diff --git a/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c b/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c
index fb153c4d58..0f18f80386 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c
@@ -59,6 +59,31 @@ static const AVClass class = {
     "libopenh264enc", av_default_item_name, options, LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT
 };
 
+// Convert libopenh264 log level to equivalent libav log level.
+static int libopenh264_to_libav_log_level(int libopenh264_log_level)
+{
+    if      (libopenh264_log_level >= WELS_LOG_DETAIL)  return AV_LOG_TRACE;
+    else if (libopenh264_log_level >= WELS_LOG_DEBUG)   return AV_LOG_DEBUG;
+    else if (libopenh264_log_level >= WELS_LOG_INFO)    return AV_LOG_VERBOSE;
+    else if (libopenh264_log_level >= WELS_LOG_WARNING) return AV_LOG_WARNING;
+    else if (libopenh264_log_level >= WELS_LOG_ERROR)   return AV_LOG_ERROR;
+    else                                                return AV_LOG_QUIET;
+}
+
+// This function will be provided to the libopenh264 library.  The function will be called
+// when libopenh264 wants to log a message (error, warning, info, etc.).  The signature for
+// this function (defined in .../codec/api/svc/codec_api.h) is:
+//
+//        typedef void (*WelsTraceCallback) (void* ctx, int level, const char* string);
+
+static void libopenh264_trace_callback(void *ctx, int level, char const *msg)
+{
+    // The message will be logged only if the requested EQUIVALENT libav log level is
+    // less than or equal to the current libav log level.
+    int equiv_libav_log_level = libopenh264_to_libav_log_level(level);
+    av_log(ctx, equiv_libav_log_level, "%s\n", msg);
+}
+
 static av_cold int svc_encode_close(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     SVCContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
@@ -73,6 +98,8 @@ static av_cold int svc_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     SVCContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
     SEncParamExt param = { 0 };
     int err = AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
+    int log_level;
+    WelsTraceCallback callback_function;
 
     // Mingw GCC < 4.7 on x86_32 uses an incorrect/buggy ABI for the WelsGetCodecVersion
     // function (for functions returning larger structs), thus skip the check in those
@@ -90,6 +117,17 @@ static av_cold int svc_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
     }
 
+    // Pass all libopenh264 messages to our callback, to allow ourselves to filter them.
+    log_level = WELS_LOG_DETAIL;
+    (*s->encoder)->SetOption(s->encoder, ENCODER_OPTION_TRACE_LEVEL, &log_level);
+
+    // Set the logging callback function to one that uses av_log() (see implementation above).
+    callback_function = (WelsTraceCallback) libopenh264_trace_callback;
+    (*s->encoder)->SetOption(s->encoder, ENCODER_OPTION_TRACE_CALLBACK, (void *)&callback_function);
+
+    // Set the AVCodecContext as the libopenh264 callback context so that it can be passed to av_log().
+    (*s->encoder)->SetOption(s->encoder, ENCODER_OPTION_TRACE_CALLBACK_CONTEXT, (void *)&avctx);
+
     (*s->encoder)->GetDefaultParams(s->encoder, &param);
 
     param.fMaxFrameRate              = avctx->time_base.den / avctx->time_base.num;