diff --git a/src/lib/types.ts b/src/lib/types.ts
index 723b93f..e99b87a 100644
--- a/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events'
+import { LoggingLevel } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js'
 
 /**
  * Options for creating an OAuth client provider
@@ -33,3 +34,12 @@ export interface OAuthCallbackServerOptions {
   /** Event emitter to signal when auth code is received */
   events: EventEmitter
 }
+
+/*
+ * Message sending helper type
+ */
+export interface MCPLogMessageParams {
+  level: LoggingLevel
+  logger: string
+  data: Record<string, any>
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index c88a08b..c74c898 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Client } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js'
 import { SSEClientTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/sse.js'
 import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js'
 import { Transport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/shared/transport.js'
+import type { MCPLogMessageParams } from './types'
 
 // Connection constants
 export const REASON_AUTH_NEEDED = 'authentication-needed'
@@ -487,3 +488,19 @@ export function setupSignalHandlers(cleanup: () => Promise<void>) {
 export function getServerUrlHash(serverUrl: string): string {
   return crypto.createHash('md5').update(serverUrl).digest('hex')
 }
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to send log messages through stdio MCP transport, for proxy logging purposes
+ * @param transport The transport to send the message through
+ * @param params Message parameters including level, logger name, and data
+ *
+ * In accordance with the official MCP specification
+ * @see https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-03-26/server/utilities/logging#log-message-notifications
+ */
+export function sendLog(transport: Transport, params: MCPLogMessageParams) {
+  return transport.send({
+    jsonrpc: '2.0',
+    method: 'notifications/message',
+    params: { ...params },
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/proxy.ts b/src/proxy.ts
index 7263a95..f19d69b 100644
--- a/src/proxy.ts
+++ b/src/proxy.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   getServerUrlHash,
   MCP_REMOTE_VERSION,
   TransportStrategy,
+  sendLog,
 } from './lib/utils'
 import { NodeOAuthClientProvider } from './lib/node-oauth-client-provider'
 import { createLazyAuthCoordinator } from './lib/coordination'
@@ -76,6 +77,14 @@ async function runProxy(
     }
   }
 
+  sendLog(localTransport, {
+    level: 'debug',
+    logger: 'mcp-remote',
+    data: {
+      message: 'Connecting to remote server...',
+    },
+  })
+
   try {
     // Connect to remote server with lazy authentication
     const remoteTransport = await connectToRemoteServer(null, serverUrl, authProvider, headers, authInitializer, transportStrategy)