diff --git a/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsWatchdog.cpp b/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsWatchdog.cpp
index 837db1de..4646aa2e 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsWatchdog.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsWatchdog.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ MSWindowsWatchdog::startProcess()
 
 	ZeroMemory(&sa, sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES));
 	HANDLE userToken = getUserToken(&sa);
+	m_elevateProcess = m_autoElevated;
 	m_autoElevated = false;
 
 	// patch by Jack Zhou and Henry Tung
@@ -320,8 +321,10 @@ MSWindowsWatchdog::startProcess()
 		m_processRunning = true;
 		m_processFailures = 0;
 
-		LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "started process, session=%i, command=%s",
-			m_session.getActiveSessionId(), m_command.c_str()));
+		LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "started process, session=%i, elevated: %s, command=%s",
+			m_session.getActiveSessionId(),
+			m_elevateProcess ? "yes" : "no",
+			m_command.c_str()));
 	}
 }