
@@ -218,6 +220,24 @@ public class AmqpClient {
         this.stateInspector = stateInspector;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the traceFrames setting for the client, true indicates frame tracing is on.
+     */
+    public boolean isTraceFrames() {
+        return traceFrames;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Controls whether connections created from this client object will log AMQP
+     * frames to a trace level logger or not.
+     *
+     * @param traceFrames
+     *      configure the trace frames option for the client created connections.
+     */
+    public void setTraceFrames(boolean traceFrames) {
+        this.traceFrames = traceFrames;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "AmqpClient: " + getRemoteURI().getHost() + ":" + getRemoteURI().getPort();
diff --git a/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/client/AmqpConnection.java b/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/client/AmqpConnection.java
index 85a1d227c1..1c795a8c11 100644
--- a/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/client/AmqpConnection.java
+++ b/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/client/AmqpConnection.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
  * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
  * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ import org.apache.qpid.proton.engine.Event.Type;
 import org.apache.qpid.proton.engine.Sasl;
 import org.apache.qpid.proton.engine.Transport;
 import org.apache.qpid.proton.engine.impl.CollectorImpl;
+import org.apache.qpid.proton.engine.impl.ProtocolTracer;
+import org.apache.qpid.proton.engine.impl.TransportImpl;
+import org.apache.qpid.proton.framing.TransportFrame;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
 public class AmqpConnection extends AmqpAbstractResource<Connection> implements NettyTransportListener {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AmqpConnection.class);
+    private static final Logger TRACE_FRAMES = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AmqpConnection.class.getPackage().getName() + ".FRAMES");
 
     private static final NoOpAsyncResult NOOP_REQUEST = new NoOpAsyncResult();
 
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ public class AmqpConnection extends AmqpAbstractResource<Connection> implements
     private long connectTimeout = DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT;
     private long closeTimeout = DEFAULT_CLOSE_TIMEOUT;
     private long drainTimeout = DEFAULT_DRAIN_TIMEOUT;
+    private boolean trace;
 
     public AmqpConnection(org.apache.activemq.transport.amqp.client.transport.NettyTransport transport, String username, String password) {
         setEndpoint(Connection.Factory.create());
@@ -154,6 +159,7 @@ public class AmqpConnection extends AmqpAbstractResource<Connection> implements
                         sasl.client();
                     }
                     authenticator = new SaslAuthenticator(sasl, username, password, authzid, mechanismRestriction);
+                    updateTracer();
                     open(future);
 
                     pumpToProtonTransport(future);
@@ -434,6 +440,14 @@ public class AmqpConnection extends AmqpAbstractResource<Connection> implements
         return mechanismRestriction;
     }
 
+    public boolean isTraceFrames() {
+        return trace;
+    }
+
+    public void setTraceFrames(boolean trace) {
+        this.trace = trace;
+    }
+
     //----- Internal getters used from the child AmqpResource classes --------//
 
     ScheduledExecutorService getScheduler() {
@@ -698,6 +712,22 @@ public class AmqpConnection extends AmqpAbstractResource<Connection> implements
         return containerId;
     }
 
+    private void updateTracer() {
+        if (isTraceFrames()) {
+            ((TransportImpl) protonTransport).setProtocolTracer(new ProtocolTracer() {
+                @Override
+                public void receivedFrame(TransportFrame transportFrame) {
+                    TRACE_FRAMES.trace("{} | RECV: {}", getRemoteURI(), transportFrame.getBody());
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void sentFrame(TransportFrame transportFrame) {
+                    TRACE_FRAMES.trace("{} | SENT: {}", this, transportFrame.getBody());
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "AmqpConnection { " + connectionId + " }";
diff --git a/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/interop/AmqpAnonymousSenderTest.java b/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/interop/AmqpAnonymousSenderTest.java
index f7c43563ce..efba3811b0 100644
--- a/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/interop/AmqpAnonymousSenderTest.java
+++ b/activemq-amqp/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/interop/AmqpAnonymousSenderTest.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public class AmqpAnonymousSenderTest extends AmqpClientTestSupport {
     public void testSendMessageOnAnonymousRelayLinkUsingMessageTo() throws Exception {
 
         AmqpClient client = createAmqpClient();
+        client.setTraceFrames(false);
+
         AmqpConnection connection = client.connect();
         AmqpSession session = connection.createSession();
 
diff --git a/activemq-amqp/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/activemq-amqp/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index d25017dac9..64d4fb0378 100755
--- a/activemq-amqp/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/activemq-amqp/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 log4j.rootLogger=WARN, console, file
 log4j.logger.org.apache.activemq=INFO
 log4j.logger.org.apache.activemq.transport.amqp=DEBUG
-log4j.logger.org.apache.activemq.transport.amqp.FRAMES=INFO
+log4j.logger.org.apache.activemq.transport.amqp.client.FRAMES=TRACE
+log4j.logger.org.apache.activemq.transport.amqp.FRAMES=TRACE
 log4j.logger.org.fusesource=INFO
 
 # Configure various level of detail for Qpid JMS logs.