diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd323818..af8703f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 - Add nonci_accounts metric
   ([#347](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/347))
 
+- doveauth: log when a new account is created
+  ([#349](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/349))
+
 ## 1.3.0 - 2024-06-06
 
 - don't check necessary DNS records on cmdeploy init anymore
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/doveauth.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/doveauth.py
index 700fa73e..51453f65 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/doveauth.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/doveauth.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ def lookup_passdb(db, config: Config, user, cleartext_password):
         q = """INSERT INTO users (addr, password, last_login)
                VALUES (?, ?, ?)"""
         conn.execute(q, (user, encrypted_password, int(time.time())))
+        print(f"Created account {user}", file=sys.stderr)
         return dict(
             home=f"/home/vmail/mail/{config.mail_domain}/{user}",
             uid="vmail",