diff --git a/telegram/request/_baserequest.py b/telegram/request/_baserequest.py
index 6c45bbf70..7e24c39ad 100644
--- a/telegram/request/_baserequest.py
+++ b/telegram/request/_baserequest.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from typing import AsyncContextManager, ClassVar, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, T
 
 from telegram._utils.defaultvalue import DEFAULT_NONE as _DEFAULT_NONE
 from telegram._utils.defaultvalue import DefaultValue
+from telegram._utils.logging import get_logger
 from telegram._utils.types import JSONDict, ODVInput
 from telegram._version import __version__ as ptb_ver
 from telegram.error import (
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ from telegram.request._requestdata import RequestData
 
 RT = TypeVar("RT", bound="BaseRequest")
 
+_LOGGER = get_logger(__name__, class_name="BaseRequest")
+
 
 class BaseRequest(
     AsyncContextManager["BaseRequest"],
@@ -351,6 +354,7 @@ class BaseRequest(
         try:
             return json.loads(decoded_s)
         except ValueError as exc:
+            _LOGGER.error('Can not load invalid JSON data: "%s"', decoded_s)
             raise TelegramError("Invalid server response") from exc
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
diff --git a/tests/request/test_request.py b/tests/request/test_request.py
index e2b3b066d..9203e4336 100644
--- a/tests/request/test_request.py
+++ b/tests/request/test_request.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 implementations for BaseRequest and we want to test HTTPXRequest anyway."""
 import asyncio
 import json
+import logging
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from http import HTTPStatus
@@ -172,15 +173,22 @@ class TestRequestWithoutRequest:
         # not only implicitly.
         assert httpx_request.parse_json_payload(server_response) == {"result": "test_string�"}
 
-    async def test_illegal_json_response(self, monkeypatch, httpx_request: HTTPXRequest):
+    async def test_illegal_json_response(self, monkeypatch, httpx_request: HTTPXRequest, caplog):
         # for proper JSON it should be `"result":` instead of `result:`
         server_response = b'{result: "test_string"}'
 
         monkeypatch.setattr(httpx_request, "do_request", mocker_factory(response=server_response))
 
-        with pytest.raises(TelegramError, match="Invalid server response"):
+        with pytest.raises(TelegramError, match="Invalid server response"), caplog.at_level(
+            logging.ERROR
+        ):
             await httpx_request.post(None, None, None)
 
+        assert len(caplog.records) == 1
+        record = caplog.records[0]
+        assert record.name == "telegram.request.BaseRequest"
+        assert record.getMessage().endswith(f'invalid JSON data: "{server_response.decode()}"')
+
     async def test_chat_migrated(self, monkeypatch, httpx_request: HTTPXRequest):
         server_response = b'{"ok": "False", "parameters": {"migrate_to_chat_id": 123}}'