diff --git a/neutron/policy.py b/neutron/policy.py
index 562ee0363..092750add 100644
--- a/neutron/policy.py
+++ b/neutron/policy.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 Policy engine for neutron.  Largely copied from nova.
 """
 import itertools
+import logging
 import re
 
 from oslo.config import cfg
@@ -27,11 +28,11 @@ import neutron.common.utils as utils
 from neutron.openstack.common import excutils
 from neutron.openstack.common.gettextutils import _LE, _LI, _LW
 from neutron.openstack.common import importutils
-from neutron.openstack.common import log as logging
+from neutron.openstack.common import log
 from neutron.openstack.common import policy
 
 
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 _POLICY_PATH = None
 _POLICY_CACHE = {}
 ADMIN_CTX_POLICY = 'context_is_admin'
@@ -151,6 +152,16 @@ def _build_subattr_match_rule(attr_name, attr, action, target):
     return policy.AndCheck(sub_attr_rules)
 
 
+def _process_rules_list(rules, match_rule):
+    """Recursively walk a policy rule to extract a list of match entries."""
+    if isinstance(match_rule, policy.RuleCheck):
+        rules.append(match_rule.match)
+    elif isinstance(match_rule, policy.AndCheck):
+        for rule in match_rule.rules:
+            _process_rules_list(rules, rule)
+    return rules
+
+
 def _build_match_rule(action, target):
     """Create the rule to match for a given action.
 
@@ -188,6 +199,11 @@ def _build_match_rule(action, target):
                                     attribute_name, attribute,
                                     action, target)])
                         match_rule = policy.AndCheck([match_rule, attr_rule])
+    # Check that the logger has a DEBUG log level
+    if (cfg.CONF.debug and LOG.logger.level == logging.NOTSET or
+            LOG.logger.level == logging.DEBUG):
+        rules = _process_rules_list([], match_rule)
+        LOG.debug("Enforcing rules: %s", rules)
     return match_rule
 
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/test_policy.py b/neutron/tests/unit/test_policy.py
index bc0074c90..70905b29a 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/test_policy.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/test_policy.py
@@ -551,3 +551,24 @@ class NeutronPolicyTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
             {'extension:provider_network:set': 'rule:admin_only'},
             dict((policy, 'rule:admin_only') for policy in
                  expected_policies))
+
+    def test_process_rules(self):
+        action = "create_something"
+        # Construct RuleChecks for an action, attribute and subattribute
+        match_rule = common_policy.RuleCheck('rule', action)
+        attr_rule = common_policy.RuleCheck('rule', '%s:%s' %
+                                                    (action, 'somethings'))
+        sub_attr_rules = [common_policy.RuleCheck('rule', '%s:%s:%s' %
+                                                          (action, 'attr',
+                                                           'sub_attr_1'))]
+        # Build an AndCheck from the given RuleChecks
+        # Make the checks nested to better check the recursion
+        sub_attr_rules = common_policy.AndCheck(sub_attr_rules)
+        attr_rule = common_policy.AndCheck(
+            [attr_rule, sub_attr_rules])
+
+        match_rule = common_policy.AndCheck([match_rule, attr_rule])
+        # Assert that the rules are correctly extracted from the match_rule
+        rules = policy._process_rules_list([], match_rule)
+        self.assertEqual(['create_something', 'create_something:somethings',
+                          'create_something:attr:sub_attr_1'], rules)