diff --git a/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/CarrotGroovyRunner.java b/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/CarrotGroovyRunner.java
index e24c060b..84e6828b 100644
--- a/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/CarrotGroovyRunner.java
+++ b/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/CarrotGroovyRunner.java
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.impl.MavenLoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * groovy script executor which exposes maven project
@@ -20,9 +23,12 @@
 public class CarrotGroovyRunner {
 
 	private final MavenProject project;
+	
+	private final Log log;
 
-	public CarrotGroovyRunner(final MavenProject project) {
+	public CarrotGroovyRunner(final MavenProject project, Log log) {
 		this.project = project;
+		this.log = log;
 	}
 
 	public Binding binding() {
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ public Binding binding() {
 
 	public Object execute(final File script) throws Exception {
 
-		final GroovyShell shell = new GroovyShell(binding());
+		final GroovyShell shell = createShell();
 
 		final Object result = shell.evaluate(script);
 
@@ -47,12 +53,25 @@ public Object execute(final File script) throws Exception {
 
 	public Object execute(final String script) throws Exception {
 
-		final GroovyShell shell = new GroovyShell(binding());
+		final GroovyShell shell = createShell();
 
 		final Object result = shell.evaluate(script);
 
 		return result;
 
 	}
+	
+	public GroovyShell createShell() {
+		
+		final GroovyShell shell = new GroovyShell(binding());
+		shell.getContext().setProperty("log", createLogger());
+		return shell;
+	}
+	
+	private Logger createLogger() {
+		String loggerName = String.format("%s.%s.Script", project.getGroupId(),
+				project.getArtifactId());
+		return MavenLoggerFactory.getLogger(loggerName, log);
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/GroovyBase.java b/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/GroovyBase.java
index 2e767208..5eb91722 100644
--- a/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/GroovyBase.java
+++ b/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/GroovyBase.java
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ public abstract class GroovyBase extends CarrotMojo {
 	 * @parameter default-value=""
 	 */
 	protected String groovyText;
+	
+	/**
+	 * whether to log the script text during the build (The script might be long,
+	 * or contain sensitive data)
+	 * 
+	 * @parameter default-value="true"
+	 */
+	protected boolean logText;
 
 	/**
 	 * should load all system properties from {@link System#getenv()}
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ protected CarrotGroovyRunner newRunner() throws Exception {
 
 		final MavenProject project = new MavenProjectAdaptor(mavenProps);
 
-		final CarrotGroovyRunner runner = new CarrotGroovyRunner(project);
+		final CarrotGroovyRunner runner = new CarrotGroovyRunner(project, getLog());
 
 		return runner;
 
diff --git a/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/GroovyExec.java b/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/GroovyExec.java
index 1c0541d6..1708e9d6 100644
--- a/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/GroovyExec.java
+++ b/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/GroovyExec.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
 
 			if (groovyText != null && groovyText.length() != 0) {
 
-				getLog().info("groovy exec text : " + singleLine(groovyText));
+				getLog().info("groovy exec text : " + (logText? singleLine(groovyText): "[suppressed]"));
 
 				runner.execute(groovyText);
 
diff --git a/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/test/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/TestCarrotGroovyRunner.java b/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/test/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/TestCarrotGroovyRunner.java
index 18efbeb1..83227702 100644
--- a/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/test/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/TestCarrotGroovyRunner.java
+++ b/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/test/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/aws/grv/TestCarrotGroovyRunner.java
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 public class TestCarrotGroovyRunner {
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ public void testFile() throws Exception {
 
 		when(project.getProperties()).thenReturn(properties);
 
-		final CarrotGroovyRunner runner = new CarrotGroovyRunner(project);
+		final CarrotGroovyRunner runner = new CarrotGroovyRunner(project, Mockito.mock(Log.class));
 
 		final File script = new File("./src/test/resources/script.groovy");
 
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ public void testFile() throws Exception {
 		assertEquals(result, "result");
 
 		assertEquals(properties.get("prop-key"), "prop-value-2");
-
+		
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ public void testString() throws Exception {
 
 		when(project.getProperties()).thenReturn(properties);
 
-		final CarrotGroovyRunner runner = new CarrotGroovyRunner(project);
+		final CarrotGroovyRunner runner = new CarrotGroovyRunner(project, Mockito.mock(Log.class));
 
 		final File file = new File("./src/test/resources/script.groovy");
 
diff --git a/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/test/resources/script.groovy b/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/test/resources/script.groovy
index 5c8096c6..098d8d5e 100644
--- a/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/test/resources/script.groovy
+++ b/carrot-maven-aws-plugin/src/test/resources/script.groovy
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ def result = "result"
 
 println "result = $result"
 
+log.info "testing the logger"
+
 return result