diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
index 0690b5607..b35e211fd 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,38 @@
 
 #if HAVE_LIBAVCODEC || HAVE_LIBAVUTIL || HAVE_LIBSWSCALE
 
+void log_libav_callback( void *ptr, int level, const char *fmt, va_list vargs ) {
+  Logger *log = Logger::fetch();
+  int log_level = 0;
+  if ( level == AV_LOG_QUIET ) { // -8
+    log_level = Logger::NOLOG;
+  } else if ( level == AV_LOG_PANIC ) { //0
+    log_level = Logger::PANIC;
+  } else if ( level == AV_LOG_FATAL ) { // 8
+    log_level = Logger::FATAL;
+  } else if ( level == AV_LOG_ERROR ) { // 16
+    log_level = Logger::ERROR;
+  } else if ( level == AV_LOG_WARNING ) { //24
+    log_level = Logger::WARNING;
+  } else if ( level == AV_LOG_INFO ) { //32
+    log_level = Logger::INFO;
+  } else if ( level == AV_LOG_VERBOSE ) { //40
+    log_level = Logger::DEBUG1;
+  } else if ( level == AV_LOG_DEBUG ) { //48
+    log_level = Logger::DEBUG2;
+  } else if ( level == AV_LOG_TRACE ) {
+    log_level = Logger::DEBUG8;
+  } else if ( level == AV_LOG_MAX_OFFSET ) {
+    log_level = Logger::DEBUG9;
+  } else {
+    Error("Unknown log level %d", level);
+  }
+
+  if ( log ) {
+    log->logPrint(false, __FILE__, __LINE__, log_level, fmt, vargs);
+  }
+}
+
 void FFMPEGInit() {
   static bool bInit = false;
 
@@ -32,6 +64,7 @@ void FFMPEGInit() {
       av_log_set_level( AV_LOG_DEBUG ); 
     else
       av_log_set_level( AV_LOG_QUIET ); 
+    av_log_set_callback(log_libav_callback); 
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(58, 18, 0, 64, 0)
 #else
     av_register_all();
diff --git a/src/zm_logger.cpp b/src/zm_logger.cpp
index cf0387f4e..3ea0c1668 100644
--- a/src/zm_logger.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_logger.cpp
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ void Logger::logPrint( bool hex, const char * const filepath, const int line, co
   }
 }
 
+
 void logInit(const char *name, const Logger::Options &options) {
   if ( !Logger::smInstance )
     Logger::smInstance = new Logger();