diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/Constants.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/Constants.java
index 0ca4aa01a7e..430a6bc325a 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/Constants.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/Constants.java
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ public final class Constants {
   //use a custom endpoint?
   public static final String ENDPOINT = "fs.s3a.endpoint";
 
+  /**
+   * Default value of s3 endpoint. If not set explicitly using
+   * {@code AmazonS3#setEndpoint()}, this is used.
+   */
+  public static final String DEFAULT_ENDPOINT = "s3.amazonaws.com";
+
   //Enable path style access? Overrides default virtual hosting
   public static final String PATH_STYLE_ACCESS = "fs.s3a.path.style.access";
 
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3AFileSystem.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3AFileSystem.java
index 9630a9eff74..6d2b3a84ca7 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3AFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3AFileSystem.java
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.impl.CallableSupplier.waitForCompletionIg
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.impl.ErrorTranslation.isUnknownBucket;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.impl.InternalConstants.SC_404;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.impl.NetworkBinding.fixBucketRegion;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.impl.NetworkBinding.logDnsLookup;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils.cleanupWithLogger;
 
 /**
@@ -469,6 +470,8 @@ public class S3AFileSystem extends FileSystem implements StreamCapabilities,
    * S3AFileSystem initialization. When set to 1 or 2, bucket existence check
    * will be performed which is potentially slow.
    * If 3 or higher: warn and use the v2 check.
+   * Also logging DNS address of the s3 endpoint if the bucket probe value is
+   * greater than 0 else skipping it for increased performance.
    * @throws UnknownStoreException the bucket is absent
    * @throws IOException any other problem talking to S3
    */
@@ -483,9 +486,11 @@ public class S3AFileSystem extends FileSystem implements StreamCapabilities,
       LOG.debug("skipping check for bucket existence");
       break;
     case 1:
+      logDnsLookup(getConf());
       verifyBucketExists();
       break;
     case 2:
+      logDnsLookup(getConf());
       verifyBucketExistsV2();
       break;
     default:
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/NetworkBinding.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/NetworkBinding.java
index 7ff44510011..8b34376a255 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/NetworkBinding.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/NetworkBinding.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.impl;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
@@ -30,9 +32,12 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.ssl.DelegatingSSLSocketFactory;
 
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.DEFAULT_ENDPOINT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.DEFAULT_SSL_CHANNEL_MODE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.ENDPOINT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.SSL_CHANNEL_MODE;
 
 /**
@@ -121,4 +126,30 @@ public class NetworkBinding {
         ? "us-east-1"
         : region;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Log the dns address associated with s3 endpoint. If endpoint is
+   * not set in the configuration, the {@code Constants#DEFAULT_ENDPOINT}
+   * will be used.
+   * @param conf input configuration.
+   */
+  public static void logDnsLookup(Configuration conf) {
+    String endPoint = conf.getTrimmed(ENDPOINT, DEFAULT_ENDPOINT);
+    String hostName = endPoint;
+    if (!endPoint.isEmpty() && LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+      // Updating the hostname if there is a scheme present.
+      if (endPoint.contains("://")) {
+        try {
+          URI uri = new URI(endPoint);
+          hostName = uri.getHost();
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+          LOG.debug("Got URISyntaxException, ignoring");
+        }
+      }
+      LOG.debug("Bucket endpoint : {}, Hostname : {}, DNSAddress : {}",
+              endPoint,
+              hostName,
+              NetUtils.normalizeHostName(hostName));
+    }
+  }
 }