diff --git a/changes/bug2444 b/changes/bug2444
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..405e8dcb44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug2444
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor features:
+    - If we did find a configuration file, log a message saying where we found
+      it during startup. Implements ticket 2444.
+
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 3f102245fa..65bc1d5fc6 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -4093,6 +4093,8 @@ load_torrc_from_disk(int argc, char **argv)
           "Unable to open configuration file \"%s\".", fname);
       goto err;
     }
+  } else {
+    log(LOG_NOTICE, LD_CONFIG, "Read configuration file \"%s\".", fname);
   }
 
   return cf;