diff --git a/adb/sysdeps.h b/adb/sysdeps.h
index f2911e045..0c2e45cb4 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps.h
+++ b/adb/sysdeps.h
@@ -493,21 +493,7 @@ inline int network_local_server(const char* name, int namespace_id, int type, st
     return _fd_set_error_str(socket_local_server(name, namespace_id, type), error);
 }
 
-inline int network_connect(const std::string& host, int port, int type,
-                           int timeout, std::string* error) {
-  int getaddrinfo_error = 0;
-  int fd = socket_network_client_timeout(host.c_str(), port, type, timeout,
-                                         &getaddrinfo_error);
-  if (fd != -1) {
-    return fd;
-  }
-  if (getaddrinfo_error != 0) {
-    *error = gai_strerror(getaddrinfo_error);
-  } else {
-    *error = strerror(errno);
-  }
-  return -1;
-}
+int network_connect(const std::string& host, int port, int type, int timeout, std::string* error);
 
 static __inline__ int  adb_socket_accept(int  serverfd, struct sockaddr*  addr, socklen_t  *addrlen)
 {
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp b/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp
index ecd1fd24e..33ddb4e81 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp
+++ b/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@
 #include "sysdeps/network.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <cutils/sockets.h>
+
 #include "adb_unique_fd.h"
 
 static void set_error(std::string* error) {
@@ -124,3 +128,19 @@ int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error) {
     }
     return rc;
 }
+
+int network_connect(const std::string& host, int port, int type, int timeout, std::string* error) {
+    int getaddrinfo_error = 0;
+    int fd = socket_network_client_timeout(host.c_str(), port, type, timeout, &getaddrinfo_error);
+    if (fd != -1) {
+        return fd;
+    }
+    if (getaddrinfo_error != 0) {
+        *error = gai_strerror(getaddrinfo_error);
+        LOG(WARNING) << "failed to resolve host '" << host << "': " << *error;
+    } else {
+        *error = strerror(errno);
+        LOG(WARNING) << "failed to connect to '" << host << "': " << *error;
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/adb/transport_local.cpp b/adb/transport_local.cpp
index 143125289..8b8fd5187 100644
--- a/adb/transport_local.cpp
+++ b/adb/transport_local.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ std::tuple<unique_fd, int, std::string> tcp_connect(const std::string& address,
     std::string host;
     int port = DEFAULT_ADB_LOCAL_TRANSPORT_PORT;
     if (!android::base::ParseNetAddress(address, &host, &port, &serial, response)) {
+        D("failed to parse address: '%s'", address.c_str());
         return std::make_tuple(unique_fd(), port, serial);
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ void connect_device(const std::string& address, std::string* response) {
         return;
     }
 
+    D("connection requested to '%s'", address.c_str());
     unique_fd fd;
     int port;
     std::string serial;