diff --git a/crypto/engine/eng_cnf.c b/crypto/engine/eng_cnf.c
index bece327cc5..c87a8a14b9 100644
--- a/crypto/engine/eng_cnf.c
+++ b/crypto/engine/eng_cnf.c
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "eng_int.h"
 #include <openssl/conf.h>
-
-/* #define ENGINE_CONF_DEBUG */
+#include <openssl/trace.h>
 
 /* ENGINE config module */
 
@@ -50,9 +49,7 @@ static int int_engine_configure(const char *name, const char *value, const CONF
     int soft = 0;
 
     name = skip_dot(name);
-#ifdef ENGINE_CONF_DEBUG
-    fprintf(stderr, "Configuring engine %s\n", name);
-#endif
+    OSSL_TRACE1(ENGINE_CONF, "Configuring engine %s\n", name);
     /* Value is a section containing ENGINE commands */
     ecmds = NCONF_get_section(cnf, value);
 
@@ -66,10 +63,8 @@ static int int_engine_configure(const char *name, const char *value, const CONF
         ecmd = sk_CONF_VALUE_value(ecmds, i);
         ctrlname = skip_dot(ecmd->name);
         ctrlvalue = ecmd->value;
-#ifdef ENGINE_CONF_DEBUG
-        fprintf(stderr, "ENGINE conf: doing ctrl(%s,%s)\n", ctrlname,
-                ctrlvalue);
-#endif
+        OSSL_TRACE2(ENGINE_CONF, "ENGINE conf: doing ctrl(%s,%s)\n",
+                    ctrlname, ctrlvalue);
 
         /* First handle some special pseudo ctrls */
 
@@ -153,10 +148,8 @@ static int int_engine_module_init(CONF_IMODULE *md, const CONF *cnf)
     STACK_OF(CONF_VALUE) *elist;
     CONF_VALUE *cval;
     int i;
-#ifdef ENGINE_CONF_DEBUG
-    fprintf(stderr, "Called engine module: name %s, value %s\n",
-            CONF_imodule_get_name(md), CONF_imodule_get_value(md));
-#endif
+    OSSL_TRACE2(ENGINE_CONF, "Called engine module: name %s, value %s\n",
+                CONF_imodule_get_name(md), CONF_imodule_get_value(md));
     /* Value is a section containing ENGINEs to configure */
     elist = NCONF_get_section(cnf, CONF_imodule_get_value(md));
 
diff --git a/crypto/trace.c b/crypto/trace.c
index b42f1d9a22..c76eb5110e 100644
--- a/crypto/trace.c
+++ b/crypto/trace.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static const struct trace_category_st trace_categories[] = {
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(INIT),
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(TLS),
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(TLS_CIPHER),
+    TRACE_CATEGORY_(ENGINE_CONF),
 };
 
 const char *OSSL_trace_get_category_name(int num)
diff --git a/include/openssl/trace.h b/include/openssl/trace.h
index ecabeb09ab..96934eda8e 100644
--- a/include/openssl/trace.h
+++ b/include/openssl/trace.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ extern "C" {
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_INIT                1
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_TLS                 2
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_TLS_CIPHER          3
-# define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_NUM                 4
+# define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_ENGINE_CONF         4
+# define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_NUM                 5
 
 /* Returns the trace category number for the given |name| */
 int OSSL_trace_get_category_num(const char *name);