diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/BUILD b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/BUILD
index 8df4a99fa..573bdd37e 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/atomicbitops",
         "//pkg/buffer",
+        "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/sync",
         "//pkg/tcpip",
         "//pkg/tcpip/checksum",
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/ipv4.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/ipv4.go
index 9e9067f38..875895644 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/ipv4.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/ipv4.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/atomicbitops"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/buffer"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sync"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/header"
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ const (
 	forwardingEnabled  = 1
 )
 
+var martianPacketLogger = log.BasicRateLimitedLogger(time.Minute)
+
 var ipv4BroadcastAddr = header.IPv4Broadcast.WithPrefix()
 
 var _ stack.LinkResolvableNetworkEndpoint = (*endpoint)(nil)
@@ -839,11 +842,13 @@ func (e *endpoint) HandlePacket(pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) {
 	if !e.nic.IsLoopback() {
 		if !e.protocol.options.AllowExternalLoopbackTraffic {
 			if header.IsV4LoopbackAddress(h.SourceAddress()) {
+				martianPacketLogger.Infof("Martian packet dropped with loopback source address. If your traffic is unexpectedly dropped, you may want to allow martian packets.")
 				stats.InvalidSourceAddressesReceived.Increment()
 				return
 			}
 
 			if header.IsV4LoopbackAddress(h.DestinationAddress()) {
+				martianPacketLogger.Infof("Martian packet dropped with loopback destination address. If your traffic is unexpectedly dropped, you may want to allow martian packets.")
 				stats.InvalidDestinationAddressesReceived.Increment()
 				return
 			}