diff --git a/src/debug.cc b/src/debug.cc
index 86e91409..59190680 100644
--- a/src/debug.cc
+++ b/src/debug.cc
@@ -17,11 +17,17 @@ thread_local int mscclppDebugNoWarn = 0;
 char mscclppLastError[1024] = "";         // Global string for the last error in human readable form
 uint64_t mscclppDebugMask = MSCCLPP_INIT; // Default debug sub-system mask is INIT
 FILE* mscclppDebugFile = stdout;
+mscclppLogHandler_t mscclppDebugLogHandler = NULL;
 pthread_mutex_t mscclppDebugLock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point mscclppEpoch;
 
 static __thread int tid = -1;
 
+void mscclppDebugDefaultLogHandler(const char* msg)
+{
+  fwrite(msg, 1, strlen(msg), mscclppDebugFile);
+}
+
 void mscclppDebugInit()
 {
   pthread_mutex_lock(&mscclppDebugLock);
@@ -139,6 +145,9 @@ void mscclppDebugInit()
     }
   }
 
+  if (mscclppDebugLogHandler == NULL)
+    mscclppDebugLogHandler = mscclppDefaultLogHandler;
+
   mscclppEpoch = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
   __atomic_store_n(&mscclppDebugLevel, tempNcclDebugLevel, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
   pthread_mutex_unlock(&mscclppDebugLock);
@@ -157,7 +166,6 @@ void mscclppDebugLog(mscclppDebugLogLevel level, unsigned long flags, const char
     level = MSCCLPP_LOG_INFO;
     flags = mscclppDebugNoWarn;
   }
-
   // Save the last error (WARN) as a human readable string
   if (level == MSCCLPP_LOG_WARN) {
     pthread_mutex_lock(&mscclppDebugLock);
@@ -182,7 +190,7 @@ void mscclppDebugLog(mscclppDebugLogLevel level, unsigned long flags, const char
   char buffer[1024];
   size_t len = 0;
   if (level == MSCCLPP_LOG_WARN) {
-    len = snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "\n%s:%d:%d [%d] %s:%d MSCCLPP WARN ", hostname, pid, tid, cudaDev, filefunc,
+    len = snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s:%d:%d [%d] %s:%d MSCCLPP WARN ", hostname, pid, tid, cudaDev, filefunc,
                    line);
   } else if (level == MSCCLPP_LOG_INFO) {
     len = snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s:%d:%d [%d] MSCCLPP INFO ", hostname, pid, tid, cudaDev);
@@ -201,10 +209,22 @@ void mscclppDebugLog(mscclppDebugLogLevel level, unsigned long flags, const char
     len += vsnprintf(buffer + len, sizeof(buffer) - len, fmt, vargs);
     va_end(vargs);
     buffer[len++] = '\n';
-    fwrite(buffer, 1, len, mscclppDebugFile);
+    mscclppDebugLogHandler(buffer);
   }
 }
 
+mscclppResult_t mscclppDebugSetLogHandler(mscclppLogHandler_t handler)
+{
+  if (__atomic_load_n(&mscclppDebugLevel, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) == -1)
+    mscclppDebugInit();
+  if (handler == NULL)
+    return mscclppInvalidArgument;
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&mscclppDebugLock);
+  mscclppDebugLogHandler = handler;
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&mscclppDebugLock);
+  return mscclppSuccess;
+}
+
 MSCCLPP_PARAM(SetThreadName, "SET_THREAD_NAME", 0);
 
 void mscclppSetThreadName(pthread_t thread, const char* fmt, ...)
diff --git a/src/include/debug.h b/src/include/debug.h
index 95da5bd5..dd548cbb 100644
--- a/src/include/debug.h
+++ b/src/include/debug.h
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ extern pthread_mutex_t mscclppDebugLock;
 extern FILE* mscclppDebugFile;
 extern mscclppResult_t getHostName(char* hostname, int maxlen, const char delim);
 
+void mscclppDebugDefaultLogHandler(const char* msg);
 void mscclppDebugLog(mscclppDebugLogLevel level, unsigned long flags, const char* filefunc, int line, const char* fmt,
                      ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 5, 6)));
+mscclppResult_t mscclppDebugSetLogHandler(mscclppLogHandler_t handler);
 
 // Let code temporarily downgrade WARN into INFO
 extern thread_local int mscclppDebugNoWarn;
diff --git a/src/include/mscclpp.h b/src/include/mscclpp.h
index 831bab75..24fb4063 100644
--- a/src/include/mscclpp.h
+++ b/src/include/mscclpp.h
@@ -313,6 +313,26 @@ mscclppResult_t mscclppCommRank(mscclppComm_t comm, int* rank);
  */
 mscclppResult_t mscclppCommSize(mscclppComm_t comm, int* size);
 
+/* Log handler type which is a callback function for
+ * however user likes to handle the log messages. Once set,
+ * the logger will just call this function with msg.
+ */
+typedef void (*mscclppLogHandler_t)(const char* msg);
+
+/* The default log handler.
+ *
+ * Inputs:
+ *   msg: the log message
+ */
+void mscclppDefaultLogHandler(const char* msg);
+
+/* Set a custom log handler.
+ *
+ * Inputs:
+ *   handler: the log handler function
+ */
+mscclppResult_t mscclppSetLogHandler(mscclppLogHandler_t handler);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } // end extern "C"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/init.cc b/src/init.cc
index 09015b9d..3845ce04 100644
--- a/src/init.cc
+++ b/src/init.cc
@@ -594,4 +594,16 @@ mscclppResult_t mscclppCommSize(mscclppComm_t comm, int* size)
   }
   *size = comm->nRanks;
   return mscclppSuccess;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+MSCCLPP_API(void, mscclppDefaultLogHandler, const char* msg);
+void mscclppDefaultLogHandler(const char* msg)
+{
+  mscclppDebugDefaultLogHandler(msg);
+}
+
+MSCCLPP_API(mscclppResult_t, mscclppSetLogHandler, mscclppLogHandler_t handler);
+mscclppResult_t mscclppSetLogHandler(mscclppLogHandler_t handler)
+{
+  return mscclppDebugSetLogHandler(handler);
+}
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap_test.cc b/tests/bootstrap_test.cc
index b9d5ea84..0715d24f 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap_test.cc
+++ b/tests/bootstrap_test.cc
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ void print_usage(const char* prog)
 #endif
 }
 
+void myLogHandler(const char* msg)
+{
+  printf("myLogger: %s", msg);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
 {
   if (argc >= 2 && (std::string(argv[1]) == "-h" || std::string(argv[1]) == "--help")) {
@@ -64,8 +69,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
   world_size = atoi(argv[3]);
 #endif
 
+  MSCCLPPCHECK(mscclppSetLogHandler(myLogHandler));
   mscclppComm_t comm;
-
   if (ip_port) {
     MSCCLPPCHECK(mscclppCommInitRank(&comm, world_size, ip_port, rank));
   } else {