diff --git a/osdep/mac/app_hub.swift b/osdep/mac/app_hub.swift
index 0172d3904f..cbb4e2b6a5 100644
--- a/osdep/mac/app_hub.swift
+++ b/osdep/mac/app_hub.swift
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class AppHub: NSObject {
 
     var mpv: OpaquePointer?
     var input: InputHelper
+    var log: LogHelper
     var option: OptionHelper?
     var event: EventHelper?
     var menu: MenuBar?
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class AppHub: NSObject {
 
     private override init() {
         input = InputHelper()
+        log = LogHelper()
         super.init()
         if isApplication { menu = MenuBar(self) }
 #if HAVE_MACOS_MEDIA_PLAYER
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ class AppHub: NSObject {
     }
 
     @objc func initMpv(_ mpv: OpaquePointer) {
+        log.log = mp_log_new(UnsafeMutablePointer(mpv), mp_client_get_log(mpv), "app")
         option = OptionHelper(UnsafeMutablePointer(mpv), mp_client_get_global(mpv))
         input.option = option
         event = EventHelper(self, mpv)
diff --git a/osdep/mac/log_helper.swift b/osdep/mac/log_helper.swift
index 98bc19c221..0f65975da1 100644
--- a/osdep/mac/log_helper.swift
+++ b/osdep/mac/log_helper.swift
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@
  */
 
 import Cocoa
+import os
 
 class LogHelper {
     var log: OpaquePointer?
+    let logger = Logger(subsystem: "io.mpv", category: "mpv")
 
-    init(_ log: OpaquePointer?) {
+    let loggerMapping: [Int:OSLogType] = [
+        MSGL_V: .debug,
+        MSGL_INFO: .info,
+        MSGL_WARN: .error,
+        MSGL_ERR: .fault,
+    ]
+
+    init(_ log: OpaquePointer? = nil) {
         self.log = log
     }
 
@@ -41,6 +50,11 @@ class LogHelper {
     }
 
     func send(message: String, type: Int) {
+        guard let log = log, UnsafeRawPointer(log).load(as: UInt8.self) != 0 else {
+            logger.log(level: loggerMapping[type] ?? .default, "\(message, privacy: .public)")
+            return
+        }
+
         let args: [CVarArg] = [(message as NSString).utf8String ?? "NO MESSAGE"]
         mp_msg_va(log, Int32(type), "%s\n", getVaList(args))
     }