diff --git a/src/python/pants/init/logging.py b/src/python/pants/init/logging.py
index 42b3b0caf717..aa63a7baf133 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/init/logging.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/init/logging.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def setup_logging_from_options(bootstrap_options):
   return setup_logging(level, console_stream=sys.stderr, log_dir=bootstrap_options.logdir)
 
 
-def setup_logging(level, console_stream=None, log_dir=None, scope=None, log_name=None):
+def setup_logging(level, console_stream=None, log_dir=None, scope=None, log_name=None, native=None):
   """Configures logging for a given scope, by default the global scope.
 
   :param str level: The logging level to enable, must be one of the level names listed here:
@@ -95,10 +95,15 @@ def trace(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
     logger.addHandler(console_handler)
 
   if log_dir:
+
     safe_mkdir(log_dir)
     log_filename = os.path.join(log_dir, log_name or 'pants.log')
     file_handler = FileHandler(log_filename)
 
+    if native:
+      print("BL: setup_logging with native, filename {}".format(log_filename))
+      native.lib.setup_pantsd_logging(log_filename, level)
+
     class GlogFormatter(Formatter):
       LEVEL_MAP = {
         logging.FATAL: 'F',
diff --git a/src/python/pants/pantsd/pants_daemon.py b/src/python/pants/pantsd/pants_daemon.py
index 5a55782dff3c..4815b0b54d24 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/pantsd/pants_daemon.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/pantsd/pants_daemon.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def _pantsd_logging(self):
     # for further forks.
     with stdio_as(stdin_fd=-1, stdout_fd=-1, stderr_fd=-1):
       # Reinitialize logging for the daemon context.
-      result = setup_logging(self._log_level, log_dir=self._log_dir, log_name=self.LOG_NAME)
+      result = setup_logging(self._log_level, log_dir=self._log_dir, log_name=self.LOG_NAME, native=self._native)
 
       # Do a python-level redirect of stdout/stderr, which will not disturb `0,1,2`.
       # TODO: Consider giving these pipes/actual fds, in order to make them "deep" replacements
diff --git a/src/rust/engine/logging/src/logger.rs b/src/rust/engine/logging/src/logger.rs
index 251adb987ee9..e4538a630f0f 100644
--- a/src/rust/engine/logging/src/logger.rs
+++ b/src/rust/engine/logging/src/logger.rs
@@ -6,15 +6,17 @@ use simplelog::Config;
 use simplelog::WriteLogger;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{stderr, Stderr, Write};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::io::Error;
 
 lazy_static! {
-  static ref LOGGER: Logger = Logger::new(LevelFilter::Off);
+  pub static ref LOGGER: Logger = Logger::new(LevelFilter::Off);
 }
 
 // This is a hard-coding of constants in the standard logging python package.
 // TODO: Switch from CustomTryInto to TryFromPrimitive when try_from is stable.
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, CustomTryInto)]
-#[repr(u8)]
+#[repr(u64)]
 enum PythonLogLevel {
   NotSet = 0,
   // Trace doesn't exist in a Python world, so set it to "a bit lower than Debug".
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ impl Logger {
   }
 
   pub fn init(max_level: u8) {
-    let max_python_level = max_level.try_into_PythonLogLevel();
+    let max_python_level = (max_level as u64).try_into_PythonLogLevel();
     match max_python_level {
       Ok(python_level) => {
         let level: log::LevelFilter = python_level.into();
@@ -97,6 +99,18 @@ impl Logger {
   pub fn set_stderr_log_level(&self, level: LevelFilter) {
     self.stderr_log.lock().set_level(level);
   }
+
+  pub fn set_pantsd_logger(&self, log_file_path: PathBuf, python_level: u64) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let res = python_level.try_into_PythonLogLevel().and_then( |level| {
+//      File::create(log_file_path).map(|file| {
+      File::create(log_file_path.clone()).map(|file| {
+        *self.pantsd_log.lock() = MaybeWriteLogger::new(file, level.into());
+      }).map_err(|err| format!("{}", err))
+    });
+
+    info!("BL: Set pantsd logger at {:?}", log_file_path);
+    res
+  }
 }
 
 impl Log for Logger {
diff --git a/src/rust/engine/src/lib.rs b/src/rust/engine/src/lib.rs
index 92d1406c34c7..3a3913b0cbc3 100644
--- a/src/rust/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rust/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ use scheduler::{ExecutionRequest, RootResult, Scheduler, Session};
 use tasks::Tasks;
 use types::Types;
 
+use logging::logger::LOGGER;
+
 // TODO: Consider renaming and making generic for collections of PyResults.
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct RawNodes {
@@ -783,6 +785,15 @@ pub extern "C" fn materialize_directories(
   .into()
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn setup_pantsd_logging(log_file_ptr: *const raw::c_char, level: u64) -> PyResult {
+  let path_str = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(log_file_ptr).to_string_lossy().into_owned() };
+  let path = PathBuf::from(path_str);
+  eprintln!("BL: Setup pantsd logger");
+  LOGGER.set_pantsd_logger(path, level)
+      .into()
+}
+
 fn graph_full(scheduler: &Scheduler, subject_types: Vec<TypeId>) -> RuleGraph {
   let graph_maker = GraphMaker::new(&scheduler.core.tasks, subject_types);
   graph_maker.full_graph()