diff --git a/torchvision/datasets/cifar.py b/torchvision/datasets/cifar.py
index 9d939326c76..47b2bd41fb0 100644
--- a/torchvision/datasets/cifar.py
+++ b/torchvision/datasets/cifar.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os.path
 import numpy as np
 import pickle
+import torch
 from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Tuple
 
 from .vision import VisionDataset
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         super(CIFAR10, self).__init__(root, transform=transform,
                                       target_transform=target_transform)
+        torch._C._log_api_usage_once(f"torchvision.datasets.{self.__class__.__name__}")
 
         self.train = train  # training set or test set
 
diff --git a/torchvision/datasets/mnist.py b/torchvision/datasets/mnist.py
index e356f17dd1b..edd2185c984 100644
--- a/torchvision/datasets/mnist.py
+++ b/torchvision/datasets/mnist.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def __init__(
     ) -> None:
         super(MNIST, self).__init__(root, transform=transform,
                                     target_transform=target_transform)
+        torch._C._log_api_usage_once(f"torchvision.datasets.{self.__class__.__name__}")
         self.train = train  # training set or test set
 
         if self._check_legacy_exist():