diff --git a/cinderclient/client.py b/cinderclient/client.py
index 314532423..fe20a6de9 100644
--- a/cinderclient/client.py
+++ b/cinderclient/client.py
@@ -212,12 +212,6 @@ class HTTPClient(CinderClientMixin):
         self.auth_plugin = auth_plugin
 
         self._logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-        if self.http_log_debug and not self._logger.handlers:
-            ch = logging.StreamHandler()
-            self._logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-            self._logger.addHandler(ch)
-            if hasattr(requests, 'logging'):
-                requests.logging.getLogger(requests.__name__).addHandler(ch)
 
     def http_log_req(self, args, kwargs):
         if not self.http_log_debug:
diff --git a/cinderclient/shell.py b/cinderclient/shell.py
index af166a02a..83242f31e 100644
--- a/cinderclient/shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/shell.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import os
 import pkgutil
 import sys
 
+import requests
+
 from cinderclient import client
 from cinderclient import exceptions as exc
 from cinderclient import utils
@@ -478,6 +480,13 @@ class OpenStackCinderShell(object):
         logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
         logger.addHandler(streamhandler)
 
+        client_logger = logging.getLogger(client.__name__)
+        ch = logging.StreamHandler()
+        client_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        client_logger.addHandler(ch)
+        if hasattr(requests, 'logging'):
+            requests.logging.getLogger(requests.__name__).addHandler(ch)
+
     def main(self, argv):
 
         # Parse args once to find version and debug settings