diff --git a/libbeat/monitoring/report/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/libbeat/monitoring/report/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index 0cc37ffb1dc..056c54c82d3 100644
--- a/libbeat/monitoring/report/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/libbeat/monitoring/report/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ func (r *reporter) initLoop() {
 		if err == nil {
 			closing(client)
 			break
+		} else {
+			logp.Err("Monitoring could not connect to elasticsearch, failed with %v", err)
 		}
 
 		select {