diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index c4dca2d..41c4bca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Breaking changes:
 
 Improvements and new features:
 
+- Add the function
+  :py:func:`~pytest_container.container.ContainerData.read_container_logs` to
+  get access to the logs of the running container
+
 - Expose the working directory via
   :py:attr:`~pytest_container.inspect.Config.workingdir`
 
diff --git a/pytest_container/container.py b/pytest_container/container.py
index 4419a11..1c4c664 100644
--- a/pytest_container/container.py
+++ b/pytest_container/container.py
@@ -898,6 +898,12 @@ def inspect(self) -> ContainerInspect:
         """
         return self._container_runtime.inspect_container(self.container_id)
 
+    def read_container_logs(self) -> str:
+        """Returns the logs from the running container."""
+        return check_output(
+            [self._container_runtime.runner_binary, "logs", self.container_id]
+        ).decode()
+
 
 def container_to_pytest_param(
     container: ContainerBase,
diff --git a/tests/test_container_build.py b/tests/test_container_build.py
index 6ecbe17..5499ac4 100644
--- a/tests/test_container_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_container_build.py
@@ -276,3 +276,13 @@ def test_multistage_build_target(
                 "cat /etc/os-release",
             ).stdout.strip()
         )
+
+
+LEAP_THAT_ECHOES_STUFF = DerivedContainer(
+    base=LEAP, containerfile="""CMD ["echo", "foobar"]"""
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("container", [LEAP_THAT_ECHOES_STUFF], indirect=True)
+def test_container_logs(container: ContainerData) -> None:
+    assert "foobar" in container.read_container_logs()