diff --git a/radicale/app/base.py b/radicale/app/base.py
index ac4a26bc..5c8a9355 100644
--- a/radicale/app/base.py
+++ b/radicale/app/base.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class ApplicationBase:
         self._encoding = configuration.get("encoding", "request")
         self._log_bad_put_request_content = configuration.get("logging", "bad_put_request_content")
         self._response_content_on_debug = configuration.get("logging", "response_content_on_debug")
+        self._request_content_on_debug = configuration.get("logging", "request_content_on_debug")
         self._hook = hook.load(configuration)
 
     def _read_xml_request_body(self, environ: types.WSGIEnviron
@@ -66,17 +67,20 @@ class ApplicationBase:
             logger.debug("Request content (Invalid XML):\n%s", content)
             raise RuntimeError("Failed to parse XML: %s" % e) from e
         if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
-            logger.debug("Request content:\n%s",
-                         xmlutils.pretty_xml(xml_content))
+            if self._request_content_on_debug:
+                logger.debug("Request content (XML):\n%s",
+                             xmlutils.pretty_xml(xml_content))
+            else:
+                logger.debug("Request content (XML): suppressed by config/option [logging] request_content_on_debug")
         return xml_content
 
     def _xml_response(self, xml_content: ET.Element) -> bytes:
         if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
             if self._response_content_on_debug:
-                logger.debug("Response content:\n%s",
+                logger.debug("Response content (XML):\n%s",
                              xmlutils.pretty_xml(xml_content))
             else:
-                logger.debug("Response content: suppressed by config/option [logging] response_content_on_debug")
+                logger.debug("Response content (XML): suppressed by config/option [logging] response_content_on_debug")
         f = io.BytesIO()
         ET.ElementTree(xml_content).write(f, encoding=self._encoding,
                                           xml_declaration=True)