diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5093e28515..01e878333a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 1. [21345](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/21345): Deprecate the unsupported `PostSetupUser` API.
-1. [21356](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/21356): disable MergeFiltersRule until it is more stable
+1. [21356](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/21356): Disable MergeFiltersRule until it is more stable.
 1. [21369](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/21369): Add limits to the `/api/v2/delete` endpoint for start and stop times with error messages.
+1. [21375](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/21375): Add logging to NATS streaming server to help debug startup failures.
 
 ## v2.0.6 [2021-04-29]
 
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/launcher/launcher.go b/cmd/influxd/launcher/launcher.go
index 0e87527fd8..a3d2bc4966 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/launcher/launcher.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/launcher/launcher.go
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ func (m *Launcher) run(ctx context.Context, opts *InfluxdOpts) (err error) {
 	natsOpts := nats.NewDefaultServerOptions()
 	natsOpts.Port = opts.NatsPort
 	natsOpts.MaxPayload = opts.NatsMaxPayloadBytes
-	m.natsServer = nats.NewServer(&natsOpts)
+	m.natsServer = nats.NewServer(&natsOpts, m.log.With(zap.String("service", "nats")))
 	if err := m.natsServer.Open(); err != nil {
 		m.log.Error("Failed to start nats streaming server", zap.Error(err))
 		return err
diff --git a/nats/logger.go b/nats/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c07fbe044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nats/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package nats
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	natsserver "github.com/nats-io/gnatsd/server"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+var _ natsserver.Logger = (*zapLoggerAdapter)(nil)
+
+// zapLogger
+type zapLoggerAdapter struct {
+	log *zap.Logger
+}
+
+func (z *zapLoggerAdapter) Noticef(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	z.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...), zap.String("nats_level", "notice"))
+}
+
+func (z *zapLoggerAdapter) Debugf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	z.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...), zap.String("nats_level", "debug"))
+}
+
+func (z *zapLoggerAdapter) Tracef(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	z.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...), zap.String("nats_level", "trace"))
+}
+
+func (z *zapLoggerAdapter) Fatalf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	z.log.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...), zap.String("nats_level", "fatal"))
+}
+
+func (z *zapLoggerAdapter) Errorf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	z.log.Error(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...), zap.String("nats_level", "error"))
+}
diff --git a/nats/server.go b/nats/server.go
index f99078fe9a..a3a2bff889 100644
--- a/nats/server.go
+++ b/nats/server.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nats-io/gnatsd/server"
 	sserver "github.com/nats-io/nats-streaming-server/server"
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats-streaming-server/stores"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 const ServerName = "platform"
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ var ErrNoNatsConnection = errors.New("nats connection has not been established.
 type Server struct {
 	serverOpts *server.Options
 	Server     *sserver.StanServer
+	logger     server.Logger
 }
 
 // Open starts a NATS streaming server
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ func (s *Server) Open() error {
 	opts := sserver.GetDefaultOptions()
 	opts.StoreType = stores.TypeMemory
 	opts.ID = ServerName
+	opts.CustomLogger = s.logger
 
 	server, err := sserver.RunServerWithOpts(opts, s.serverOpts)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -54,10 +57,10 @@ func NewDefaultServerOptions() server.Options {
 }
 
 // NewServer creates a new streaming server with the provided server options.
-func NewServer(opts *server.Options) *Server {
+func NewServer(opts *server.Options, log *zap.Logger) *Server {
 	if opts == nil {
 		o := NewDefaultServerOptions()
 		opts = &o
 	}
-	return &Server{serverOpts: opts}
+	return &Server{serverOpts: opts, logger: &zapLoggerAdapter{log}}
 }