diff --git a/pkg/kopia/kopia_log.go b/pkg/kopia/kopia_log.go
index ec08c81c0..8315e2685 100644
--- a/pkg/kopia/kopia_log.go
+++ b/pkg/kopia/kopia_log.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"io"
 
 	"github.com/kopia/kopia/repo/logging"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ type kopiaLog struct {
 	logger logrus.FieldLogger
 }
 
+type repoLog struct {
+	logger logrus.FieldLogger
+}
+
 // SetupKopiaLog sets the Kopia log handler to the specific context, Kopia modules
 // call the logger in the context to write logs
 func SetupKopiaLog(ctx context.Context, logger logrus.FieldLogger) context.Context {
@@ -39,6 +44,10 @@ func SetupKopiaLog(ctx context.Context, logger logrus.FieldLogger) context.Conte
 	})
 }
 
+func RepositoryLogger(logger logrus.FieldLogger) io.Writer {
+	return &repoLog{logger: logger}
+}
+
 // Enabled decides whether a given logging level is enabled when logging a message
 func (kl *kopiaLog) Enabled(level zapcore.Level) bool {
 	entry := kl.logger.WithField("null", "null")
@@ -160,3 +169,9 @@ func (kl *kopiaLog) logrusFieldsForWrite(ent zapcore.Entry, fields []zapcore.Fie
 
 	return copied
 }
+
+func (rl *repoLog) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	rl.logger.Debug(string(p))
+
+	return len(p), nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/repository/udmrepo/kopialib/lib_repo.go b/pkg/repository/udmrepo/kopialib/lib_repo.go
index 23fe4e7e6..18d2cea50 100644
--- a/pkg/repository/udmrepo/kopialib/lib_repo.go
+++ b/pkg/repository/udmrepo/kopialib/lib_repo.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package kopialib
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -74,7 +75,9 @@ type kopiaObjectWriter struct {
 	rawWriter object.Writer
 }
 
-type openOptions struct{}
+type openOptions struct {
+	repoLogger io.Writer
+}
 
 const (
 	defaultLogInterval             = time.Second * 10
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ func (ks *kopiaRepoService) Open(ctx context.Context, repoOption udmrepo.RepoOpt
 
 	repoCtx := kopia.SetupKopiaLog(ctx, ks.logger)
 
-	r, err := openKopiaRepo(repoCtx, repoConfig, repoOption.RepoPassword, nil)
+	r, err := openKopiaRepo(repoCtx, repoConfig, repoOption.RepoPassword, &openOptions{repoLogger: kopia.RepositoryLogger(ks.logger)})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ func (ks *kopiaRepoService) Maintain(ctx context.Context, repoOption udmrepo.Rep
 
 	ks.logger.Info("Start to open repo for maintenance, allow index write on load")
 
-	r, err := openKopiaRepo(repoCtx, repoConfig, repoOption.RepoPassword, nil)
+	r, err := openKopiaRepo(repoCtx, repoConfig, repoOption.RepoPassword, &openOptions{repoLogger: kopia.RepositoryLogger(ks.logger)})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -625,8 +628,10 @@ func (lt *logThrottle) shouldLog() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func openKopiaRepo(ctx context.Context, configFile string, password string, _ *openOptions) (repo.Repository, error) {
-	r, err := kopiaRepoOpen(ctx, configFile, password, &repo.Options{})
+func openKopiaRepo(ctx context.Context, configFile string, password string, options *openOptions) (repo.Repository, error) {
+	r, err := kopiaRepoOpen(ctx, configFile, password, &repo.Options{
+		ContentLogWriter: options.repoLogger,
+	})
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error to open repo, repo doesn't exist")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/repository/udmrepo/kopialib/repo_init.go b/pkg/repository/udmrepo/kopialib/repo_init.go
index dc5c3b686..ade9039d7 100644
--- a/pkg/repository/udmrepo/kopialib/repo_init.go
+++ b/pkg/repository/udmrepo/kopialib/repo_init.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kopia/kopia/repo/maintenance"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
+	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/kopia"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/repository/udmrepo"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/repository/udmrepo/kopialib/backend"
 )
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ func (b *byteBufferReader) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
 var funcGetParam = maintenance.GetParams
 
 func writeInitParameters(ctx context.Context, repoOption udmrepo.RepoOptions, logger logrus.FieldLogger) error {
-	r, err := openKopiaRepo(ctx, repoOption.ConfigFilePath, repoOption.RepoPassword, nil)
+	r, err := openKopiaRepo(ctx, repoOption.ConfigFilePath, repoOption.RepoPassword, &openOptions{repoLogger: kopia.RepositoryLogger(logger)})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}