diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c b/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c
index 9b6040ba9e..6228c04de5 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c
@@ -1035,6 +1035,10 @@ static int qsv_device_derive_from_child(AVHWDeviceContext *ctx,
         goto fail;
     }
 
+    av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_VERBOSE,
+           "Initialize MFX session: API version is %d.%d, implementation version is %d.%d\n",
+           MFX_VERSION_MAJOR, MFX_VERSION_MINOR, ver.Major, ver.Minor);
+
     MFXClose(hwctx->session);
 
     err = MFXInit(implementation, &ver, &hwctx->session);