diff --git a/manager/manager.go b/manager/manager.go
index 856554d290..9e986ac40d 100644
--- a/manager/manager.go
+++ b/manager/manager.go
@@ -875,8 +875,39 @@ func (m *Manager) rotateRootCAKEK(ctx context.Context, clusterID string) error {
 	})
 }
 
+// getLeaderNodeID is a small helper function returning a string with the
+// leader's node ID. it is only used for logging, and should not be relied on
+// to give a node ID for actual operational purposes (because it returns errors
+// as nicely decorated strings)
+func (m *Manager) getLeaderNodeID() string {
+	// get the current leader ID. this variable tracks the leader *only* for
+	// the purposes of logging leadership changes, and should not be relied on
+	// for other purposes
+	leader, leaderErr := m.raftNode.Leader()
+	switch leaderErr {
+	case raft.ErrNoRaftMember:
+		// this is an unlikely case, but we have to handle it. this means this
+		// node is not a member of the raft quorum. this won't look very pretty
+		// in logs ("leadership changed from aslkdjfa to ErrNoRaftMember") but
+		// it also won't be very common
+		return "not yet part of a raft cluster"
+	case raft.ErrNoClusterLeader:
+		return "no cluster leader"
+	default:
+		id, err := m.raftNode.GetNodeIDByRaftID(leader)
+		// the only possible error here is "ErrMemberUnknown"
+		if err != nil {
+			return "an unknown node"
+		}
+		return id
+	}
+}
+
 // handleLeadershipEvents handles the is leader event or is follower event.
 func (m *Manager) handleLeadershipEvents(ctx context.Context, leadershipCh chan events.Event) {
+	// get the current leader and save it for logging leadership changes in
+	// this loop
+	oldLeader := m.getLeaderNodeID()
 	for {
 		select {
 		case leadershipEvent := <-leadershipCh:
@@ -895,6 +926,12 @@ func (m *Manager) handleLeadershipEvents(ctx context.Context, leadershipCh chan
 				leaderMetric.Set(0)
 			}
 			m.mu.Unlock()
+
+			newLeader := m.getLeaderNodeID()
+			// maybe we should use logrus fields for old and new leader, so
+			// that users are better able to ingest leadership changes into log
+			// aggregators?
+			log.G(ctx).Infof("leadership changed from %v to %v", oldLeader, newLeader)
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/manager/state/raft/raft.go b/manager/state/raft/raft.go
index 56b7c7c966..a707913682 100644
--- a/manager/state/raft/raft.go
+++ b/manager/state/raft/raft.go
@@ -1703,6 +1703,18 @@ func (n *Node) GetMemberByNodeID(nodeID string) *membership.Member {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// GetNodeIDByRaftID returns the generic Node ID of a member given its raft ID.
+// It returns ErrMemberUnknown if the raft ID is unknown.
+func (n *Node) GetNodeIDByRaftID(raftID uint64) (string, error) {
+	if member, ok := n.cluster.Members()[raftID]; ok {
+		return member.NodeID, nil
+	}
+	// this is the only possible error value that should be returned; the
+	// manager code depends on this. if you need to add more errors later, make
+	// sure that you update the callers of this method accordingly
+	return "", ErrMemberUnknown
+}
+
 // IsMember checks if the raft node has effectively joined
 // a cluster of existing members.
 func (n *Node) IsMember() bool {
diff --git a/manager/state/raft/raft_test.go b/manager/state/raft/raft_test.go
index 3b3172e3dd..b33baa91a7 100644
--- a/manager/state/raft/raft_test.go
+++ b/manager/state/raft/raft_test.go
@@ -1024,3 +1024,42 @@ func TestStreamRaftMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	errStr = fmt.Sprintf("Raft message chunk is not of type %d", raftpb.MsgSnap)
 	assert.Equal(t, errStr, s.Message())
 }
+
+// TestGetNodeIDByRaftID tests the GetNodeIDByRaftID function. It's a very
+// simple test but those are the kind that make a difference over time
+func TestGetNodeIDByRaftID(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	nodes, _ := raftutils.NewRaftCluster(t, tc)
+	defer raftutils.TeardownCluster(nodes)
+
+	// get the member list
+	members := nodes[1].GetMemberlist()
+	// get all of the raft ids
+	raftIDs := make([]uint64, 0, len(members))
+	for _, member := range members {
+		raftIDs = append(raftIDs, member.RaftID)
+	}
+
+	// now go and get the nodeID of every raftID
+	for _, id := range raftIDs {
+		nodeid, err := nodes[1].GetNodeIDByRaftID(id)
+		assert.NoError(t, err, "raft ID %v should give us a node ID", id)
+		// now go through the member manually list and make sure this is
+		// correct
+		for _, member := range members {
+			assert.True(t,
+				// either both should match, or both should not match. if they
+				// are different, then there is an error
+				(member.RaftID == id) == (member.NodeID == nodeid),
+				"member with id %v has node id %v, but we expected member with id %v to have node id %v",
+				member.RaftID, member.NodeID, id, nodeid,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// now expect a nonexistent raft member to return ErrNoMember
+	id, err := nodes[1].GetNodeIDByRaftID(8675309)
+	assert.Equal(t, err, raft.ErrMemberUnknown)
+	assert.Empty(t, id)
+}