diff --git a/pkg/cloud/aws/scanner/scanner.go b/pkg/cloud/aws/scanner/scanner.go
index eac5f73d039d..9c0514691c7c 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/aws/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/aws/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
-	"strings"
 
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
@@ -44,11 +43,11 @@ func (s *AWSScanner) Scan(ctx context.Context, option flag.Options) (scan.Result
 	}
 
 	if option.Debug {
-		scannerOpts = append(scannerOpts, options.ScannerWithDebug(&defsecLogger{}))
+		scannerOpts = append(scannerOpts, options.ScannerWithDebug(&log.PrefixedLogger{Name: "aws"}))
 	}
 
 	if option.Trace {
-		scannerOpts = append(scannerOpts, options.ScannerWithTrace(&defsecLogger{}))
+		scannerOpts = append(scannerOpts, options.ScannerWithTrace(&log.PrefixedLogger{Name: "aws"}))
 	}
 
 	if option.Region != "" {
@@ -160,13 +159,6 @@ func createState(freshState *state.State, awsCache *cache.Cache) (*state.State,
 	return fullState, nil
 }
 
-type defsecLogger struct {
-}
-
-func (d *defsecLogger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	log.Logger.Debug("[defsec] " + strings.TrimSpace(string(p)))
-	return len(p), nil
-}
 func addPolicyNamespaces(namespaces []string, scannerOpts []options.ScannerOption) []options.ScannerOption {
 	if len(namespaces) > 0 {
 		scannerOpts = append(
diff --git a/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go b/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go
index 5baa61787a57..53c64b5a7466 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ func initScannerConfig(opts flag.Options, cacheClient cache.Cache) (ScannerConfi
 			disableEmbedded = true
 		}
 		configScannerOptions = misconf.ScannerOption{
+			Debug:                    opts.Debug,
 			Trace:                    opts.Trace,
 			Namespaces:               append(opts.PolicyNamespaces, defaultPolicyNamespaces...),
 			PolicyPaths:              append(opts.PolicyPaths, downloadedPolicyPaths...),
diff --git a/pkg/log/logger.go b/pkg/log/logger.go
index bc0f401cadab..b25e1395b5dd 100644
--- a/pkg/log/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/log/logger.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package log
 import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 
 	xlog "github.com/masahiro331/go-xfs-filesystem/log"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -121,3 +122,12 @@ func String(key, val string) zap.Field {
 	}
 	return zap.String(key, val)
 }
+
+type PrefixedLogger struct {
+	Name string
+}
+
+func (d *PrefixedLogger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	Logger.Debugf("[%s] %s", d.Name, strings.TrimSpace(string(p)))
+	return len(p), nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/misconf/scanner.go b/pkg/misconf/scanner.go
index 39e6030e6d44..01bda19280c8 100644
--- a/pkg/misconf/scanner.go
+++ b/pkg/misconf/scanner.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ var enabledDefsecTypes = map[detection.FileType]types.ConfigType{
 }
 
 type ScannerOption struct {
+	Debug                    bool
 	Trace                    bool
 	RegoOnly                 bool
 	Namespaces               []string
@@ -257,6 +258,10 @@ func scannerOptions(t detection.FileType, opt ScannerOption) ([]options.ScannerO
 		options.ScannerWithDataFilesystem(dataFS),
 	)
 
+	if opt.Debug {
+		opts = append(opts, options.ScannerWithDebug(&log.PrefixedLogger{Name: "misconf"}))
+	}
+
 	if opt.Trace {
 		opts = append(opts, options.ScannerWithPerResultTracing(true))
 	}