diff --git a/include/qemu/log.h b/include/qemu/log.h
index b097a6cae1..a91105b2ad 100644
--- a/include/qemu/log.h
+++ b/include/qemu/log.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static inline bool qemu_log_separate(void)
 /* LOG_TRACE (1 << 15) is defined in log-for-trace.h */
 #define CPU_LOG_TB_OP_IND  (1 << 16)
 #define CPU_LOG_TB_FPU     (1 << 17)
+#define CPU_LOG_PLUGIN     (1 << 18)
 
 /* Lock output for a series of related logs.  Since this is not needed
  * for a single qemu_log / qemu_log_mask / qemu_log_mask_and_addr, we
diff --git a/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h b/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h
index ddf267fbfe..a00a7deb46 100644
--- a/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h
+++ b/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h
@@ -384,4 +384,10 @@ int qemu_plugin_n_vcpus(void);
 /* returns -1 in user-mode */
 int qemu_plugin_n_max_vcpus(void);
 
+/**
+ * qemu_plugin_outs() - output string via QEMU's logging system
+ * @string: a string
+ */
+void qemu_plugin_outs(const char *string);
+
 #endif /* QEMU_PLUGIN_API_H */
diff --git a/plugins/api.c b/plugins/api.c
index 5adc4d25a1..fa1d9f276d 100644
--- a/plugins/api.c
+++ b/plugins/api.c
@@ -331,3 +331,11 @@ int qemu_plugin_n_max_vcpus(void)
     return get_ms()->smp.max_cpus;
 #endif
 }
+
+/*
+ * Plugin output
+ */
+void qemu_plugin_outs(const char *string)
+{
+    qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_PLUGIN, "%s", string);
+}
diff --git a/plugins/qemu-plugins.symbols b/plugins/qemu-plugins.symbols
index 267ec381b4..4bdb381f48 100644
--- a/plugins/qemu-plugins.symbols
+++ b/plugins/qemu-plugins.symbols
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@
   qemu_plugin_vcpu_for_each;
   qemu_plugin_n_vcpus;
   qemu_plugin_n_max_vcpus;
+  qemu_plugin_outs;
 };
diff --git a/util/log.c b/util/log.c
index 1d1b33f7d9..1ca13059ee 100644
--- a/util/log.c
+++ b/util/log.c
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ const QEMULogItem qemu_log_items[] = {
     { CPU_LOG_TB_NOCHAIN, "nochain",
       "do not chain compiled TBs so that \"exec\" and \"cpu\" show\n"
       "complete traces" },
+#ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN
+    { CPU_LOG_PLUGIN, "plugin", "output from TCG plugins\n"},
+#endif
     { 0, NULL, NULL },
 };