diff --git a/debugger/variablecontroller.cpp b/debugger/variablecontroller.cpp
--- a/debugger/variablecontroller.cpp
+++ b/debugger/variablecontroller.cpp
@@ -134,12 +134,12 @@
         auto model = v->model();
         auto parent = model->indexForItem(v, 0);
         auto childCount = v->model()->rowCount(parent);
-        qDebug() << "updating:" << v->expression() << "active children:" << childCount;
+        qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON_DEBUGGER) << "updating:" << v->expression() << "active children:" << childCount;
         for ( int j = 0; j < childCount; j++ ) {
             auto index = model->index(j, 0, parent);
             auto child = static_cast<KDevelop::TreeItem*>(index.internalPointer());
             if ( auto childVariable = qobject_cast<Variable*>(child) ) {
-                qDebug() << "   got child var:" << childVariable->expression();
+                qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON_DEBUGGER) << "   got child var:" << childVariable->expression();
                 v->fetchMoreChildren();
                 break;
             }
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 
 void VariableController::_update()
 {
-    qDebug() << " ************************* update requested";
+    qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON_DEBUGGER) << " ************************* update requested";
     DebugSession* d = static_cast<DebugSession*>(parent());
     if (autoUpdate() & UpdateWatches) {
         variableCollection()->watches()->reinstall();
diff --git a/duchain/contextbuilder.cpp b/duchain/contextbuilder.cpp
--- a/duchain/contextbuilder.cpp
+++ b/duchain/contextbuilder.cpp
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@
         }
     }
     if (updateContext) {
-        qDebug() << " ====> DUCHAIN ====>     rebuilding duchain for" << url.str() << "(was built before)";
+        qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON_DUCHAIN) << " ====> DUCHAIN ====>     rebuilding duchain for" << url.str() << "(was built before)";
         DUChainWriteLocker lock(DUChain::lock());
         Q_ASSERT(updateContext->type() == DUContext::Global);
         updateContext->clearImportedParentContexts();
         updateContext->parsingEnvironmentFile()->clearModificationRevisions();
         updateContext->clearProblems();
     } else {
-        qDebug() << " ====> DUCHAIN ====>     building duchain for" << url.str();
+        qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON_DUCHAIN) << " ====> DUCHAIN ====>     building duchain for" << url.str();
     }
     return ContextBuilderBase::build(url, node, updateContext);
 }
diff --git a/parser/astbuilder.cpp b/parser/astbuilder.cpp
--- a/parser/astbuilder.cpp
+++ b/parser/astbuilder.cpp
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
 
 CodeAst::Ptr AstBuilder::parse(const QUrl& filename, QString &contents)
 {
-    qDebug() << " ====> AST     ====>     building abstract syntax tree for " << filename.path();
+    qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON_PARSER) << " ====> AST     ====>     building abstract syntax tree for " << filename.path();
     
     Py_NoSiteFlag = 1;
     
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
     mod_ty syntaxtree = PyParser_ASTFromString(contents.toUtf8().data(), "<kdev-editor-contents>", file_input, &flags, arena);
 
     if ( ! syntaxtree ) {
-        qDebug() << " ====< parse error, trying to fix";
+        qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON_PARSER) << " ====< parse error, trying to fix";
         
         PyErr_Fetch(&exception, &value, &backtrace);
         qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON_PARSER) << "Error objects: " << exception << value << backtrace;
diff --git a/pythondebug.cpp b/pythondebug.cpp
--- a/pythondebug.cpp
+++ b/pythondebug.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 */
 
 #include "pythondebug.h"
-Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(KDEV_PYTHON, "kdev.python")
+Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(KDEV_PYTHON, "kdevelop.languages.python")
 
 
diff --git a/pythonlanguagesupport.cpp b/pythonlanguagesupport.cpp
--- a/pythonlanguagesupport.cpp
+++ b/pythonlanguagesupport.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
     QString autopep8path = QStandardPaths::findExecutable("autopep8");
     if (autopep8path.isEmpty()) {
         // TODO: proper error handling/user notification
-        qDebug() << "Could not find the autopep8 executable";
+        qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON) << "Could not find the autopep8 executable";
         autopep8path = "/usr/bin/autopep8";
     }
     autopep8.setContent(autopep8path + " -i $TMPFILE");
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
         return 0;
     }
     if ( std::all_of(changedText.begin(), changedText.end(), [](const QChar& c) { return c.isSpace(); }) ) {
-        qDebug() << changedText << changedRange.end().column() << doc->lineLength(changedRange.end().line());
+        qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON) << changedText << changedRange.end().column() << doc->lineLength(changedRange.end().line());
         if ( changedRange.end().column()-1 == doc->lineLength(changedRange.end().line()) ) {
             return ILanguageSupport::NoUpdateRequired;
         }
diff --git a/pythonparsejob.cpp b/pythonparsejob.cpp
--- a/pythonparsejob.cpp
+++ b/pythonparsejob.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 #include "pythonparsejob.h"
 
+#include "pythondebug.h"
 #include "pythonhighlighting.h"
 #include "pythoneditorintegrator.h"
 #include "dumpchain.h"
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
         return abortJob();
     }
     
-    qDebug() << " ====> PARSING ====> parsing file " << document().toUrl() << "; has priority" << parsePriority();
+    qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON) << " ====> PARSING ====> parsing file " << document().toUrl() << "; has priority" << parsePriority();
 
     {
         QMutexLocker l(&Helper::projectPathLock);
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@
                 continue;
             }
             if ( ! file->needsUpdate() && file->featuresSatisfied(minimumFeatures()) && file->topContext() ) {
-                qDebug() << " ====> NOOP    ====> Already up to date:" << document().str();
+                qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON) << " ====> NOOP    ====> Already up to date:" << document().str();
                 setDuChain(file->topContext());
                 if ( ICore::self()->languageController()->backgroundParser()->trackerForUrl(document()) ) {
                     lock.unlock();
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@
         
         // check whether any unresolved imports were encountered
         bool needsReparse = ! builder.unresolvedImports().isEmpty();
-        qDebug() << "Document needs update because of unresolved identifiers: " << needsReparse;
+        qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON) << "Document needs update because of unresolved identifiers: " << needsReparse;
         if ( needsReparse ) {
             // check whether one of the imports is queued for parsing, this is to avoid deadlocks
             // it's also ok if the duchain is now available (and thus has been parsed before already)
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@
             DUChain::self()->updateContextEnvironment(m_duContext, parsingEnvironmentFile.data());
         }
         
-        qDebug() << "---- Parsing Succeeded ----";
+        qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON) << "---- Parsing Succeeded ----";
         
         if ( abortRequested() ) {
             return abortJob();
diff --git a/pythonstylechecking.cpp b/pythonstylechecking.cpp
--- a/pythonstylechecking.cpp
+++ b/pythonstylechecking.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <interfaces/icore.h>
 #include <shell/documentcontroller.h>
 
+#include "pythondebug.h"
 #include "pythonparsejob.h"
 #include "helpers.h"
 
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@
             int lineno = match.captured(2).toInt(&lineno_ok);
             int colno = match.captured(3).toInt(&colno_ok);
             if ( ! lineno_ok || ! colno_ok ) {
-                qDebug() << "invalid line / col number";
+                qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON) << "invalid line / col number";
                 continue;
             }
             QString error = match.captured(4);
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@
             m_currentlyChecking->addProblem(ptr);
         }
         else {
-            qDebug() << "invalid pep8 error line:" << error;
+            qCDebug(KDEV_PYTHON) << "invalid pep8 error line:" << error;
         }
     }