diff --git a/src/backend/cdb/cdbvars.c b/src/backend/cdb/cdbvars.c
index b1a4fb9ae7b26befbfab7bd3283fb035bec8dde3..7608e1b5645561a4accccbba6e6d0f263ab34af1 100644
--- a/src/backend/cdb/cdbvars.c
+++ b/src/backend/cdb/cdbvars.c
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ int			Gp_interconnect_min_rto = 20;
 int			Gp_interconnect_fc_method = INTERCONNECT_FC_METHOD_LOSS;
 int			Gp_interconnect_transmit_timeout = 3600;
 int			Gp_interconnect_min_retries_before_timeout = 100;
+int			Gp_interconnect_debug_retry_interval= 10;
 
 int			Gp_interconnect_hash_multiplier = 2;		/* sets the size of the
 														 * hash table used by
diff --git a/src/backend/cdb/motion/ic_udpifc.c b/src/backend/cdb/motion/ic_udpifc.c
index fbad9afd3bd6044f03dcf1664998469fe72f9ce3..4a8a6ee0587bc216366ece914848c02adcf0b8ae 100644
--- a/src/backend/cdb/motion/ic_udpifc.c
+++ b/src/backend/cdb/motion/ic_udpifc.c
@@ -4899,6 +4899,14 @@ checkNetworkTimeout(ICBuffer *buf, uint64 now)
 	 * by OS for a long time. In this case, only a few times are tried.
 	 * Thus, the GUC Gp_interconnect_min_retries_before_timeout is added here.
 	 */
+	if (gp_log_interconnect >= GPVARS_VERBOSITY_DEBUG &&
+	   buf->nRetry % Gp_interconnect_debug_retry_interval == 0)
+	{
+		ereport(LOG, (errmsg("resending packet (seq %d) to %s (pid %d cid %d) with %d retries in %lu seconds",
+							 buf->pkt->seq, buf->conn->remoteHostAndPort, buf->pkt->dstPid,
+							 buf->pkt->dstContentId, buf->nRetry, (now - buf->sentTime) / 1000 / 1000 )));
+	}
+
 	if ((buf->nRetry > Gp_interconnect_min_retries_before_timeout) && (now - buf->sentTime) > ((uint64)Gp_interconnect_transmit_timeout * 1000 * 1000))
 	{
 		ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_GP_INTERCONNECTION_ERROR),
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_gp.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_gp.c
index 87dcf7a60c3d50d1fa14dd40491b951acee27c41..7f93bb09582bddf9045657d78cf25c6c14bceaae 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_gp.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_gp.c
@@ -3831,6 +3831,16 @@ struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt_gp[] =
 		100, 1, 4096, NULL, NULL
 	},
 
+	{
+		{"gp_interconnect_debug_retry_interval", PGC_USERSET, GP_ARRAY_TUNING,
+			gettext_noop("Sets the interval by retry times to record a debug message for retry."),
+			NULL,
+			GUC_GPDB_ADDOPT
+		},
+		&Gp_interconnect_debug_retry_interval,
+		10, 1, 4096, NULL, NULL
+	},
+
 	{
 		{"gp_udp_bufsize_k", PGC_BACKEND, GP_ARRAY_TUNING,
 			gettext_noop("Sets recv buf size of UDP interconnect, for testing."),
diff --git a/src/include/cdb/cdbvars.h b/src/include/cdb/cdbvars.h
index 3b8a0a36136531c7c68a09d7b3e2f49e80c677ab..096740d3ea2a6be03c4aedec9d75555916e694b7 100644
--- a/src/include/cdb/cdbvars.h
+++ b/src/include/cdb/cdbvars.h
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ extern int	Gp_interconnect_default_rtt;
 extern int	Gp_interconnect_min_rto;
 extern int  Gp_interconnect_transmit_timeout;
 extern int	Gp_interconnect_min_retries_before_timeout;
+extern int	Gp_interconnect_debug_retry_interval;
 
 /* UDP recv buf size in KB.  For testing */
 extern int 	Gp_udp_bufsize_k;