diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
index 0141a43359..a16a20e100 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
@@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ def create_entity(type,*args,**kwargs):
 version = ifcopenshell_wrapper.version()
 schema_identifier = ifcopenshell_wrapper.schema_identifier()
 get_supertype = ifcopenshell_wrapper.get_supertype
+get_log = ifcopenshell_wrapper.get_log
diff --git a/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i b/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
index ec8b3f4722..b554b67e56 100644
--- a/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
+++ b/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
@@ -445,4 +445,18 @@ private:
 		IfcSchema::Type::PopulateDerivedFields(data);
 		return IfcSchema::SchemaEntity(data);
 	}
+%}
+
+%{
+	static std::stringstream ifcopenshell_log_stream;
+%}
+%init %{
+	Logger::SetOutput(0, &ifcopenshell_log_stream);
+%}
+%inline %{
+	std::string get_log() {
+		std::string log = ifcopenshell_log_stream.str();
+		ifcopenshell_log_stream.str("");
+		return log;
+	}
 %}
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