diff --git a/app/vmauth/auth_config.go b/app/vmauth/auth_config.go
index 41d21b866..e8c72051a 100644
--- a/app/vmauth/auth_config.go
+++ b/app/vmauth/auth_config.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type UserInfo struct {
 	URLPrefix              *URLPrefix  `yaml:"url_prefix,omitempty"`
 	DiscoverBackendIPs     *bool       `yaml:"discover_backend_ips,omitempty"`
 	URLMaps                []URLMap    `yaml:"url_map,omitempty"`
+	DumpRequestOnErrors    bool        `yaml:"dump_request_on_errors,omitempty"`
 	HeadersConf            HeadersConf `yaml:",inline"`
 	MaxConcurrentRequests  int         `yaml:"max_concurrent_requests,omitempty"`
 	DefaultURL             *URLPrefix  `yaml:"default_url,omitempty"`
diff --git a/app/vmauth/main.go b/app/vmauth/main.go
index 466147bf2..7f18d7798 100644
--- a/app/vmauth/main.go
+++ b/app/vmauth/main.go
@@ -192,7 +192,11 @@ func processRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ui *UserInfo) {
 				return
 			}
 			missingRouteRequests.Inc()
-			httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "missing route for %s", u.String())
+			var di string
+			if ui.DumpRequestOnErrors {
+				di = debugInfo(u, r.Header)
+			}
+			httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "missing route for %q%s", u.String(), di)
 			return
 		}
 		up, hc = ui.DefaultURL, ui.HeadersConf
@@ -644,3 +648,14 @@ func (rtb *readTrackingBody) Close() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func debugInfo(u *url.URL, h http.Header) string {
+	s := &strings.Builder{}
+	fmt.Fprintf(s, " (host: %q; ", u.Host)
+	fmt.Fprintf(s, "path: %q; ", u.Path)
+	fmt.Fprintf(s, "args: %q; ", u.Query().Encode())
+	fmt.Fprint(s, "headers:")
+	_ = h.WriteSubset(s, nil)
+	fmt.Fprint(s, ")")
+	return s.String()
+}
diff --git a/app/vmauth/main_test.go b/app/vmauth/main_test.go
index 6414ef803..68f24bbe4 100644
--- a/app/vmauth/main_test.go
+++ b/app/vmauth/main_test.go
@@ -346,7 +346,27 @@ unauthorized_user:
 	}
 	responseExpected = `
 statusCode=400
-remoteAddr: "42.2.3.84:6789, X-Forwarded-For: 12.34.56.78"; requestURI: /abc?de=fg; missing route for http://some-host.com/abc?de=fg`
+remoteAddr: "42.2.3.84:6789, X-Forwarded-For: 12.34.56.78"; requestURI: /abc?de=fg; missing route for "http://some-host.com/abc?de=fg"`
+	f(cfgStr, requestURL, backendHandler, responseExpected)
+
+	// missing default_url and default url_prefix for unauthorized user with dump_request_on_errors enabled
+	cfgStr = `
+unauthorized_user:
+  dump_request_on_errors: true
+  url_map:
+  - src_paths: ["/foo/.+"]
+    url_prefix: {BACKEND}/x-foo/`
+	requestURL = "http://some-host.com/abc?de=fg"
+	backendHandler = func(_ http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("backend handler shouldn't be called"))
+	}
+	responseExpected = `
+statusCode=400
+remoteAddr: "42.2.3.84:6789, X-Forwarded-For: 12.34.56.78"; requestURI: /abc?de=fg; missing route for "http://some-host.com/abc?de=fg" (host: "some-host.com"; path: "/abc"; args: "de=fg"; headers:Connection: Some-Header,Other-Header
+Pass-Header: abc
+Some-Header: foobar
+X-Forwarded-For: 12.34.56.78
+)`
 	f(cfgStr, requestURL, backendHandler, responseExpected)
 
 	// missing default_url and default url_prefix for unauthorized user when there are configs for authorized users
diff --git a/docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
index 830de5a39..ca354ceeb 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ See also [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/).
 * FEATURE: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert): revert the default value of `-remoteWrite.maxQueueSize` from `1_000_000` to `100_000`. It was bumped in [v1.104.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.104.0), which increases memory usage and is not needed for most setups. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7471).
 * FEATURE: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): add `Raw Query` tab for displaying raw data. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7024).
 * FEATURE: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): add `ignore_first_sample_interval` param to [aggregation config](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/#stream-aggregation-config). It allows users to control the time interval when aggregation skips sending aggregated samples to avoid unexpected spikes in values. By default, this interval is set to x2 of `staleness_interval`. The new setting is applicable only to `total`, `total_prometheus`, `increase`, `increase_prometheus` and `histogram_bucket` outputs. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7116) for details. Thanks to @iyuroch for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/7313).
+* FEATURE: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): add `dump_request_on_errors` bool setting to [auth config](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/#auth-config) for debugging HTTP requests that missed routing rules. This should improve debugability of vmauth settings.
 
 * BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent): Properly return `200 OK` HTTP status code when importing data via [Pushgateway protocol](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-import-data-in-prometheus-exposition-format) using [multitenant URL format](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/#url-format). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3636) and [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/7571).
 * BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent): Properly set `TCP` connection timeout for `Kubernetes API server` connection for metric scrapping with `kubernetes_sd_configs`. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7127).
diff --git a/docs/vmauth.md b/docs/vmauth.md
index 84505c9fb..33680c266 100644
--- a/docs/vmauth.md
+++ b/docs/vmauth.md
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ See also [security docs](#security), [routing docs](#routing) and [load balancin
 - [Multiple parts](#routing-by-multiple-parts)
 
 See also [authorization](#authorization) and [load balancing](#load-balancing).
+For debug purposes, extra logging for failed requests can be enabled by setting `dump_request_on_errors: true` {{% available_from "#" %}}
+on user level. Please note, such logging may expose sensitive info and is recommended to use only for debugging.
 
 ### Routing by path
 
@@ -953,6 +955,8 @@ users:
   #
   # Regular expressions are allowed in `src_paths` and `src_hosts` entries.
 - username: "foobar"
+  # log requests that failed url_map rules, for debugging purposes
+  dump_request_on_errors: true
   url_map:
   - src_paths:
     - "/api/v1/query"