diff --git a/man/kernel-command-line.xml b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
index 528f23b809..6cf16e5b55 100644
--- a/man/kernel-command-line.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>udev.log_level=</varname></term>
         <term><varname>rd.udev.log_level=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>udev.trace=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>rd.udev.trace=</varname></term>
         <term><varname>udev.children_max=</varname></term>
         <term><varname>rd.udev.children_max=</varname></term>
         <term><varname>udev.exec_delay=</varname></term>
diff --git a/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml b/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml
index ad0be5bdab..ab50fb65a2 100644
--- a/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,16 @@
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v247"/>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>udev.trace[=<replaceable>BOOL</replaceable>]</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>rd.udev.trace[=<replaceable>BOOL</replaceable>]</varname></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Enable/disable trace logging. When enabled, <varname>udev.log_level=</varname> will be
+          ignored, and <literal>debug</literal> level is assumed.</para>
+
+          <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v258"/>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>udev.children_max=</varname></term>
         <term><varname>rd.udev.children_max=</varname></term>
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-config.c b/src/udev/udev-config.c
index 5c963e4ffd..19d57526db 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-config.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-config.c
@@ -112,6 +112,20 @@ static int parse_proc_cmdline_item(const char *key, const char *value, void *dat
 
                 return 0;
 
+        } else if (proc_cmdline_key_streq(key, "udev.trace")) {
+
+                if (!value)
+                        config->trace = true;
+                else {
+                        r = parse_boolean(value);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to parse udev.trace argument, ignoring: %s", value);
+                        else
+                                config->trace = r;
+                }
+
+                return 0;
+
         } else {
                 if (startswith(key, "udev."))
                         log_warning("Unknown udev kernel command line option \"%s\", ignoring.", key);
@@ -257,13 +271,24 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[], UdevConfig *config) {
                 manager->config_by_command.name ||                      \
                 manager->config_by_udev_conf.name;
 
+static void manager_merge_config_log_level(Manager *manager) {
+        assert(manager);
+
+        MERGE_BOOL(trace);
+
+        if (manager->config.trace)
+                manager->config.log_level = LOG_DEBUG;
+        else
+                MERGE_NON_NEGATIVE(log_level, log_get_max_level());
+}
+
 static void manager_merge_config(Manager *manager) {
         assert(manager);
 
         /* udev.conf has the lowest priority, then followed by command line arguments, kernel command line
            options, and values set by udev control. */
 
-        MERGE_NON_NEGATIVE(log_level, log_get_max_level());
+        manager_merge_config_log_level(manager);
         MERGE_NON_NEGATIVE(resolve_name_timing, RESOLVE_NAME_EARLY);
         MERGE_NON_ZERO(exec_delay_usec, 0);
         MERGE_NON_ZERO(timeout_usec, DEFAULT_WORKER_TIMEOUT_USEC);
@@ -310,11 +335,14 @@ void manager_set_log_level(Manager *manager, int log_level) {
 
         int old = log_get_max_level();
 
-        log_set_max_level(log_level);
-        manager->config.log_level = manager->config_by_control.log_level = log_level;
+        manager->config_by_control.log_level = log_level;
+        manager_merge_config_log_level(manager);
 
-        if (log_level != old)
-                manager_kill_workers(manager, /* force = */ false);
+        if (manager->config.log_level == old)
+                return;
+
+        log_set_max_level(manager->config.log_level);
+        manager_kill_workers(manager, /* force = */ false);
 }
 
 static void manager_adjust_config(UdevConfig *config) {
@@ -434,7 +462,8 @@ UdevReloadFlags manager_reload_config(Manager *manager) {
             manager->config.exec_delay_usec != old.exec_delay_usec ||
             manager->config.timeout_usec != old.timeout_usec ||
             manager->config.timeout_signal != old.timeout_signal ||
-            manager->config.blockdev_read_only != old.blockdev_read_only)
+            manager->config.blockdev_read_only != old.blockdev_read_only ||
+            manager->config.trace != old.trace)
                 return UDEV_RELOAD_KILL_WORKERS;
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-config.h b/src/udev/udev-config.h
index 68bb1ea98c..9e8a48dae2 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-config.h
+++ b/src/udev/udev-config.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ typedef struct UdevConfig {
         usec_t timeout_usec;
         int timeout_signal;
         bool blockdev_read_only;
+        bool trace;
 } UdevConfig;
 
 #define UDEV_CONFIG_INIT                                             \
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-worker.c b/src/udev/udev-worker.c
index 52b2203677..5c7583a9ff 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-worker.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-worker.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ static int worker_process_device(UdevWorker *worker, sd_device *dev) {
         udev_event = udev_event_new(dev, worker, EVENT_UDEV_WORKER);
         if (!udev_event)
                 return -ENOMEM;
+        udev_event->trace = worker->config.trace;
 
         /* If this is a block device and the device is locked currently via the BSD advisory locks,
          * someone else is using it exclusively. We don't run our udev rules now to not interfere.