diff --git a/LLama.Examples/Program.cs b/LLama.Examples/Program.cs
index f8c7ba608..b24ef406b 100644
--- a/LLama.Examples/Program.cs
+++ b/LLama.Examples/Program.cs
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@ __       __                                       ____     __
 
     """);
 
-// Configure native library to use
+// Configure native library to use. This must be done before any other llama.cpp methods are called!
 NativeLibraryConfig
    .Instance
-   .WithCuda()
-   .WithLogs(LLamaLogLevel.Info);
+   .WithCuda();
+
+// Configure logging. Change this to `true` to see log messages from llama.cpp
+var showLLamaCppLogs = false;
+NativeLibraryConfig
+   .Instance
+   .WithLogCallback((level, message) =>
+    {
+        if (showLLamaCppLogs)
+            Console.WriteLine($"[llama {level}]: {message.TrimEnd('\n')}");
+    });
 
 // Calling this method forces loading to occur now.
 NativeApi.llama_empty_call();
diff --git a/LLama/GlobalSuppressions.cs b/LLama/GlobalSuppressions.cs
index 2053bc259..4122be700 100644
--- a/LLama/GlobalSuppressions.cs
+++ b/LLama/GlobalSuppressions.cs
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 [assembly: SuppressMessage("Interoperability", "CA1401:P/Invokes should not be visible", Justification = "LLamaSharp intentionally exports the native llama.cpp API")]
 
 [assembly: SuppressMessage("Style", "IDE0070:Use 'System.HashCode'", Justification = "Not compatible with netstandard2.0")]
+
+[assembly: SuppressMessage("Interoperability", "SYSLIB1054:Use 'LibraryImportAttribute' instead of 'DllImportAttribute' to generate P/Invoke marshalling code at compile time", Justification = "Not compatible with netstandard2.0")]
diff --git a/LLama/Native/LLamaLogLevel.cs b/LLama/Native/LLamaLogLevel.cs
index 39e4545ab..07aca59ed 100644
--- a/LLama/Native/LLamaLogLevel.cs
+++ b/LLama/Native/LLamaLogLevel.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-namespace LLama.Native
-{   
-     /// <summary>
-     /// Severity level of a log message
-     /// </summary>
+using System;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace LLama.Native
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Severity level of a log message
+    /// </summary>
     public enum LLamaLogLevel
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -25,4 +28,19 @@ public enum LLamaLogLevel
         /// </summary>
         Debug = 5,
     }
+
+    internal static class LLamaLogLevelExtensions
+    {
+        public static LogLevel ToLogLevel(this LLamaLogLevel llama)
+        {
+            return (llama) switch
+            {
+                LLamaLogLevel.Error => LogLevel.Error,
+                LLamaLogLevel.Warning => LogLevel.Warning,
+                LLamaLogLevel.Info => LogLevel.Information,
+                LLamaLogLevel.Debug => LogLevel.Debug,
+                _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(llama), llama, null)
+            };
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/LLama/Native/NativeApi.Load.cs b/LLama/Native/NativeApi.Load.cs
index b5b3a5308..4b4beea2e 100644
--- a/LLama/Native/NativeApi.Load.cs
+++ b/LLama/Native/NativeApi.Load.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ static NativeApi()
             // which llama.dll is used.
             SetDllImportResolver();
 
+            // Set flag to indicate that this point has been passed. No native library config can be done after this point.
+            NativeLibraryConfig.LibraryHasLoaded = true;
+
             // Immediately make a call which requires loading the llama DLL. This method call
             // can't fail unless the DLL hasn't been loaded.
             try
@@ -34,6 +37,10 @@ static NativeApi()
                     "to specify it at the very beginning of your code. For more informations about compilation, please refer to LLamaSharp repo on github.\n");
             }
 
+            // Now that the "loaded" flag is set configure logging in llama.cpp
+            if (NativeLibraryConfig.Instance.LogCallback != null)
+                NativeLogConfig.llama_log_set(NativeLibraryConfig.Instance.LogCallback);
+
             // Init llama.cpp backend
             llama_backend_init();
         }
@@ -80,47 +87,10 @@ private static void SetDllImportResolver()
 
         private static void Log(string message, LLamaLogLevel level)
         {
-            if (!enableLogging)
-                return;
-
-            if ((int)level > (int)logLevel)
-                return;
+            if (!message.EndsWith("\n"))
+                message += "\n";
 
-            var fg = Console.ForegroundColor;
-            var bg = Console.BackgroundColor;
-            try
-            {
-                ConsoleColor color;
-                string levelPrefix;
-                if (level == LLamaLogLevel.Debug)
-                {
-                    color = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
-                    levelPrefix = "[Debug]";
-                }
-                else if (level == LLamaLogLevel.Info)
-                {
-                    color = ConsoleColor.Green;
-                    levelPrefix = "[Info]";
-                }
-                else if (level == LLamaLogLevel.Error)
-                {
-                    color = ConsoleColor.Red;
-                    levelPrefix = "[Error]";
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    color = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
-                    levelPrefix = "[UNK]";
-                }
-
-                Console.ForegroundColor = color;
-                Console.WriteLine($"{loggingPrefix} {levelPrefix} {message}");
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Console.ForegroundColor = fg;
-                Console.BackgroundColor = bg;
-            }
+            NativeLibraryConfig.Instance.LogCallback?.Invoke(level, message);
         }
 
