diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudClient.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudClient.java
index 3dd193af..8e1f8cc4 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudClient.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudClient.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import android.accounts.AccountManager;
 import android.accounts.AccountsException;
 import android.net.Uri;
 
-import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.accounts.AccountUtils;
 import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.authentication.OwnCloudCredentials;
 import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.authentication.OwnCloudCredentialsFactory;
 import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.authentication.OwnCloudCredentialsFactory.OwnCloudAnonymousCredentials;
@@ -116,22 +115,16 @@ public class OwnCloudClient extends HttpClient {
     }
 
     public int executeHttpMethod (HttpBaseMethod method) throws Exception {
-
         boolean repeatWithFreshCredentials;
         int repeatCounter = 0;
         int status;
 
         do {
-            // Clean previous request id. This is a bit hacky but is the only way to add request headers in WebDAV
-            // methods by using Dav4Android
-            deleteHeaderForAllRequests(OC_X_REQUEST_ID);
-
-            // Header to allow tracing requests in apache and ownCloud logs
-            addHeaderForAllRequests(OC_X_REQUEST_ID,
-                    RandomUtils.generateRandomString(RandomUtils.generateRandomInteger(20, 200)));
+            setRequestId(method);
 
             status = method.execute();
             checkFirstRedirection(method);
+
             if(mFollowRedirects && !isIdPRedirection()) {
                 status = followRedirection(method).getLastStatus();
             }
@@ -158,6 +151,8 @@ public class OwnCloudClient extends HttpClient {
         int status;
 
         do {
+            setRequestId(method);
+
             status = method.execute();
 
             repeatWithFreshCredentials = checkUnauthorizedAccess(status, repeatCounter);
@@ -169,6 +164,19 @@ public class OwnCloudClient extends HttpClient {
         return status;
     }
 
+    private void setRequestId(HttpBaseMethod method) {
+        // Clean previous request id. This is a bit hacky but is the only way to add request headers in WebDAV
+        // methods by using Dav4Android
+        deleteHeaderForAllRequests(OC_X_REQUEST_ID);
+
+        String requestId = RandomUtils.generateRandomUUID();
+
+        // Header to allow tracing requests in apache and ownCloud logs
+        addHeaderForAllRequests(OC_X_REQUEST_ID, RandomUtils.generateRandomUUID());
+
+        Log_OC.d(TAG, "Executing " + method.getClass().getSimpleName() + " in request with id " + requestId);
+    }
+
     public RedirectionPath followRedirection(HttpBaseMethod method) throws Exception {
         int redirectionsCount = 0;
         int status = method.getStatusCode();
diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/utils/RandomUtils.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/utils/RandomUtils.java
index 6c043aae..ab13dc5a 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/utils/RandomUtils.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/utils/RandomUtils.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 package com.owncloud.android.lib.common.utils;
 
 import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 /**
  * Class with methods to generate random values
@@ -60,4 +61,11 @@ public class RandomUtils {
         Random r = new Random();
         return r.nextInt(max-min) + min;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return random UUID
+     */
+    public static String generateRandomUUID() {
+        return UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    }
 }
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