diff --git a/doc/components.txt b/doc/components.txt
index aeba2ed27..4ea294e87 100644
--- a/doc/components.txt
+++ b/doc/components.txt
@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ Separate components:
 :'os/src/server/terminal_log':
   Adapter for forwarding LOG messages to a terminal session.
 
+:'os/src/server/log_terminal':
+  Adapter for forwarding terminal output to a LOG session.
+
 :'libports/src/server/fs_log':
   Adapter that writes LOG messages to files on a file system.
 
diff --git a/os/src/server/log_terminal/main.cc b/os/src/server/log_terminal/main.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ceaf8f8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os/src/server/log_terminal/main.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  Terminal that directs output to the LOG interface
+ * \author Norman Feske
+ * \date   2013-11-08
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ */
+
+/* Genode includes */
+#include <root/component.h>
+#include <os/server.h>
+#include <os/attached_ram_dataspace.h>
+#include <terminal_session/terminal_session.h>
+#include <log_session/log_session.h>
+
+namespace Terminal {
+
+	class Session_component;
+	class Root_component;
+	class Main;
+
+	using namespace Genode;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Utility for the buffered output of small successive write operations
+ */
+class Buffered_output
+{
+	private:
+
+		enum { SIZE = Genode::Log_session::String::MAX_SIZE };
+
+		typedef Genode::size_t size_t;
+
+		char _buf[SIZE + 1 /* room for null-termination */ ];
+
+		/* index of next character within '_buf' to write */
+		unsigned _index = 0;
+
+		void _flush()
+		{
+			/* append null termination */
+			_buf[_index] = 0;
+
+			/* flush buffered characters to LOG */
+			Genode::printf(_buf);
+
+			/* reset */
+			_index = 0;
+		}
+
+		size_t _remaining_capacity() const { return SIZE - _index; }
+
+	public:
+
+		size_t write(char const *src, size_t num_bytes)
+		{
+			size_t const consume_bytes = Genode::min(num_bytes,
+			                                         _remaining_capacity());
+
+			for (unsigned i = 0; i < consume_bytes; i++) {
+				char const c = src[i];
+				_buf[_index++] = c;
+				if (c == '\n')
+					_flush();
+			}
+
+			if (_remaining_capacity() == 0)
+				_flush();
+
+			return consume_bytes;
+		}
+};
+
+
+/**************
+ ** Terminal **
+ **************/
+
+class Terminal::Session_component : public Rpc_object<Session, Session_component>
+{
+	private:
+
+		/**
+		 * Buffer shared with the terminal client
+		 */
+		Attached_ram_dataspace _io_buffer;
+
+		Buffered_output _output;
+
+	public:
+
+		Session_component(size_t io_buffer_size)
+		:
+			_io_buffer(env()->ram_session(), io_buffer_size)
+		{ }
+
+
+		/********************************
+		 ** Terminal session interface **
+		 ********************************/
+
+		Size size() { return Size(0, 0); }
+
+		bool avail() { return false; }
+
+		size_t _read(size_t dst_len) { return 0; }
+
+		void _write(Genode::size_t num_bytes)
+		{
+			/* sanitize argument */
+			num_bytes = Genode::min(num_bytes, _io_buffer.size());
+
+			char const *src = _io_buffer.local_addr<char>();
+
+			for (size_t written_bytes = 0; written_bytes < num_bytes; )
+				written_bytes += _output.write(src + written_bytes,
+				                               num_bytes - written_bytes);
+		}
+
+		Dataspace_capability _dataspace() { return _io_buffer.cap(); }
+
+		void read_avail_sigh(Signal_context_capability) { }
+
+		void connected_sigh(Signal_context_capability sigh)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * Immediately reflect connection-established signal to the
+			 * client because the session is ready to use immediately after
+			 * creation.
+			 */
+			Signal_transmitter(sigh).submit();
+		}
+
+		size_t read(void *buf, size_t) { return 0; }
+		size_t write(void const *buf, size_t) { return 0; }
+};
+
+
+class Terminal::Root_component : public Genode::Root_component<Session_component>
+{
+	protected:
+
+		Session_component *_create_session(const char *args)
+		{
+			size_t const io_buffer_size = 4096;
+			return new (md_alloc()) Session_component(io_buffer_size);
+		}
+
+	public:
+
+		Root_component(Server::Entrypoint &ep, Genode::Allocator  &md_alloc)
+		:
+			Genode::Root_component<Session_component>(&ep.rpc_ep(), &md_alloc)
+		{ }
+};
+
+
+struct Terminal::Main
+{
+	Server::Entrypoint &ep;
+
+	Sliced_heap sliced_heap = { env()->ram_session(), env()->rm_session() };
+
+	Root_component terminal_root = { ep, sliced_heap };
+
+	Main(Server::Entrypoint &ep) : ep(ep)
+	{
+		env()->parent()->announce(ep.manage(terminal_root));
+	}
+};
+
+
+/************
+ ** Server **
+ ************/
+
+namespace Server {
+
+	char const *name() { return "log_terminal_ep"; }
+
+	size_t stack_size() { return 4*1024*sizeof(long); }
+
+	void construct(Entrypoint &ep)
+	{
+		static Terminal::Main terminal(ep);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/os/src/server/log_terminal/target.mk b/os/src/server/log_terminal/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc6511a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os/src/server/log_terminal/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TARGET = log_terminal
+SRC_CC = main.cc
+LIBS   = base server