diff --git a/distributed/tests/test_worker.py b/distributed/tests/test_worker.py
index 2c02b79bfbd..da68e61a986 100644
--- a/distributed/tests/test_worker.py
+++ b/distributed/tests/test_worker.py
@@ -3003,7 +3003,7 @@ async def test_log_remove_worker(c, s, a, b):
     events = {topic: [ev for _, ev in evs] for topic, evs in s.get_events().items()}
     for evs in events.values():
         for ev in evs:
-            if ev["action"] == "retire-workers":
+            if ev.get("action", None) == "retire-workers":
                 for k in ("retired", "could-not-retire"):
                     ev[k] = {addr: "snip" for addr in ev[k]}
             if "stimulus_id" in ev:  # Strip timestamp
@@ -3083,6 +3083,7 @@ async def test_log_remove_worker(c, s, a, b):
                 "worker": b.address,
             },
         ],
+        "worker-get-client": [{"client": c.id, "timeout": 5, "worker": b.address}],
     }
 
 
diff --git a/distributed/tests/test_worker_client.py b/distributed/tests/test_worker_client.py
index f5e72225c3c..a7f8c236b31 100644
--- a/distributed/tests/test_worker_client.py
+++ b/distributed/tests/test_worker_client.py
@@ -363,3 +363,56 @@ def long_running():
     assert len(res) == 2
     assert res[a.address] > 25
     assert res[b.address] > 25
+
+
+@gen_cluster(client=True, nthreads=[("", 1)])
+async def test_log_event(c, s, a):
+    # Run a task that spawns a worker client
+    def f(x):
+        with worker_client(timeout=10, separate_thread=True) as wc:
+            x = wc.submit(inc, x)
+            y = wc.submit(double, x)
+            result = x.result() + y.result()
+            return result
+
+    future = c.submit(f, 1)
+    result = await future
+    assert result == 6
+
+    # Ensure a corresponding event is logged
+    for topic in ["worker-get-client", "worker-client"]:
+        events = [msg for t, msg in s.get_events().items() if t == topic]
+        assert len(events) == 1
+        assert events[0][0][1] == {
+            "worker": a.address,
+            "timeout": 10,
+            "client": c.id,
+        }
+
+
+@gen_cluster(client=True, nthreads=[("", 1)])
+async def test_log_event_implicit(c, s, a):
+    # Run a task that spawns a worker client
+    def f(x):
+        x = delayed(inc)(x)
+        y = delayed(double)(x)
+        result = x.compute() + y.compute()
+        return result
+
+    future = c.submit(f, 1)
+    result = await future
+    assert result == 6
+
+    # Ensure a corresponding event is logged
+    events = [
+        msg for topic, msg in s.get_events().items() if topic == "worker-get-client"
+    ]
+    assert len(events) == 1
+    assert events[0][0][1] == {
+        "worker": a.address,
+        "timeout": 5,
+        "client": c.id,
+    }
+    # Do not log a `worker-client` since this client was created implicitly
+    events = [msg for topic, msg in s.get_events().items() if topic == "worker-client"]
+    assert len(events) == 0
diff --git a/distributed/worker.py b/distributed/worker.py
index 18ef0aca86c..bb1c0637740 100644
--- a/distributed/worker.py
+++ b/distributed/worker.py
@@ -2609,6 +2609,14 @@ def _get_client(self, timeout: float | None = None) -> Client:
             if not asynchronous:
                 assert self._client.status == "running"
 
+        self.log_event(
+            "worker-get-client",
+            {
+                "client": self._client.id,
+                "timeout": timeout,
+            },
+        )
+
         return self._client
 
     def get_current_task(self) -> Key:
diff --git a/distributed/worker_client.py b/distributed/worker_client.py
index 355156206d0..86965d4cf79 100644
--- a/distributed/worker_client.py
+++ b/distributed/worker_client.py
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ def worker_client(timeout=None, separate_thread=True):
 
     worker = get_worker()
     client = get_client(timeout=timeout)
+    worker.log_event(
+        "worker-client",
+        {
+            "client": client.id,
+            "timeout": timeout,
+        },
+    )
     with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
         if separate_thread:
             try: