diff --git a/extensions/azdata/images/extension.png b/extensions/azdata/images/extension.png
index 32aa11618b..c86d6d1e00 100644
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diff --git a/extensions/azdata/package.json b/extensions/azdata/package.json
index bbbaba11b6..91160f23e6 100644
--- a/extensions/azdata/package.json
+++ b/extensions/azdata/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/Microsoft/azuredatastudio.git"
   },
   "main": "./out/extension",
+  "contributes": {
+    "configuration":  {
+      "type": "object",
+      "title": "%azdata.config.title%",
+      "properties": {
+        "azdata.logDebugInfo": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "%azdata.config.debug%"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "request": "^2.88.2",
     "semver": "^7.3.2",
diff --git a/extensions/azdata/package.nls.json b/extensions/azdata/package.nls.json
index 3438aff512..f1c8086963 100644
--- a/extensions/azdata/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/azdata/package.nls.json
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"azdata.displayName": "azdata",
-	"azdata.description": "Support for Azure Data CLI. See https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/?view=azure-cli-latest for more information."
+	"azdata.description": "Support for Azure Data CLI. See https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/?view=azure-cli-latest for more information.",
+	"azdata.config.title": "azdata Configuration",
+	"azdata.config.debug": "Log debug info to the output channel for all executed azdata commands"
 }
diff --git a/extensions/azdata/src/azdata.ts b/extensions/azdata/src/azdata.ts
index dc2730564a..bbdab65f9d 100644
--- a/extensions/azdata/src/azdata.ts
+++ b/extensions/azdata/src/azdata.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { HttpClient } from './common/httpClient';
 import Logger from './common/logger';
 import { getErrorMessage, searchForCmd } from './common/utils';
 import * as loc from './localizedConstants';
+import { azdataConfigSection, debugConfigKey } from './constants';
 
 export const azdataHostname = 'https://aka.ms';
 export const azdataUri = 'azdata-msi';
@@ -118,6 +119,10 @@ export class AzdataTool implements IAzdataTool {
 	}
 
 	public async executeCommand<R>(args: string[], additionalEnvVars?: { [key: string]: string }): Promise<azdataExt.AzdataOutput<R>> {
+		const debug = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(azdataConfigSection).get(debugConfigKey);
+		if (debug) {
+			args.push('--debug');
+		}
 		try {
 			const output = JSON.parse((await executeCommand(`"${this.path}"`, args.concat(['--output', 'json']), additionalEnvVars)).stdout);
 			return {
diff --git a/extensions/azdata/src/constants.ts b/extensions/azdata/src/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e84ed117d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/azdata/src/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the Source EULA. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+export const azdataConfigSection = 'azdata';
+
+export const debugConfigKey = 'logDebugInfo';