diff --git a/src/main/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/ManageClient.java b/src/main/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/ManageClient.java
index 3c8fe7efd..0fd445cb2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/ManageClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/ManageClient.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import org.springframework.http.*;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -367,12 +368,22 @@ protected void logRequest(String path, String contentType, String method) {
 
     protected void logSecurityUserRequest(String path, String contentType, String method) {
         if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-	        String username = manageConfig != null ? manageConfig.getUsername() : "(unknown)";
             logger.info(String.format("Sending %s %s request as user '%s' (who must have the 'manage-admin' and 'security' roles) to path: %s",
-	            contentType, method, username, path));
+	            contentType, method, determineUsernameForSecurityUserRequest(), path));
         }
     }
 
+    protected String determineUsernameForSecurityUserRequest() {
+	    String username = "(unknown)";
+	    if (manageConfig != null) {
+		    username = manageConfig.getSecurityUsername();
+		    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(username)) {
+			    username = manageConfig.getUsername();
+		    }
+	    }
+	    return username;
+    }
+
 	public URI buildUri(String path) {
         return manageConfig.buildUri(path);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/ManageClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/ManageClientTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b59588777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/ManageClientTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.marklogic.mgmt;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ManageClientTest extends Assert {
+
+	@Test
+	public void determineUsernameForSecurityUserRequest() {
+		ManageConfig config = new ManageConfig();
+		config.setSecurityUsername("admin");
+		config.setUsername("someone");
+
+		ManageClient client = new ManageClient(config);
+		assertEquals("admin", client.determineUsernameForSecurityUserRequest());
+
+		config.setSecurityUsername(null);
+		assertEquals("someone", client.determineUsernameForSecurityUserRequest());
+	}
+}