diff --git a/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_profile.c b/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_profile.c
index 2932a3852999a4b435aff9d1ee2de730c9967bae..2d3e5a1b1d301f5694956762b74bc6e71023afde 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_profile.c
+++ b/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_profile.c
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ static void *_timer_thread(void *args)
 			if (!acct_gather_profile_timer[i].freq
 			    || (diff < acct_gather_profile_timer[i].freq))
 				continue;
-			debug2("profile signalling type %d", i);
+			debug2("profile signalling type %s",
+			       acct_gather_profile_type_t_name(i));
 
 			/* signal poller to start */
 			slurm_mutex_lock(&acct_gather_profile_timer[i].
@@ -281,6 +282,33 @@ extern uint32_t acct_gather_profile_type_from_string(char *series_str)
 	return ACCT_GATHER_PROFILE_NOT_SET;
 }
 
+extern char *acct_gather_profile_type_t_name(acct_gather_profile_type_t type)
+{
+	switch (type) {
+	case PROFILE_ENERGY:
+		return "Energy";
+		break;
+	case PROFILE_TASK:
+		return "Task";
+		break;
+	case PROFILE_FILESYSTEM:
+		return "Lustre";
+		break;
+	case PROFILE_NETWORK:
+		return "Network";
+		break;
+	case PROFILE_CNT:
+		return "CNT?";
+		break;
+	default:
+		fatal("Unhandled profile option %d please update "
+		      "slurm_acct_gather_profile.c "
+		      "(acct_gather_profile_type_t_name)", type);
+	}
+
+	return "Unknown";
+}
+
 extern int acct_gather_profile_startpoll(char *freq, char *freq_def)
 {
 	int retval = SLURM_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_profile.h b/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_profile.h
index c83531cca1b851458001c3d2fafc934d56203258..3864894bb45bd39fa18b736e1e52dc3827fd628e 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_profile.h
+++ b/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_profile.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ extern uint32_t acct_gather_profile_from_string(char *profile_str);
 extern char *acct_gather_profile_type_to_string(uint32_t series);
 extern uint32_t acct_gather_profile_type_from_string(char *series_str);
 
+extern char *acct_gather_profile_type_t_name(acct_gather_profile_type_t type);
+
 extern int acct_gather_profile_startpoll(char *freq, char *freq_def);
 
 /*