diff --git a/src/balancerd/src/lib.rs b/src/balancerd/src/lib.rs
index b6b84fd7b0be3..a1002422bebe4 100644
--- a/src/balancerd/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/balancerd/src/lib.rs
@@ -705,7 +705,10 @@ impl PgwireBalancer {
     where
         A: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + AsyncReady + Send + Sync + Unpin,
     {
-        let mut mz_stream = TcpStream::connect(envd_addr).await?;
+        let mut mz_stream = TcpStream::connect(envd_addr)
+            .await
+            .inspect_err(|e| error!("Error connecting to environmentd {} - {:?}", envd_addr, e))?;
+
         let mut buf = BytesMut::new();
 
         let mut mz_stream = if internal_tls {