         #region CUDA version
@@ -362,8 +332,6 @@ private static IntPtr TryLoadLibraries(LibraryName lib)
         {
 #if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
             var configuration = NativeLibraryConfig.CheckAndGatherDescription(lib);
-            enableLogging = configuration.Logging;
-            logLevel = configuration.LogLevel;
 
             // Set the flag to ensure the NativeLibraryConfig can no longer be modified
             NativeLibraryConfig.LibraryHasLoaded = true;
@@ -455,8 +423,5 @@ string TryFindPath(string filename)
         internal const string libraryName = "llama";
         internal const string llavaLibraryName = "llava_shared";        
         private const string cudaVersionFile = "version.json";
-        private const string loggingPrefix = "[LLamaSharp Native]";
-        private static bool enableLogging = false;
-        private static LLamaLogLevel logLevel = LLamaLogLevel.Info;
     }
 }
diff --git a/LLama/Native/NativeApi.cs b/LLama/Native/NativeApi.cs
index d46d48a20..41c1809e0 100644
--- a/LLama/Native/NativeApi.cs
+++ b/LLama/Native/NativeApi.cs
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@
 
 namespace LLama.Native
 {
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Callback from llama.cpp with log messages
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="level"></param>
-    /// <param name="message"></param>
-	public delegate void LLamaLogCallback(LLamaLogLevel level, string message);
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Direct translation of the llama.cpp API
     /// </summary>
@@ -364,8 +357,11 @@ public static int llama_token_to_piece(SafeLlamaModelHandle model, LLamaToken ll
         /// Register a callback to receive llama log messages
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="logCallback"></param>
-		[DllImport(libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-		public static extern void llama_log_set(LLamaLogCallback logCallback);
+        [Obsolete("Use `NativeLogConfig.llama_log_set` instead")]
+        public static void llama_log_set(NativeLogConfig.LLamaLogCallback logCallback)
+        {
+            NativeLogConfig.llama_log_set(logCallback);
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Clear the KV cache
diff --git a/LLama/Native/NativeLibraryConfig.cs b/LLama/Native/NativeLibraryConfig.cs
index c08749ba9..ef7cd7c19 100644
--- a/LLama/Native/NativeLibraryConfig.cs
+++ b/LLama/Native/NativeLibraryConfig.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace LLama.Native
 {
@@ -9,18 +10,8 @@ namespace LLama.Native
     /// Allows configuration of the native llama.cpp libraries to load and use.
     /// All configuration must be done before using **any** other LLamaSharp methods!
     /// </summary>
-    public sealed class NativeLibraryConfig
+    public sealed partial class NativeLibraryConfig
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Get the config instance
-        /// </summary>
-        public static NativeLibraryConfig Instance { get; } = new();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Check if the native library has already been loaded. Configuration cannot be modified if this is true.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static bool LibraryHasLoaded { get; internal set; } = false;
-
         private string? _libraryPath;
         private string? _libraryPathLLava;
 
@@ -28,20 +19,12 @@ public sealed class NativeLibraryConfig
         private AvxLevel _avxLevel;
         private bool _allowFallback = true;
         private bool _skipCheck = false;
-        private bool _logging = false;
-        private LLamaLogLevel _logLevel = LLamaLogLevel.Info;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// search directory -> priority level, 0 is the lowest.
         /// </summary>
         private readonly List<string> _searchDirectories = new List<string>();
 
-        private static void ThrowIfLoaded()
-        {
-            if (LibraryHasLoaded)
-                throw new InvalidOperationException("NativeLibraryConfig must be configured before using **any** other LLamaSharp methods!");
-        }
-
         #region configurators
         /// <summary>
         /// Load a specified native library as backend for LLamaSharp.
@@ -117,35 +100,6 @@ public NativeLibraryConfig SkipCheck(bool enable = true)
             return this;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Whether to output the logs to console when loading the native library with your configuration.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="enable"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown if `LibraryHasLoaded` is true.</exception>
-        public NativeLibraryConfig WithLogs(bool enable)
-        {
-            ThrowIfLoaded();
-
-            _logging = enable;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Enable console logging with the specified log logLevel.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="logLevel"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown if `LibraryHasLoaded` is true.</exception>
-        public NativeLibraryConfig WithLogs(LLamaLogLevel logLevel = LLamaLogLevel.Info)
-        {
-            ThrowIfLoaded();
-
-            _logging = true;
-            _logLevel = logLevel;
-            return this;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Add self-defined search directories. Note that the file stucture of the added 
         /// directories must be the same as the default directory. Besides, the directory 
@@ -196,8 +150,6 @@ internal static Description CheckAndGatherDescription(LibraryName library)
                 Instance._avxLevel,
                 Instance._allowFallback,
                 Instance._skipCheck,
-                Instance._logging,
-                Instance._logLevel,
                 Instance._searchDirectories.Concat(new[] { "./" }).ToArray()
             );
         }
@@ -279,7 +231,7 @@ public enum AvxLevel
             Avx512,
         }
 
