diff --git a/lib/grape/middleware/globals.rb b/lib/grape/middleware/globals.rb
index ec3aa1695..40f892e88 100644
--- a/lib/grape/middleware/globals.rb
+++ b/lib/grape/middleware/globals.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
+# This Middleware is not loaded by grape by default.
+# If you intend to use it you must first:
+#   require 'grape/middleware/globals'
+# See the spec for examples.
+#
 require 'grape/middleware/base'
 
 module Grape
   module Middleware
     class Globals < Base
+      # NOTE: If you have Grape mounted as a Rack endpoint in a Rails stack action dispatch may have moved the params
+      # If your params are not showing up,
+      #   then you may need to override this method and
+      #   have it load params from @env['action_dispatch.request.request_parameters'] instead of request.params
       def before
-        @env['grape.request'] = Grape::Request.new(@env)
+        request = Grape::Request.new(@env)
         @env['grape.request.headers'] = request.headers
-        @env['grape.request.params'] = request.params if @env['rack.input']
+        @env['grape.request.params'] = request.params
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/grape/middleware/logger.rb b/lib/grape/middleware/logger.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca30b6808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/grape/middleware/logger.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# This Middleware is not loaded by grape by default.
+# If you intend to use it you must first:
+#   require 'grape/middleware/logger'
+# See the spec for examples.
+#
+require 'grape/middleware/globals'
+
+module Grape
+  module Middleware
+    class Logger < Globals
+      def before
+        super
+        logger.info "[api] Requested#{request_log}" unless request_log.nil? || request_log.empty?
+        logger.info "[api] HEADERS: #{@env['grape.request.headers']}" unless @env['grape.request.headers'].nil? || @env['grape.request.headers'].empty?
+        logger.info "[api] PARAMS: #{@env['grape.request.params']}" unless @env['grape.request.params'].nil? || @env['grape.request.params'].empty?
+      end
+
+      # Example of what you might do in a subclass in an after hook:
+      #   def after
+      #     response_body = JSON.parse(response.body.first)
+      #     if response_body.is_a?(Hash)
+      #       logger.debug "[api] RespType: #{response_body['response_type']}" unless response_body['response_type'].blank?
+      #       logger.debug "[api] Response: #{response_body['response']}" unless response_body['response'].blank?
+      #       logger.debug "[api] Backtrace:\n#{response_body['backtrace'].join("\n")}" if response_body['backtrace'] && response_body['backtrace'].any?
+      #     end
+      #     super
+      #   end
+
+      private
+
+      # Override in a subclass to customize the logger (not affected by setting the logger helper in Grape::API)
+      #   def logger
+      #     @logger ||= Rails.logger # as an example
+      #   end
+      def logger
+        @logger ||= Logger.new(STDOUT)
+      end
+
+      def request_log
+        @request_log ||= begin
+          res = ''
+          res << " #{request_log_data}" unless request_log_data.nil? || request_log_data.empty?
+          res
+        end
+      end
+
+      def request_log_data
+        rld = {}
+
+        x_org = env['HTTP_X_ORGANIZATION']
+
+        rld[:user_id] = current_user.id if current_user
+        rld[:x_organization] = x_org if x_org
+
+        rld
+      end
+
+      # Override this method in a subclass and mount the subclass
+      # For example with Devise & Warden:
+      #   def current_user
+      #     @warden_user_for_log ||= begin
+      #       woo = env['warden'].instance_variable_get(:'@users')
+      #       woo[:user] if woo
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      # Also if Warden is later in your Rack Middleware stack
+      #   then you can only render the current user data in the after hook, not the before hook.
+      def current_user
+        false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/grape/middleware/globals_spec.rb b/spec/grape/middleware/globals_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d1794955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/grape/middleware/globals_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'grape/middleware/globals'
+
+describe Grape::Middleware::Globals do
+  let(:app) { lambda { |env| [200, env, 'Howdy Doody'] } }
+  subject { Grape::Middleware::Globals.new(app, {}) }
+
+  context 'with params' do
+    it 'sets the params based on the params' do
+      env = Rack::MockRequest.env_for('/awesome', params: { 'swank' => 'bank' })
+      expect(subject.call(env)[1]['grape.request.params']).to eq('swank' => 'bank')
+      expect(subject.call(env)[1]['grape.request.headers']).to eq({})
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'with headers' do
+    it 'sets the headers based on the headers' do
+      env = Rack::MockRequest.env_for('/awesome', params: {})
+      env['HTTP_MONKEY'] = 'I_BANANA'
+
+      expect(subject.call(env)[1]['grape.request.params']).to eq({})
+      expect(subject.call(env)[1]['grape.request.headers']).to eq('Monkey' => 'I_BANANA')
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'with headers and params' do
+    it 'sets the headers based on the headers' do
+      env = Rack::MockRequest.env_for('/awesome', params: { 'grapes' => 'wrath' })
+      env['HTTP_MONKEY'] = 'I_BANANA'
+
+      expect(subject.call(env)[1]['grape.request.params']).to eq('grapes' => 'wrath')
+      expect(subject.call(env)[1]['grape.request.headers']).to eq('Monkey' => 'I_BANANA')
+    end
+  end
+end