diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/common/headless-plugin-rpc.ts b/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/common/headless-plugin-rpc.ts
index 8fd578ffd62d7..69aca07ff0416 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/common/headless-plugin-rpc.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/common/headless-plugin-rpc.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const HEADLESSPLUGIN_RPC_CONTEXT = {
     ENV_MAIN: PLUGIN_RPC_CONTEXT.ENV_MAIN,
     NOTIFICATION_MAIN: PLUGIN_RPC_CONTEXT.NOTIFICATION_MAIN,
     LOCALIZATION_MAIN: PLUGIN_RPC_CONTEXT.LOCALIZATION_MAIN,
+    LOGGER_MAIN: PLUGIN_RPC_CONTEXT.LOGGER_MAIN,
 };
 
 export const HEADLESSMAIN_RPC_CONTEXT = {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/hosted/node/plugin-host-headless-module.ts b/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/hosted/node/plugin-host-headless-module.ts
index 37e9f4108b380..1ed74a1dfcf3d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/hosted/node/plugin-host-headless-module.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/hosted/node/plugin-host-headless-module.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import '@theia/core/shared/reflect-metadata';
 import { ContainerModule } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
 import { RPCProtocol, RPCProtocolImpl } from '@theia/plugin-ext/lib/common/rpc-protocol';
 import { AbstractPluginHostRPC, PluginContainerModuleLoader } from '@theia/plugin-ext/lib/hosted/node/plugin-host-rpc';
+import { setupPluginHostLogger } from '@theia/plugin-ext/lib/hosted/node/plugin-host-logger';
 import { AbstractPluginManagerExtImpl, MinimalTerminalServiceExt } from '@theia/plugin-ext/lib/plugin/plugin-manager';
 import { HeadlessPluginHostRPC } from './plugin-host-headless-rpc';
 import { HeadlessPluginManagerExtImpl } from '../../plugin/headless-plugin-manager';
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ import { Disposable } from '@theia/core';
 
 export default new ContainerModule(bind => {
     const channel = new IPCChannel();
-    bind(RPCProtocol).toConstantValue(new RPCProtocolImpl(channel));
+    const rpc = new RPCProtocolImpl(channel);
+    setupPluginHostLogger(rpc, 'headless-plugin-host');
+    bind(RPCProtocol).toConstantValue(rpc);
 
     bind(PluginContainerModuleLoader).toDynamicValue(({ container }) =>
         (module: ContainerModule) => {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/main/node/main-context.ts b/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/main/node/main-context.ts
index 2f848d3be5d48..6262c87b51057 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/main/node/main-context.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext-headless/src/main/node/main-context.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { RPCProtocol } from '@theia/plugin-ext/lib/common/rpc-protocol';
 import { EnvMainImpl } from '@theia/plugin-ext/lib/main/common/env-main';
 import { BasicMessageRegistryMainImpl } from '@theia/plugin-ext/lib/main/common/basic-message-registry-main';
 import { BasicNotificationMainImpl } from '@theia/plugin-ext/lib/main/common/basic-notification-main';
+import { LoggerMainImpl } from '@theia/plugin-ext/lib/main/common/logger-main';
 
 import { HEADLESSMAIN_RPC_CONTEXT, HEADLESSPLUGIN_RPC_CONTEXT } from '../../common/headless-plugin-rpc';
 
@@ -32,4 +33,7 @@ export function setUpPluginApi(rpc: RPCProtocol, container: interfaces.Container
 
     const notificationMain = new BasicNotificationMainImpl(rpc, container, HEADLESSMAIN_RPC_CONTEXT.NOTIFICATION_EXT);
     rpc.set(HEADLESSPLUGIN_RPC_CONTEXT.NOTIFICATION_MAIN, notificationMain);
+
+    const loggerMain = new LoggerMainImpl(container);
+    rpc.set(HEADLESSPLUGIN_RPC_CONTEXT.LOGGER_MAIN, loggerMain);
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/hosted/node/plugin-host-logger.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/hosted/node/plugin-host-logger.ts
index 5a3f61f554772..d1ccc27954cda 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/hosted/node/plugin-host-logger.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/hosted/node/plugin-host-logger.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ import { RPCProtocol } from '../../common/rpc-protocol';
 import { PluginLogger } from '../../plugin/logger';
 import { format } from 'util';
 
-export function setupPluginHostLogger(rpc: RPCProtocol): void {
-    const logger = new PluginLogger(rpc, 'plugin-host');
+/**
+ * @param name the logger name on the main side, so that hosts can be configured independently
+ */
+export function setupPluginHostLogger(rpc: RPCProtocol, name = 'plugin-host'): void {
+    const logger = new PluginLogger(rpc, name);
 
     function createLog(level: LogLevel): typeof console.log {
         return (message, ...params) => {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/main-context.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/main-context.ts
index 5382e0f6483ba..cb8053cf05571 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/main-context.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/main-context.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ import { NotebookKernelsMainImpl } from './notebooks/notebook-kernels-main';
 import { NotebooksAndEditorsMain } from './notebooks/notebook-documents-and-editors-main';
 import { TestingMainImpl } from './test-main';
 import { UriMainImpl } from './uri-main';
-import { LoggerMainImpl } from './logger-main';
+import { LoggerMainImpl } from '../common/logger-main';
 import { McpServerDefinitionRegistryMainImpl } from './lm-main';
 import { LanguageModelToolsMainImpl } from './lm-tool-main';
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/logger-main.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/common/logger-main.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/logger-main.ts
rename to packages/plugin-ext/src/main/common/logger-main.ts
index 619db24e88662..5b547bfec4ec2 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/logger-main.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/common/logger-main.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 
 import { interfaces } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
-import { LoggerMain, LogLevel } from '../../common';
+import { LoggerMain, LogLevel } from '../../common/plugin-api-rpc';
 import { ILogger } from '@theia/core';
 
 export class LoggerMainImpl implements LoggerMain {