diff --git a/locust/main.py b/locust/main.py
index 91aad55c7a..67b278f8a1 100644
--- a/locust/main.py
+++ b/locust/main.py
@@ -587,11 +587,18 @@ def start_automatic_run():
                     logger.error("Gave up waiting for workers to connect")
                     runner.quit()
                     sys.exit(1)
-                logging.info(
-                    "Waiting for workers to be ready, %s of %s connected",
-                    len(runner.clients.ready),
-                    options.expect_workers,
-                )
+                if time.monotonic() - start_time > 5:
+                    logging.info(
+                        "Waiting for workers to be ready, %s of %s connected",
+                        len(runner.clients.ready),
+                        options.expect_workers,
+                    )
+                else:
+                    logging.debug(
+                        "Waiting for workers to be ready, %s of %s connected",
+                        len(runner.clients.ready),
+                        options.expect_workers,
+                    )
                 # TODO: Handle KeyboardInterrupt and send quit signal to workers that are started.
                 #       Right now, if the user sends a ctrl+c, the master will not gracefully
                 #       shutdown resulting in all the already started workers to stay active.
diff --git a/locust/test/test_main.py b/locust/test/test_main.py
index cf562bf5d9..8f6d4b8501 100644
--- a/locust/test/test_main.py
+++ b/locust/test/test_main.py
@@ -1473,6 +1473,8 @@ def test_expect_workers(self):
                     "2",
                     "--expect-workers-max-wait",
                     "1",
+                    "-L",
+                    "DEBUG",
                 ],
                 stdout=PIPE,
                 stderr=PIPE,