diff --git a/src/dsp_tools/cli/call_action.py b/src/dsp_tools/cli/call_action.py
index 5351fc45f..b3fcb37a7 100644
--- a/src/dsp_tools/cli/call_action.py
+++ b/src/dsp_tools/cli/call_action.py
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ def _call_ingest_xmlupload(args: argparse.Namespace) -> bool:
         password=args.password,
         dsp_url=args.server,
         sipi_url=args.sipi_url,
+        dump=args.dump,
     )
     return True
 
diff --git a/src/dsp_tools/cli/create_parsers.py b/src/dsp_tools/cli/create_parsers.py
index d04427089..70df14294 100644
--- a/src/dsp_tools/cli/create_parsers.py
+++ b/src/dsp_tools/cli/create_parsers.py
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ def _add_ingest_xmlupload(
     subparser.add_argument("-s", "--server", default=default_dsp_api_url, help=dsp_server_text)
     subparser.add_argument("-u", "--user", default=root_user_email, help=username_text)
     subparser.add_argument("-p", "--password", default=root_user_pw, help=password_text)
+    subparser.add_argument("-d", "--dump", action="store_true", help="write every request to DSP-API/SIPI into a file")
     subparser.add_argument("xml_file", help="path to XML file containing the data")
 
 
diff --git a/src/dsp_tools/commands/ingest_xmlupload/upload_xml.py b/src/dsp_tools/commands/ingest_xmlupload/upload_xml.py
index 5dc147333..f4cf762d1 100644
--- a/src/dsp_tools/commands/ingest_xmlupload/upload_xml.py
+++ b/src/dsp_tools/commands/ingest_xmlupload/upload_xml.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     get_mapping_dict_from_file,
     replace_filepath_with_sipi_id,
 )
-from dsp_tools.commands.xmlupload.upload_config import UploadConfig
+from dsp_tools.commands.xmlupload.upload_config import DiagnosticsConfig, UploadConfig
 from dsp_tools.commands.xmlupload.xmlupload import xmlupload
 from dsp_tools.models.exceptions import InputError
 from dsp_tools.utils.create_logger import get_logger
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def ingest_xmlupload(
     password: str,
     dsp_url: str,
     sipi_url: str,
+    dump: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
     """
     This function reads an XML file
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ def ingest_xmlupload(
         password: the user's password for login into DSP
         dsp_url: URL to the DSP server
         sipi_url: URL to the Sipi server
+        dump: if True, write every request to DSP-API/SIPI into a file
 
     Raises:
         InputError: if any media was not uploaded or uploaded media was not referenced.
@@ -66,5 +68,5 @@ def ingest_xmlupload(
         password=password,
         imgdir=".",
         sipi=sipi_url,
-        config=UploadConfig(media_previously_uploaded=True),
+        config=UploadConfig(media_previously_uploaded=True, diagnostics=DiagnosticsConfig(dump=dump)),
     )