diff --git a/.changeset/tame-gorillas-look.md b/.changeset/tame-gorillas-look.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a7e230ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-gorillas-look.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': minor
+---
+
+Introduced audit log message when a new scaffolder task is created
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index aea33f1158..f545e57f85 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -35,24 +35,25 @@ import {
   UrlReaders,
 } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
-import { TemplateEntityV1beta3 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
-import ObservableImpl from 'zen-observable';
+import { TemplateEntityV1beta3 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import express from 'express';
 import request from 'supertest';
+import ObservableImpl from 'zen-observable';
+
 /**
  * TODO: The following should import directly from the router file.
  * Due to a circular dependency between this plugin and the
  * plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-cookiecutter plugin, it results in an error:
  * TypeError: _pluginscaffolderbackend.createTemplateAction is not a function
  */
-import { createRouter, DatabaseTaskStore, TaskBroker } from '../index';
-import { StorageTaskBroker } from '../scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker';
 import {
   parseEntityRef,
   stringifyEntityRef,
   UserEntity,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { createRouter, DatabaseTaskStore, TaskBroker } from '../index';
+import { StorageTaskBroker } from '../scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker';
 
 function createDatabase(): PluginDatabaseManager {
   return DatabaseManager.fromConfig(
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ const mockUrlReader = UrlReaders.default({
 
 describe('createRouter', () => {
   let app: express.Express;
+  let loggerSpy: jest.SpyInstance;
   let taskBroker: TaskBroker;
   const catalogClient = { getEntityByRef: jest.fn() } as unknown as CatalogApi;
 
@@ -133,9 +135,10 @@ describe('createRouter', () => {
     jest.spyOn(taskBroker, 'get');
     jest.spyOn(taskBroker, 'list');
     jest.spyOn(taskBroker, 'event$');
+    loggerSpy = jest.spyOn(logger, 'info');
 
     const router = await createRouter({
-      logger: getVoidLogger(),
+      logger: logger,
       config: new ConfigReader({}),
       database: createDatabase(),
       catalogClient,
@@ -288,6 +291,48 @@ describe('createRouter', () => {
         }),
       );
     });
+
+    it('should emit auditlog containing without user identifier when no backstage auth is passed', async () => {
+      await request(app)
+        .post('/v2/tasks')
+        .send({
+          templateRef: stringifyEntityRef({
+            kind: 'template',
+            name: 'create-react-app-template',
+          }),
+          values: {
+            required: 'required-value',
+          },
+        });
+
+      expect(loggerSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(loggerSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'Scaffolding task for template:default/create-react-app-template',
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should emit auditlog containing user identifier when backstage auth is passed', async () => {
+      const mockToken =
+        'blob.eyJzdWIiOiJ1c2VyOmRlZmF1bHQvZ3Vlc3QiLCJuYW1lIjoiSm9obiBEb2UifQ.blob';
+
+      await request(app)
+        .post('/v2/tasks')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${mockToken}`)
+        .send({
+          templateRef: stringifyEntityRef({
+            kind: 'template',
+            name: 'create-react-app-template',
+          }),
+          values: {
+            required: 'required-value',
+          },
+        });
+
+      expect(loggerSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(loggerSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'Scaffolding task for template:default/create-react-app-template created by user:default/guest',
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   describe('GET /v2/tasks', () => {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 2abb730250..b682ebdf25 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@
 import { PluginDatabaseManager, UrlReader } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import {
+  Entity,
   parseEntityRef,
   stringifyEntityRef,
   UserEntity,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Config, JsonObject } from '@backstage/config';
 import { InputError, NotFoundError, stringifyError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import {
-  TemplateEntityV1beta3,
   TaskSpec,
+  TemplateEntityV1beta3,
   templateEntityV1beta3Validator,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ import express from 'express';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import { validate } from 'jsonschema';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
-import { TemplateFilter } from '../lib';
 import { z } from 'zod';
+import { TemplateFilter } from '../lib';
 import {
   createBuiltinActions,
   DatabaseTaskStore,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import {
 } from '../scaffolder';
 import { createDryRunner } from '../scaffolder/dryrun';
 import { StorageTaskBroker } from '../scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker';
-import { getEntityBaseUrl, getWorkingDirectory, findTemplate } from './helpers';
+import { findTemplate, getEntityBaseUrl, getWorkingDirectory } from './helpers';
 
 /**
  * RouterOptions
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ export async function createRouter(
         ? await catalogClient.getEntityByRef(userEntityRef, { token })
         : undefined;
 
+      let auditLog = `Scaffolding task for ${templateRef}`;
+      if (userEntityRef) {
+        auditLog += ` created by ${userEntityRef}`;
+      }
+      logger.info(auditLog);
+
       const values = req.body.values;
 
       const template = await findTemplate({