diff --git a/artiq/firmware/Cargo.lock b/artiq/firmware/Cargo.lock
index ff4780279..4d6a5a473 100644
--- a/artiq/firmware/Cargo.lock
+++ b/artiq/firmware/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder 1.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "cc 1.0.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "compiler_builtins 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/m-labs/compiler-builtins?rev=ca06a5e)",
+ "log 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "smoltcp 0.4.0 (git+https://github.com/m-labs/smoltcp?rev=181083f)",
 ]
 
@@ -253,7 +254,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "build_misoc 0.0.0",
  "drtioaux 0.0.0",
  "log 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "logger_artiq 0.0.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/artiq/firmware/libboard/Cargo.toml b/artiq/firmware/libboard/Cargo.toml
index c47f8eecb..abd97a682 100644
--- a/artiq/firmware/libboard/Cargo.toml
+++ b/artiq/firmware/libboard/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ build_misoc = { path = "../libbuild_misoc" }
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
+log = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.compiler_builtins]
 git = "https://github.com/m-labs/compiler-builtins"
diff --git a/artiq/firmware/libboard/lib.rs b/artiq/firmware/libboard/lib.rs
index 369a38d8c..690f29e99 100644
--- a/artiq/firmware/libboard/lib.rs
+++ b/artiq/firmware/libboard/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 extern crate compiler_builtins;
 extern crate byteorder;
+#[cfg(feature = "log")]
+extern crate log;
 #[cfg(feature = "smoltcp")]
 extern crate smoltcp;
 
@@ -25,5 +27,7 @@ pub mod spiflash;
 pub mod config;
 #[cfg(feature = "uart_console")]
 pub mod uart_console;
+#[cfg(all(feature = "uart_console", feature = "log"))]
+pub mod uart_logger;
 #[cfg(all(has_ethmac, feature = "smoltcp"))]
 pub mod ethmac;
diff --git a/artiq/firmware/libboard/uart_logger.rs b/artiq/firmware/libboard/uart_logger.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9308f34f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artiq/firmware/libboard/uart_logger.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use core::fmt::Write;
+use log::{Log, Metadata, Record, set_logger};
+
+use clock;
+use uart_console::Console;
+
+pub struct ConsoleLogger;
+
+impl ConsoleLogger {
+    pub fn register() {
+        static LOGGER: ConsoleLogger = ConsoleLogger;
+        set_logger(&LOGGER).expect("global logger can only be initialized once")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Log for ConsoleLogger {
+    fn enabled(&self, _metadata: &Metadata) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
+        if self.enabled(record.metadata()) {
+            let timestamp = clock::get_us();
+            let seconds   = timestamp / 1_000_000;
+            let micros    = timestamp % 1_000_000;
+
+            let _ = write!(Console, "[{:6}.{:06}s] {:>5}({}): {}",
+                           seconds, micros, record.level(), record.target(), record.args());
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&self) {
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/artiq/firmware/satman/Cargo.toml b/artiq/firmware/satman/Cargo.toml
index 65f6127b0..a227e58e2 100644
--- a/artiq/firmware/satman/Cargo.toml
+++ b/artiq/firmware/satman/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ build_artiq = { path = "../libbuild_artiq" }
 
 [dependencies]
 log = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
-drtioaux = { path = "../libdrtioaux" }
-board = { path = "../libboard", features = ["uart_console"] }
+board = { path = "../libboard", features = ["uart_console", "log"] }
 board_artiq = { path = "../libboard_artiq" }
-logger_artiq = { path = "../liblogger_artiq" }
+drtioaux = { path = "../libdrtioaux" }
diff --git a/artiq/firmware/satman/main.rs b/artiq/firmware/satman/main.rs
index 5434edc01..da20bba29 100644
--- a/artiq/firmware/satman/main.rs
+++ b/artiq/firmware/satman/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-#![feature(lang_items, global_allocator)]
+#![feature(lang_items)]
 #![no_std]
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
-extern crate logger_artiq;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate board;
 extern crate board_artiq;
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ fn process_aux_packets() {
     }
 }
 
-
 fn process_errors() {
     let errors;
     unsafe {
@@ -221,8 +219,11 @@ fn drtio_link_rx_up() -> bool {
     }
 }
 
-fn startup() {
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn main() -> i32 {
     board::clock::init();
+    board::uart_logger::ConsoleLogger::register();
+
     info!("ARTIQ satellite manager starting...");
     info!("software version {}", include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/git-describe")));
     info!("gateware version {}", board::ident::read(&mut [0; 64]));
@@ -260,15 +261,6 @@ fn startup() {
     }
 }
 
-#[no_mangle]
-pub extern fn main() -> i32 {
-    unsafe {
-        static mut LOG_BUFFER: [u8; 1024] = [0; 1024];
-        logger_artiq::BufferLogger::new(&mut LOG_BUFFER[..]).register(startup);
-        0
-    }
-}
-
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern fn exception(vect: u32, _regs: *const u32, pc: u32, ea: u32) {
     panic!("exception {:?} at PC 0x{:x}, EA 0x{:x}", vect, pc, ea)