diff --git a/configstore/utils/Android.bp b/configstore/utils/Android.bp
index aa420d1..2c8aad6 100644
--- a/configstore/utils/Android.bp
+++ b/configstore/utils/Android.bp
@@ -14,14 +14,22 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 //
 
-cc_library_headers {
+cc_library_shared {
     name: "android.hardware.configstore-utils",
     defaults: ["hidl_defaults"],
+
+    srcs: [ "ConfigStoreUtils.cpp" ],
+
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
+
     shared_libs: [
+        "android.hardware.configstore@1.0",
+        "libbase",
         "libhidlbase"
     ],
     export_shared_lib_headers: [
+        "android.hardware.configstore@1.0",
+        "libbase",
         "libhidlbase"
     ],
 }
diff --git a/configstore/utils/ConfigStoreUtils.cpp b/configstore/utils/ConfigStoreUtils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a1fb42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configstore/utils/ConfigStoreUtils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+#define LOG_TAG "ConfigStore"
+
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <configstore/Utils.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace details {
+
+bool wouldLogInfo() {
+    return WOULD_LOG(INFO);
+}
+
+void logAlwaysInfo(const std::string& message) {
+    LOG(INFO) << message;
+}
+
+void logAlwaysError(const std::string& message) {
+    LOG(ERROR) << message;
+}
+
+}  // namespace details
+}  // namespace hardware
+}  // namespace android
diff --git a/configstore/utils/include/configstore/Utils.h b/configstore/utils/include/configstore/Utils.h
index 46cc9b0..a54ce85 100644
--- a/configstore/utils/include/configstore/Utils.h
+++ b/configstore/utils/include/configstore/Utils.h
@@ -17,24 +17,31 @@
 #ifndef ANDROID_HARDWARE_CONFIGSTORE_UTILS_H
 #define ANDROID_HARDWARE_CONFIGSTORE_UTILS_H
 
+#include <android/hardware/configstore/1.0/ISurfaceFlingerConfigs.h>
 #include <hidl/Status.h>
-#include <stdatomic.h>
 
-#pragma push_macro("LOG_TAG")
-#undef LOG_TAG
-#define LOG_TAG "ConfigStoreUtil"
+#include <sstream>
 
 namespace android {
 namespace hardware {
+
+namespace details {
+// Templated classes can use the below method
+// to avoid creating dependencies on liblog.
+bool wouldLogInfo();
+void logAlwaysInfo(const std::string& message);
+void logAlwaysError(const std::string& message);
+}  // namespace details
+
 namespace configstore {
+using namespace android::hardware::configstore::V1_0;
 // arguments V: type for the value (i.e., OptionalXXX)
 //           I: interface class name
 //           func: member function pointer
-using namespace V1_0;
-
 template<typename V, typename I, android::hardware::Return<void> (I::* func)
         (std::function<void(const V&)>)>
 decltype(V::value) get(const decltype(V::value) &defValue) {
+    using namespace android::hardware::details;
     auto getHelper = []()->V {
         V ret;
         sp<I> configs = I::getService();
@@ -47,7 +54,11 @@
                 ret = v;
             });
             if (!status.isOk()) {
-                ALOGE("HIDL call failed. %s", status.description().c_str());
+                std::ostringstream oss;
+                oss << "HIDL call failed for retrieving a config item from "
+                       "configstore : "
+                    << status.description().c_str();
+                logAlwaysError(oss.str());
                 ret.specified = false;
             }
         }
@@ -56,6 +67,24 @@
     };
     static V cachedValue = getHelper();
 
+    if (wouldLogInfo()) {
+        std::string iname = __PRETTY_FUNCTION__;
+        // func name starts with "func = " in __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
+        auto pos = iname.find("func = ");
+        if (pos != std::string::npos) {
+            iname = iname.substr(pos + sizeof("func = "));
+            iname.pop_back();  // remove trailing ']'
+        } else {
+            iname += " (unknown)";
+        }
+
+        std::ostringstream oss;
+        oss << iname << " retrieved: "
+            << (cachedValue.specified ? cachedValue.value : defValue)
+            << (cachedValue.specified ? "" : " (default)");
+        logAlwaysInfo(oss.str());
+    }
+
     return cachedValue.specified ? cachedValue.value : defValue;
 }
 
@@ -99,6 +128,4 @@
 }  // namespace hardware
 }  // namespace android
 
-#pragma pop_macro("LOG_TAG")
-
 #endif  // ANDROID_HARDWARE_CONFIGSTORE_UTILS_H