diff --git a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
index 5b647afef01af02522875652f8379f3c70fbb961..0f5b19a2b3c0383fab3d06a02b000ade7ccce1bd 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
+++ b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@ void RequestMessage::processPREPARE(const cta::eos::Notification &notification,
    // Create a log entry
    cta::log::ScopedParamContainer params(m_lc);
    params.add("fileId", request.archiveFileID).add("schedulerTime", t.secs());
+   try {
+     // Print out the received activity in the logs for the moment.
+     params.add("activity", notification.file().xattr().at("activity"));
+   } catch (...) {}
    m_lc.log(cta::log::INFO, "In RequestMessage::processPREPARE(): queued file for retrieve.");
 
    // Set response type