diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
index aadd775..2cca287 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
@@ -155,3 +155,9 @@ boolean parameters value.
 - ``debug_init`` [bool] (default **n**)
 
   Enable extra logging during device intialization and startup.
+
+- ``mcdi_logging`` [bool] (default **n**)
+
+  Enable extra logging of the communication with the NIC's management CPU.
+  The logging is done using RTE_LOG() with INFO level and PMD type.
+  The format is consumed by the Solarflare netlogdecode cross-platform tool.
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/efsys.h b/drivers/net/sfc/efsys.h
index e4d5035..d48eb4c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/efsys.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/efsys.h
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ prefetch_read_once(const volatile void *addr)
 
 /* MCDI is required for SFN7xxx and SFN8xx */
 #define EFSYS_OPT_MCDI 1
-#define EFSYS_OPT_MCDI_LOGGING 0
+#define EFSYS_OPT_MCDI_LOGGING 1
 #define EFSYS_OPT_MCDI_PROXY_AUTH 0
 
 #define EFSYS_OPT_MAC_STATS 0
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h
index 995dfe6..46c6fb6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct sfc_mcdi {
 	efsys_mem_t			mem;
 	enum sfc_mcdi_state		state;
 	efx_mcdi_transport_t		transport;
+	bool				logging;
 };
 
 struct sfc_intr {
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
index c28082c..12309ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
@@ -464,4 +464,5 @@ static struct eth_driver sfc_efx_pmd = {
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(net_sfc_efx, sfc_efx_pmd.pci_drv);
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(net_sfc_efx, pci_id_sfc_efx_map);
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(net_sfc_efx,
+	SFC_KVARG_MCDI_LOGGING "=" SFC_KVARG_VALUES_BOOL " "
 	SFC_KVARG_DEBUG_INIT "=" SFC_KVARG_VALUES_BOOL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.c
index f1bab28..bbbd026 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ sfc_kvargs_parse(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 	struct rte_devargs *devargs = sa->eth_dev->pci_dev->device.devargs;
 	const char **params = (const char *[]){
 		SFC_KVARG_DEBUG_INIT,
+		SFC_KVARG_MCDI_LOGGING,
 		NULL,
 	};
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.h b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.h
index 0b53963..ffce851 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define SFC_KVARG_DEBUG_INIT		"debug_init"
 
+#define SFC_KVARG_MCDI_LOGGING		"mcdi_logging"
+
 struct sfc_adapter;
 
 int sfc_kvargs_parse(struct sfc_adapter *sa);
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_mcdi.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_mcdi.c
index 9ba28e1..3bed2e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_mcdi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_mcdi.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #include "sfc.h"
 #include "sfc_log.h"
+#include "sfc_kvargs.h"
 
 #define SFC_MCDI_POLL_INTERVAL_MIN_US	10		/* 10us in 1us units */
 #define SFC_MCDI_POLL_INTERVAL_MAX_US	(US_PER_S / 10)	/* 100ms in 1us units */
@@ -125,6 +126,65 @@ sfc_mcdi_exception(void *arg, efx_mcdi_exception_t eme)
 	sfc_panic(sa, "MCDI exceptions handling is not implemented\n");
 }
 
+#define SFC_MCDI_LOG_BUF_SIZE	128
+
+static size_t
+sfc_mcdi_do_log(const struct sfc_adapter *sa,
+		char *buffer, void *data, size_t data_size,
+		size_t pfxsize, size_t position)
+{
+	uint32_t *words = data;
+	/* Space separator plus 2 characters per byte */
+	const size_t word_str_space = 1 + 2 * sizeof(*words);
+	size_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < data_size; i += sizeof(*words)) {
+		if (position + word_str_space >=
+		    SFC_MCDI_LOG_BUF_SIZE) {
+			/* Flush at SFC_MCDI_LOG_BUF_SIZE with backslash
+			 * at the end which is required by netlogdecode.
+			 */
+			buffer[position] = '\0';
+			sfc_info(sa, "%s \\", buffer);
+			/* Preserve prefix for the next log message */
+			position = pfxsize;
+		}
+		position += snprintf(buffer + position,
+				     SFC_MCDI_LOG_BUF_SIZE - position,
+				     " %08x", *words);
+		words++;
+	}
+	return position;
+}
+
+static void
+sfc_mcdi_logger(void *arg, efx_log_msg_t type,
+		void *header, size_t header_size,
+		void *data, size_t data_size)
+{
+	struct sfc_adapter *sa = (struct sfc_adapter *)arg;
+	char buffer[SFC_MCDI_LOG_BUF_SIZE];
+	size_t pfxsize;
+	size_t start;
+
+	if (!sa->mcdi.logging)
+		return;
+
+	/* The format including prefix added by sfc_info() is the format
+	 * consumed by the Solarflare netlogdecode tool.
+	 */
+	pfxsize = snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "MCDI RPC %s:",
+			   type == EFX_LOG_MCDI_REQUEST ? "REQ" :
+			   type == EFX_LOG_MCDI_RESPONSE ? "RESP" : "???");
+	start = sfc_mcdi_do_log(sa, buffer, header, header_size,
+				pfxsize, pfxsize);
+	start = sfc_mcdi_do_log(sa, buffer, data, data_size, pfxsize, start);
+	if (start != pfxsize) {
+		buffer[start] = '\0';
+		sfc_info(sa, "%s", buffer);
+	}
+}
+
 int
 sfc_mcdi_init(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 {
@@ -149,12 +209,19 @@ sfc_mcdi_init(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 	if (rc != 0)
 		goto fail_dma_alloc;
 
+	/* Convert negative error to positive used in the driver */
+	rc = sfc_kvargs_process(sa, SFC_KVARG_MCDI_LOGGING,
+				sfc_kvarg_bool_handler, &mcdi->logging);
+	if (rc != 0)
+		goto fail_kvargs_process;
+
 	emtp = &mcdi->transport;
 	emtp->emt_context = sa;
 	emtp->emt_dma_mem = &mcdi->mem;
 	emtp->emt_execute = sfc_mcdi_execute;
 	emtp->emt_ev_cpl = sfc_mcdi_ev_cpl;
 	emtp->emt_exception = sfc_mcdi_exception;
+	emtp->emt_logger = sfc_mcdi_logger;
 
 	sfc_log_init(sa, "init MCDI");
 	rc = efx_mcdi_init(sa->nic, emtp);
@@ -165,6 +232,8 @@ sfc_mcdi_init(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 
 fail_mcdi_init:
 	memset(emtp, 0, sizeof(*emtp));
+
+fail_kvargs_process:
 	sfc_dma_free(sa, &mcdi->mem);
 
 fail_dma_alloc:
