diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
index 4fbaf823563..674b164b3a2 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
@@ -28,18 +28,19 @@
 #include "XrdOss/XrdOss.hh"
 #include "XrdOuc/XrdOucEnv.hh"
 #include "XrdOuc/XrdOucUtils.hh"
+#include "XrdOuc/XrdOucTrace.hh"
 
 #include "XrdFileCache.hh"
+#include "XrdFileCacheTrace.hh"
 #include "XrdFileCacheInfo.hh"
 #include "XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.hh"
 #include "XrdFileCacheIOFileBlock.hh"
 
 using namespace XrdFileCache;
 
-
-
 Cache * Cache::m_factory = NULL;
 
+
 void *CacheDirCleanupThread(void* cache_void)
 {
    Cache::GetInstance().CacheDirCleanup();
@@ -131,9 +132,12 @@ bool Cache::Decide(XrdOucCacheIO* io)
 
 Cache::Cache() : XrdOucCache(),
      m_log(0, "XrdFileCache_"),
+     m_trace(0),
+     m_traceID("Manager"),
      m_prefetch_condVar(0),
      m_RAMblocks_used(0)
 {
+    m_trace = new XrdOucTrace(&m_log);
 }
 
 //______________________________________________________________________________
diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.hh b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.hh
index 6cd289018ef..56c82844c66 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.hh
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.hh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 class XrdOucStream;
 class XrdSysError;
+class XrdOucTrace;
 
 namespace XrdCl {
    class Log;
@@ -190,6 +191,8 @@ namespace XrdFileCache
     
          void AddActive(IO*, File*);
         
+
+       XrdOucTrace* GetTrace() { return  m_trace; }
       private:
          bool ConfigParameters(std::string, XrdOucStream&);
          bool ConfigXeq(char *, XrdOucStream &);
@@ -197,6 +200,9 @@ namespace XrdFileCache
          static Cache     *m_factory;   //!< this object
 
          XrdSysError       m_log;       //!< XrdFileCache namespace logger
+         XrdOucTrace*      m_trace;
+         const char* m_traceID;
+
          XrdOucCacheStats  m_stats;     //!< 
          XrdOss           *m_output_fs; //!< disk cache file system
 
diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.cc b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.cc
index 3c6103e61dd..885ccd6f925 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.cc
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 #include "XrdFileCacheFile.hh"
-
+#include "XrdFileCacheTrace.hh"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 using namespace XrdFileCache;
 
+
 namespace XrdPosixGlobals
 {
    extern XrdScheduler *schedP;
@@ -80,7 +81,6 @@ m_offset(iOffset),
 m_fileSize(iFileSize),
 m_stopping(false),
 m_stateCond(0), // We will explicitly lock the condition before use.
-
 m_syncer(new DiskSyncer(this, "XrdFileCache::DiskSyncer")),
 m_non_flushed_cnt(0),
 m_in_sync(false),
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ m_prefetchState(kOn),
 m_prefetchReadCnt(0),
 m_prefetchHitCnt(0),
 m_prefetchScore(1),
-m_prefetchCurrentCnt(0)
+m_prefetchCurrentCnt(0),
+m_traceID("File")
 {
    clLog()->Debug(XrdCl::AppMsg, "File::File() %s", m_temp_filename.c_str());
    if (!Open()) {
diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.hh b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.hh
index 79d74f02555..9185ae642fa 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.hh
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.hh
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ namespace XrdFileCache
       float           m_prefetchScore; //cached
       int             m_prefetchCurrentCnt;
 
+       const char* m_traceID;
 
    public:
       //------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIO.hh b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIO.hh
index 088e2858cd1..36007a154ee 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIO.hh
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIO.hh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace XrdFileCache
    {
       public:
          IO (XrdOucCacheIO2 *io, XrdOucCacheStats &stats, Cache &cache) :
-         m_io(io), m_statsGlobal(stats), m_cache(cache) {}
+             m_io(io), m_statsGlobal(stats), m_cache(cache), m_traceID("IO"){}
 
          //! Original data source.
          virtual XrdOucCacheIO *Base() { return m_io; }
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ namespace XrdFileCache
          XrdOucCacheIO2   *m_io;          //!< original data source
          XrdOucCacheStats &m_statsGlobal; //!< reference to Cache statistics
          Cache            &m_cache;       //!< reference to Cache needed in detach
+      
+         const char* m_traceID;
    };
 }