diff --git a/stapler/handlers.py b/stapler/handlers.py
index 6fba66e..bca736e 100644
--- a/stapler/handlers.py
+++ b/stapler/handlers.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
 class BaseHandler(abc.ABC, http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     SANITIZE_REGEX = re.compile(r"[^\x20-\x7F]+")
     timeout = 10
+    REQUEST_COUNT = 0
 
     @typing.override
     def __init__(
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class BaseHandler(abc.ABC, http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         self.__host: str | None = None
         self.__in_size: int | None = None
         self.https: bool = params.https
+        self.__class__.REQUEST_COUNT += 1
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
             self.connection.close()
@@ -92,6 +94,20 @@ class BaseHandler(abc.ABC, http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         fmt = "%s - " + format
         self.logger.error(fmt, self.address_string(), *args)
 
+    def _pre_log_request(self) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
+        args = (
+            "...",
+            self.address_string(),
+            self.host,
+            format(self.__class__.REQUEST_COUNT, "07_d"),
+            self.SANITIZE_REGEX.sub("?", self.requestline),
+        )
+        fmt = "← %s - %s - %s - %s - %s"
+        if self.in_size > 0:
+            args = (*args, self.in_size)
+            fmt += " - %s"
+        self.logger.debug(fmt, *args)
+
     @typing.override
     def log_request(self, code: str = "?", size: str = "-") -> None:  # ty:ignore[invalid-method-override] # pragma: no cover
         if isinstance(code, http.HTTPStatus):
@@ -111,9 +127,10 @@ class BaseHandler(abc.ABC, http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             code,
             self.address_string(),
             self.host,
+            format(self.__class__.REQUEST_COUNT, "07_d"),
             self.SANITIZE_REGEX.sub("?", self.requestline),
         )
-        fmt = "→ %s - %s - %s - %s"
+        fmt = "→ %s - %s - %s - %s - %s"
         if size != "":
             args = (*args, size)
             fmt += " - %s"
@@ -236,19 +253,6 @@ class BaseHandler(abc.ABC, http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             and len(self.headers[key]) > 0
         )
 
-    def _pre_log_request(self) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
-        args = (
-            "...",
-            self.address_string(),
-            self.host,
-            self.SANITIZE_REGEX.sub("?", self.requestline),
-        )
-        fmt = "← %s - %s - %s - %s"
-        if self.in_size > 0:
-            args = (*args, self.in_size)
-            fmt += " - %s"
-        self.logger.debug(fmt, *args)
-
     def server_signature(self) -> str:
         return self.server_version + "\n\n" + STAPLER_ASCII + "\n"