diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 8b9059e..12c0d76 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
     "editor.formatOnSave": true,
     "rust-analyzer.cargo.features": [
         "esp32c3",
-        "jtag_serial"
+        "jtag_serial",
+        "log"
     ],
     "rust-analyzer.cargo.target": "riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf",
+    "rust-analyzer.showUnlinkedFileNotification": false,
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8a70865..f71afd5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ log = { version = "0.4.17", optional = true }
 critical-section = { version = "1.1.1", optional = true }
 
 [features]
-default = ["uart", "critical-section"]
+default = ["uart", "critical-section", "colors"]
 
 crlf    = []
 
+log     = ["dep:log"]
+
 # You must enable exactly 1 of the below features to support the correct chip:
 esp32   = []
 esp32c2 = []
@@ -40,3 +42,6 @@ uart        = []
 jtag_serial = [] # C3, C6, H2, and S3 only!
 rtt         = []
 no-op       = []
+
+# logging sub-features
+colors      = []
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0ef63e..7aa8195 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # esp-println
 
-Provides `print!` and `println!` implementations for various Espressif devices.
+Provides `print!`, `println!` and `dbg!` implementations for various Espressif devices.
 
 - Supports ESP32, ESP32-C2/C3/C6, ESP32-H2, ESP32-S2/S3, and ESP8266
 - Dependency free (not even depending on `esp-hal`, one optional dependency is `log`, another is `critical-section`)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Provides `print!` and `println!` implementations for various Espressif devices.
 - Supports RTT (lacking working RTT hosts besides _probe-rs_ for ESP32-C3)
 - `no-op` features turns printing into a no-op
 
-## RTT on ESP32-C3
+## RTT on ESP32-C3 / ESP32-C6
 
 The _cli_ utility should work for flashing and showing RTT logs on ESP32-C3 by using it's `run` command.
 You need to use the `direct-boot` feature of the HAL to flash via _probe-rs_.
@@ -31,6 +31,25 @@ use esp_println::println;
 
 You can now `println!("Hello world")` as usual.
 
+## Logging
+
+With the feature `log` activated you can initialize a simple logger like this
+```rust
+init_logger(log::LevelFilter::Info);
+```
+
+There is a default feature `colors` which enables colored log output.
+
+Additionally you can use
+```rust
+init_logger_from_env();
+```
+
+In this case the following environment variables are used:
+- `ESP_LOGLEVEL` sets the log level, use values like `trace`, `info` etc.
+- `ESP_LOGTARGETS` if set you should provide the crate names of crates (optionally with a path e.g. `esp_wifi::compat::common`) which should get logged, separated by `,` and no additional whitespace between
+
+If this simple logger implementation isn't sufficient for your needs you can implement your own logger on top of `esp-println` - see https://docs.rs/log/0.4.17/log/#implementing-a-logger
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/src/logger.rs b/src/logger.rs
index b30f7f0..394f45b 100644
--- a/src/logger.rs
+++ b/src/logger.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
+use core::str::FromStr;
+
+use log::LevelFilter;
+
 use super::println;
 
+const LOG_TARGETS: Option<&'static str> = option_env!("ESP_LOGTARGETS");
+
 pub fn init_logger(level: log::LevelFilter) {
     unsafe {
         log::set_logger_racy(&EspLogger).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    log::set_max_level(level);
+}
+
+pub fn init_logger_from_env() {
+    unsafe {
+        log::set_logger_racy(&EspLogger).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    const LEVEL: Option<&'static str> = option_env!("ESP_LOGLEVEL");
+
+    if let Some(lvl) = LEVEL {
+        let level = LevelFilter::from_str(lvl).unwrap_or_else(|_| LevelFilter::Off);
         log::set_max_level(level);
     }
 }
@@ -14,8 +34,43 @@ impl log::Log for EspLogger {
         true
     }
 
+    #[allow(unused)]
     fn log(&self, record: &log::Record) {
-        println!("{} - {}", record.level(), record.args());
+        // check enabled log targets if any
+        if let Some(targets) = LOG_TARGETS {
+            if targets
+                .split(",")
+                .find(|v| record.target().starts_with(v))
+                .is_none()
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        const RESET: &str = "\u{001B}[0m";
+        const RED: &str = "\u{001B}[31m";
+        const GREEN: &str = "\u{001B}[32m";
+        const YELLOW: &str = "\u{001B}[33m";
+        const BLUE: &str = "\u{001B}[34m";
+        const CYAN: &str = "\u{001B}[35m";
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "colors")]
+        let color = match record.level() {
+            log::Level::Error => RED,
+            log::Level::Warn => YELLOW,
+            log::Level::Info => GREEN,
+            log::Level::Debug => BLUE,
+            log::Level::Trace => CYAN,
+        };
+        #[cfg(feature = "colors")]
+        let reset = RESET;
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "colors"))]
+        let color = "";
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "colors"))]
+        let reset = "";
+
+        println!("{}{} - {}{}", color, record.level(), record.args(), reset);
     }
 
     fn flush(&self) {}