diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 2b6f90e5b..bd730bc04 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ type (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	// Wether or not we will enable Resty debugging output
+	// Whether we will enable Resty debugging output
 	if apiDebug, ok := os.LookupEnv("LINODE_DEBUG"); ok {
 		if parsed, err := strconv.ParseBool(apiDebug); err == nil {
 			envDebug = parsed
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ func (c *Client) R(ctx context.Context) *resty.Request {
 func (c *Client) SetDebug(debug bool) *Client {
 	c.debug = debug
 	c.resty.SetDebug(debug)
+	// this ensures that if there is an Authorization header present, the value is sanitized/masked
+	c.sanitizeAuthorizationHeader()
 
 	return c
 }
@@ -412,6 +414,14 @@ func (c *Client) SetHeader(name, value string) {
 	c.resty.SetHeader(name, value)
 }
 
+func (c *Client) sanitizeAuthorizationHeader() {
+	c.resty.OnRequestLog(func(r *resty.RequestLog) error {
+		// masking authorization header
+		r.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer *******************************")
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 // NewClient factory to create new Client struct
 func NewClient(hc *http.Client) (client Client) {
 	if hc != nil {
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 7176d6cb7..3a4a38a1e 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 package linodego
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/jarcoal/httpmock"
+	"github.com/linode/linodego/internal/testutil"
 )
 
 func TestClient_SetAPIVersion(t *testing.T) {
@@ -139,3 +145,56 @@ api_version = v4beta
 [cool]
 token = blah
 `
+
+func TestDebugLogSanitization(t *testing.T) {
+	type instanceResponse struct {
+		ID     int    `json:"id"`
+		Region string `json:"region"`
+		Label  string `json:"label"`
+	}
+
+	var testResp = instanceResponse{
+		ID:     100,
+		Region: "test-central",
+		Label:  "this-is-a-test-linode",
+	}
+	var lgr bytes.Buffer
+
+	plainTextToken := "NOTANAPIKEY"
+
+	mockClient := testutil.CreateMockClient(t, NewClient)
+	logger := testutil.CreateLogger()
+	mockClient.SetLogger(logger)
+	logger.L.SetOutput(&lgr)
+
+	mockClient.SetDebug(true)
+	if !mockClient.resty.Debug {
+		t.Fatal("debug should be enabled")
+	}
+	mockClient.SetHeader("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", plainTextToken))
+
+	if mockClient.resty.Header.Get("Authorization") != fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", plainTextToken) {
+		t.Fatal("token not found in auth header")
+	}
+
+	httpmock.RegisterRegexpResponder("GET", testutil.MockRequestURL("/linode/instances"),
+		httpmock.NewJsonResponderOrPanic(200, &testResp))
+
+	result, err := doGETRequest[instanceResponse](
+		context.Background(),
+		mockClient,
+		"/linode/instances",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	logInfo := lgr.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(logInfo, "Bearer *******************************") {
+		t.Fatal("sanitized bearer token was expected")
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(*result, testResp) {
+		t.Fatalf("actual response does not equal desired response: %s", cmp.Diff(result, testResponse))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/testutil/mock.go b/internal/testutil/mock.go
index 4afe4a92f..aaaeebb47 100644
--- a/internal/testutil/mock.go
+++ b/internal/testutil/mock.go
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -87,3 +89,40 @@ func CreateMockClient[T any](t *testing.T, createFunc func(*http.Client) T) *T {
 	result := createFunc(client)
 	return &result
 }
+
+type Logger interface {
+	Errorf(format string, v ...interface{})
+	Warnf(format string, v ...interface{})
+	Debugf(format string, v ...interface{})
+}
+
+func CreateLogger() *TestLogger {
+	l := &TestLogger{L: log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.Ldate|log.Lmicroseconds)}
+	return l
+}
+
+var _ Logger = (*TestLogger)(nil)
+
+type TestLogger struct {
+	L *log.Logger
+}
+
+func (l *TestLogger) Errorf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	l.outputf("ERROR RESTY "+format, v...)
+}
+
+func (l *TestLogger) Warnf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	l.outputf("WARN RESTY "+format, v...)
+}
+
+func (l *TestLogger) Debugf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	l.outputf("DEBUG RESTY "+format, v...)
+}
+
+func (l *TestLogger) outputf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	if len(v) == 0 {
+		l.L.Print(format)
+		return
+	}
+	l.L.Printf(format, v...)
+}