diff --git a/gstreamer/Cargo.toml b/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
index 7324a7566..214964006 100644
--- a/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +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"
+log = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 muldiv = "1"
 opt-ops = { package = "option-operations", version = "0.5" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ v1_20 = ["ffi/v1_20", "v1_18"]
 v1_22 = ["ffi/v1_22", "v1_20"]
 v1_24 = ["ffi/v1_24", "v1_22"]
 serde = ["num-rational/serde", "dep:serde", "serde_bytes"]
+log = ["dep:log"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/lib.rs b/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
index 71b499e27..d3cf22f01 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,13 +49,15 @@ mod serde_macros;
 
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod log;
+#[cfg(feature = "log")]
+pub use crate::log::DebugCategoryLogger;
 pub use crate::log::{
-    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,
+    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,
 };
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/log.rs b/gstreamer/src/log.rs
index c3c1b7441..9479432e3 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;
+#[cfg(feature = "log")]
 use log;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 
@@ -1065,15 +1066,18 @@ macro_rules! log_with_level(
     }};
 );
 
+#[cfg(feature = "log")]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct DebugCategoryLogger(DebugCategory);
 
+#[cfg(feature = "log")]
 impl DebugCategoryLogger {
     pub fn new(cat: DebugCategory) -> Self {
         Self(cat)
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "log")]
 impl log::Log for DebugCategoryLogger {
     fn enabled(&self, _metadata: &log::Metadata) -> bool {
         true
@@ -1346,6 +1350,7 @@ mod tests {
         memdump!(cat, obj: obj, "meh");
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "log")]
     static LOGGER: Lazy<DebugCategoryLogger> = Lazy::new(|| {
         DebugCategoryLogger::new(DebugCategory::new(
             "Log_trait",
@@ -1355,6 +1360,7 @@ mod tests {
     });
 
     #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "log")]
     fn log_trait() {
         crate::init().unwrap();