diff --git a/controllers/gce/main.go b/controllers/gce/main.go
index 2cc35751c..de1ebd57d 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/main.go
+++ b/controllers/gce/main.go
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ func getClusterUID(kubeClient client.Interface, name string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	uid := fmt.Sprintf("%x", b)
+	glog.Infof("Using new cluster uid %q", uid)
 	return uid, cfgVault.Put(uid)
 }