-        internal record Description(string? Path, LibraryName Library, bool UseCuda, AvxLevel AvxLevel, bool AllowFallback, bool SkipCheck, bool Logging, LLamaLogLevel LogLevel, string[] SearchDirectories)
+        internal record Description(string? Path, LibraryName Library, bool UseCuda, AvxLevel AvxLevel, bool AllowFallback, bool SkipCheck, string[] SearchDirectories)
         {
             public override string ToString()
             {
@@ -301,14 +253,61 @@ public override string ToString()
                        $"- PreferredAvxLevel: {avxLevelString}\n" +
                        $"- AllowFallback: {AllowFallback}\n" +
                        $"- SkipCheck: {SkipCheck}\n" +
-                       $"- Logging: {Logging}\n" +
-                       $"- LogLevel: {LogLevel}\n" +
                        $"- SearchDirectories and Priorities: {searchDirectoriesString}";
             }
         }
     }
 #endif
 
+    public sealed partial class NativeLibraryConfig
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get the config instance
+        /// </summary>
+        public static NativeLibraryConfig Instance { get; } = new();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Check if the native library has already been loaded. Configuration cannot be modified if this is true.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool LibraryHasLoaded { get; internal set; }
+
+        internal NativeLogConfig.LLamaLogCallback? LogCallback;
+
+        private static void ThrowIfLoaded()
+        {
+            if (LibraryHasLoaded)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("NativeLibraryConfig must be configured before using **any** other LLamaSharp methods!");
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set the log callback that will be used for all llama.cpp log messages
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="callback"></param>
+        /// <exception cref="NotImplementedException"></exception>
+        public NativeLibraryConfig WithLogCallback(NativeLogConfig.LLamaLogCallback? callback)
+        {
+            ThrowIfLoaded();
+
+            LogCallback = callback;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set the log callback that will be used for all llama.cpp log messages
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="logger"></param>
+        /// <exception cref="NotImplementedException"></exception>
+        public NativeLibraryConfig WithLogCallback(ILogger? logger)
+        {
+            ThrowIfLoaded();
+
+            // Redirect to llama_log_set. This will wrap the logger in a delegate and bind that as the log callback instead.
+            NativeLogConfig.llama_log_set(logger);
+
+            return this;
+        }
+    }
+
     internal enum LibraryName
     {
         Llama,
diff --git a/LLama/Native/NativeLogConfig.cs b/LLama/Native/NativeLogConfig.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebcd23d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LLama/Native/NativeLogConfig.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace LLama.Native;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Configure llama.cpp logging
+/// </summary>
+public static class NativeLogConfig
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Callback from llama.cpp with log messages
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="level"></param>
+    /// <param name="message"></param>
+    public delegate void LLamaLogCallback(LLamaLogLevel level, string message);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Register a callback to receive llama log messages
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="logCallback"></param>
+    [DllImport(NativeApi.libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, EntryPoint = "llama_log_set")]
+    private static extern void native_llama_log_set(LLamaLogCallback? logCallback);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A GC handle for the current log callback to ensure the callback is not collected
+    /// </summary>
+    private static GCHandle? _currentLogCallbackHandle;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Register a callback to receive llama log messages
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="logCallback"></param>
+#pragma warning disable IDE1006 // Naming Styles (name imitates llama.cpp)
+    public static void llama_log_set(LLamaLogCallback? logCallback)
+#pragma warning restore IDE1006 // Naming Styles
+    {
+        if (NativeLibraryConfig.LibraryHasLoaded)
+        {
+            // The library is loaded, just pass the callback directly to llama.cpp
+            native_llama_log_set(logCallback);
+
+            // Save a GC handle, to ensure the callback is not collected
+            _currentLogCallbackHandle?.Free();
+            _currentLogCallbackHandle = null;
+            if (logCallback != null)
+                _currentLogCallbackHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(logCallback);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // We can't set the log method yet since that would cause the llama.dll to load.
+            // Instead configure it to be set when the native library loading is done
+            NativeLibraryConfig.Instance.WithLogCallback(logCallback);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Register a callback to receive llama log messages
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="logger"></param>
+#pragma warning disable IDE1006 // Naming Styles (name imitates llama.cpp)
+    public static void llama_log_set(ILogger? logger)
+#pragma warning restore IDE1006 // Naming Styles
+    {
+        // Clear the logger
+        if (logger == null)
+        {
+            llama_log_set((LLamaLogCallback?)null);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var builderThread = new ThreadLocal<StringBuilder>(() => new StringBuilder());
+
+        // Bind a function that combines messages until a newline is encountered, then logs it all as one message
+        llama_log_set((level, message) =>
+        {
+            var builder = builderThread.Value!;
+
+            builder.Append(message);
+
+            if (!message.EndsWith("\n"))
+                return;
+
+            // Remove the newline from the end
+            builder.Remove(builder.Length - 1, 1);
+
+            logger.Log(level.ToLogLevel(), "{message}", builder.ToString());
+            builder.Clear();
+        });
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file