diff --git a/gstreamer/Cargo.toml b/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
index d6e20807b..7324a7566 100644
--- a/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ num-rational = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = [] }
 futures-core = "0.3"
 futures-channel = "0.3"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
+log = "0.4"
 muldiv = "1"
 opt-ops = { package = "option-operations", version = "0.5" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/lib.rs b/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
index 2d65fa6ad..71b499e27 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ mod serde_macros;
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod log;
 pub use crate::log::{
-    DebugCategory, DebugLogFunction, DebugMessage, LoggedObject, CAT_BUFFER, CAT_BUFFER_LIST,
-    CAT_BUS, CAT_CALL_TRACE, CAT_CAPS, CAT_CLOCK, CAT_CONTEXT, CAT_DEFAULT, CAT_ELEMENT_PADS,
-    CAT_ERROR_SYSTEM, CAT_EVENT, CAT_GST_INIT, CAT_LOCKING, CAT_MEMORY, CAT_MESSAGE, CAT_META,
-    CAT_NEGOTIATION, CAT_PADS, CAT_PARAMS, CAT_PARENTAGE, CAT_PERFORMANCE, CAT_PIPELINE,
-    CAT_PLUGIN_INFO, CAT_PLUGIN_LOADING, CAT_PROBE, CAT_PROPERTIES, CAT_QOS, CAT_REFCOUNTING,
-    CAT_REGISTRY, CAT_RUST, CAT_SCHEDULING, CAT_SIGNAL, CAT_STATES,
+    DebugCategory, DebugCategoryLogger, DebugLogFunction, DebugMessage, LoggedObject, CAT_BUFFER,
+    CAT_BUFFER_LIST, CAT_BUS, CAT_CALL_TRACE, CAT_CAPS, CAT_CLOCK, CAT_CONTEXT, CAT_DEFAULT,
+    CAT_ELEMENT_PADS, CAT_ERROR_SYSTEM, CAT_EVENT, CAT_GST_INIT, CAT_LOCKING, CAT_MEMORY,
+    CAT_MESSAGE, CAT_META, CAT_NEGOTIATION, CAT_PADS, CAT_PARAMS, CAT_PARENTAGE, CAT_PERFORMANCE,
+    CAT_PIPELINE, CAT_PLUGIN_INFO, CAT_PLUGIN_LOADING, CAT_PROBE, CAT_PROPERTIES, CAT_QOS,
+    CAT_REFCOUNTING, CAT_REGISTRY, CAT_RUST, CAT_SCHEDULING, CAT_SIGNAL, CAT_STATES,
 };
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/log.rs b/gstreamer/src/log.rs
index 8c90f5d8d..a4bb96982 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/log.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/log.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, ffi::CStr, fmt, ptr};
 
 use glib::{ffi::gpointer, prelude::*, translate::*};
 use libc::c_char;
+use log;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 
 use crate::DebugLevel;
@@ -1064,6 +1065,42 @@ macro_rules! log_with_level(
     }};
 );
 
+pub struct DebugCategoryLogger(DebugCategory);
+
+impl DebugCategoryLogger {
+    pub fn new(cat: DebugCategory) -> Self {
+        Self(cat)
+    }
+}
+
+impl log::Log for DebugCategoryLogger {
+    fn enabled(&self, _metadata: &log::Metadata) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn log(&self, record: &log::Record) {
+        let lvl = match record.level() {
+            log::Level::Error => DebugLevel::Error,
+            log::Level::Warn => DebugLevel::Warning,
+            log::Level::Info => DebugLevel::Info,
+            log::Level::Debug => DebugLevel::Debug,
+            log::Level::Trace => DebugLevel::Trace,
+        };
+        let file = record.file().unwrap_or("");
+        let file = glib::GStr::from_str_until_nul(file).unwrap_or_default();
+        self.0.log(
+            None::<&glib::Object>,
+            lvl,
+            file,
+            record.module_path().unwrap_or(""),
+            record.line().unwrap_or(0),
+            record.args().clone(),
+        );
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&self) {}
+}
+
 unsafe extern "C" fn log_handler<T>(
     category: *mut ffi::GstDebugCategory,
     level: ffi::GstDebugLevel,
@@ -1308,6 +1345,22 @@ mod tests {
         memdump!(cat, obj: obj, "meh");
     }
 
+    static LOGGER: Lazy<DebugCategoryLogger> = Lazy::new(|| {
+        DebugCategoryLogger::new(DebugCategory::new(
+            "Log_trait",
+            crate::DebugColorFlags::empty(),
+            Some("Using the Log trait"),
+        ))
+    });
+
+    #[test]
+    fn log_trait() {
+        crate::init().unwrap();
+
+        log::set_logger(&(*LOGGER)).expect("Failed to set logger");
+        log::error!("meh");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn log_handler() {
         crate::init().unwrap();