diff --git a/doc/environment_variables.md b/doc/environment_variables.md
index 4796ad067d8..5f0042e2eb0 100644
--- a/doc/environment_variables.md
+++ b/doc/environment_variables.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ some configuration as environment variables that can be set.
   - closure - tracks closure creation, scheduling, and completion
   - pending_tags - traces still-in-progress tags on completion queues
   - polling - traces the selected polling engine
+  - polling_api - traces the api calls to polling engine
   - queue_refcount
   - error_refcount
   - stream_refcount
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.cc
index 3a5714132d0..92d3fc27109 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.cc
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@
 grpc_core::TraceFlag grpc_polling_trace(false,
                                         "polling"); /* Disabled by default */
 grpc_core::DebugOnlyTraceFlag grpc_trace_fd_refcount(false, "fd_refcount");
+grpc_core::DebugOnlyTraceFlag grpc_polling_api_trace(false, "polling_api");
+
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+
+// Polling API trace only enabled in debug builds
+#define GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE(format, ...)                   \
+  if (grpc_polling_api_trace.enabled()) {                     \
+    gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "(polling-api) " format, __VA_ARGS__); \
+  }
+#else
+#define GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE(...)
+#endif
 
 /** Default poll() function - a pointer so that it can be overridden by some
  *  tests */
@@ -177,6 +189,7 @@ void grpc_event_engine_shutdown(void) {
 }
 
 grpc_fd* grpc_fd_create(int fd, const char* name) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("fd_create(%d)", fd);
   return g_event_engine->fd_create(fd, name);
 }
 
@@ -186,10 +199,14 @@ int grpc_fd_wrapped_fd(grpc_fd* fd) {
 
 void grpc_fd_orphan(grpc_fd* fd, grpc_closure* on_done, int* release_fd,
                     bool already_closed, const char* reason) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("fd_orphan(%d, %p, %p, %d, %s)",
+                         grpc_fd_wrapped_fd(fd), on_done, release_fd,
+                         already_closed, reason);
   g_event_engine->fd_orphan(fd, on_done, release_fd, already_closed, reason);
 }
 
 void grpc_fd_shutdown(grpc_fd* fd, grpc_error* why) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("fd_shutdown(%d)", grpc_fd_wrapped_fd(fd));
   g_event_engine->fd_shutdown(fd, why);
 }
 
@@ -208,65 +225,87 @@ void grpc_fd_notify_on_write(grpc_fd* fd, grpc_closure* closure) {
 size_t grpc_pollset_size(void) { return g_event_engine->pollset_size; }
 
 void grpc_pollset_init(grpc_pollset* pollset, gpr_mu** mu) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_init(%p)", pollset);
   g_event_engine->pollset_init(pollset, mu);
 }
 
 void grpc_pollset_shutdown(grpc_pollset* pollset, grpc_closure* closure) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_shutdown(%p)", pollset);
   g_event_engine->pollset_shutdown(pollset, closure);
 }
 
 void grpc_pollset_destroy(grpc_pollset* pollset) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_destroy(%p)", pollset);
   g_event_engine->pollset_destroy(pollset);
 }
 
 grpc_error* grpc_pollset_work(grpc_pollset* pollset,
                               grpc_pollset_worker** worker,
                               grpc_millis deadline) {
-  return g_event_engine->pollset_work(pollset, worker, deadline);
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_work(%p, %ld) begin", pollset, deadline);
+  grpc_error* err = g_event_engine->pollset_work(pollset, worker, deadline);
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_work(%p, %ld) end", pollset, deadline);
+  return err;
 }
 
 grpc_error* grpc_pollset_kick(grpc_pollset* pollset,
                               grpc_pollset_worker* specific_worker) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_kick(%p, %p)", pollset, specific_worker);
   return g_event_engine->pollset_kick(pollset, specific_worker);
 }
 
 void grpc_pollset_add_fd(grpc_pollset* pollset, struct grpc_fd* fd) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_add_fd(%p, %d)", pollset,
+                         grpc_fd_wrapped_fd(fd));
   g_event_engine->pollset_add_fd(pollset, fd);
 }
 
 grpc_pollset_set* grpc_pollset_set_create(void) {
-  return g_event_engine->pollset_set_create();
+  grpc_pollset_set* pss = g_event_engine->pollset_set_create();
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_set_create(%p)", pss);
+  return pss;
 }
 
 void grpc_pollset_set_destroy(grpc_pollset_set* pollset_set) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_set_destroy(%p)", pollset_set);
   g_event_engine->pollset_set_destroy(pollset_set);
 }
 
 void grpc_pollset_set_add_pollset(grpc_pollset_set* pollset_set,
                                   grpc_pollset* pollset) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_set_add_pollset(%p, %p)", pollset_set,
+                         pollset);
   g_event_engine->pollset_set_add_pollset(pollset_set, pollset);
 }
 
 void grpc_pollset_set_del_pollset(grpc_pollset_set* pollset_set,
                                   grpc_pollset* pollset) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_set_del_pollset(%p, %p)", pollset_set,
+                         pollset);
   g_event_engine->pollset_set_del_pollset(pollset_set, pollset);
 }
 
 void grpc_pollset_set_add_pollset_set(grpc_pollset_set* bag,
                                       grpc_pollset_set* item) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_set_add_pollset_set(%p, %p)", bag, item);
   g_event_engine->pollset_set_add_pollset_set(bag, item);
 }
 
 void grpc_pollset_set_del_pollset_set(grpc_pollset_set* bag,
                                       grpc_pollset_set* item) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_set_del_pollset_set(%p, %p)", bag, item);
   g_event_engine->pollset_set_del_pollset_set(bag, item);
 }
 
 void grpc_pollset_set_add_fd(grpc_pollset_set* pollset_set, grpc_fd* fd) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_set_add_fd(%p, %d)", pollset_set,
+                         grpc_fd_wrapped_fd(fd));
   g_event_engine->pollset_set_add_fd(pollset_set, fd);
 }
 
 void grpc_pollset_set_del_fd(grpc_pollset_set* pollset_set, grpc_fd* fd) {
+  GRPC_POLLING_API_TRACE("pollset_set_del_fd(%p, %d)", pollset_set,
+                         grpc_fd_wrapped_fd(fd));
   g_event_engine->pollset_set_del_fd(pollset_set, fd);
 }