diff --git a/softmmu/memory.c b/softmmu/memory.c
index 54cd0e9824..db182e5d3d 100644
--- a/softmmu/memory.c
+++ b/softmmu/memory.c
@@ -2154,6 +2154,7 @@ static void memory_region_sync_dirty_bitmap(MemoryRegion *mr)
                 }
             }
             flatview_unref(view);
+            trace_memory_region_sync_dirty(mr ? mr->name : "(all)", listener->name, 0);
         } else if (listener->log_sync_global) {
             /*
              * No matter whether MR is specified, what we can do here
@@ -2161,6 +2162,7 @@ static void memory_region_sync_dirty_bitmap(MemoryRegion *mr)
              * sync in a finer granularity.
              */
             listener->log_sync_global(listener);
+            trace_memory_region_sync_dirty(mr ? mr->name : "(all)", listener->name, 1);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/softmmu/trace-events b/softmmu/trace-events
index 7b278590a0..bf1469990e 100644
--- a/softmmu/trace-events
+++ b/softmmu/trace-events
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ memory_region_subpage_read(int cpu_index, void *mr, uint64_t offset, uint64_t va
 memory_region_subpage_write(int cpu_index, void *mr, uint64_t offset, uint64_t value, unsigned size) "cpu %d mr %p offset 0x%"PRIx64" value 0x%"PRIx64" size %u"
 memory_region_ram_device_read(int cpu_index, void *mr, uint64_t addr, uint64_t value, unsigned size) "cpu %d mr %p addr 0x%"PRIx64" value 0x%"PRIx64" size %u"
 memory_region_ram_device_write(int cpu_index, void *mr, uint64_t addr, uint64_t value, unsigned size) "cpu %d mr %p addr 0x%"PRIx64" value 0x%"PRIx64" size %u"
+memory_region_sync_dirty(const char *mr, const char *listener, int global) "mr '%s' listener '%s' synced (global=%d)"
 flatview_new(void *view, void *root) "%p (root %p)"
 flatview_destroy(void *view, void *root) "%p (root %p)"
 flatview_destroy_rcu(void *view, void *root) "%p (root %p)"