diff --git a/src/ceph.rs b/src/ceph.rs
index 77346a1..8e89e4d 100644
--- a/src/ceph.rs
+++ b/src/ceph.rs
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ pub fn connect_to_ceph(user_id: &str, config_file: &str) -> RadosResult<Rados> {
         if ret_code < 0 {
             return Err(ret_code.into());
         }
+        // Tracing integration needs to be enabled after we connected for some reason
+        crate::tracing_integration::enable_tracing_integration(rados.rados)?;
         Ok(rados)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index caccece..58c69b0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ pub mod utils;
 mod ceph_client;
 mod ceph_version;
 mod mon_command;
+mod tracing_integration;
 
 pub use crate::ceph_client::CephClient;
 pub use crate::ceph_version::CephVersion;
diff --git a/src/tracing_integration.rs b/src/tracing_integration.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0a0281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tracing_integration.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+use crate::error::RadosResult;
+use crate::rados::*;
+
+use libc::*;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
+use tracing::Level;
+
+/// For tracing integration to function properly, logging (tracing handler) must be enabled before
+/// connecting to ceph: if tracing is not enabled, we don't set a callback, which avoids the
+/// corresponding overhead.
+pub(crate) fn enable_tracing_integration(rados: rados_t) -> RadosResult<()> {
+    let (level_str, opt_log_callback): (&[u8], rados_log_callback_t) = {
+        if event_enabled!(target: "librados", Level::ERROR) {
+            if event_enabled!(target: "librados", Level::WARN) {
+                if event_enabled!(target: "librados", Level::INFO) {
+                    if event_enabled!(target: "librados", Level::DEBUG) {
+                        (b"debug\0", Some(log_callback))
+                    } else {
+                        (b"info\0", Some(log_callback))
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    (b"warn\0", Some(log_callback))
+                }
+            } else {
+                (b"error\0", Some(log_callback))
+            }
+        } else {
+            (b"\0", None)
+        }
+    };
+
+    let level_cstr =
+        CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(level_str).expect("Constructed with trailing nul byte above");
+    unsafe {
+        let ret_code = rados_monitor_log(
+            rados,
+            level_cstr.as_ptr(),
+            opt_log_callback,
+            0 as *mut c_void,
+        );
+        if ret_code < 0 {
+            return Err(ret_code.into());
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+extern "C" fn log_callback(
+    _arg: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_void,
+    line: *const ::libc::c_char,
+    who: *const ::libc::c_char,
+    _sec: u64,
+    _nsec: u64,
+    _seq: u64,
+    level: *const ::libc::c_char,
+    msg: *const ::libc::c_char,
+) {
+    macro_rules! level {
+        ($($l: expr => $n: ident,)*) => {
+            match unsafe { *((level as *const u8).add(1)) } {
+                $(
+                    $l => {
+                        if event_enabled!(target: "librados", Level::$n) {
+                            Level::$n
+                        } else {
+                            return;
+                        }
+                    }
+                )*
+                _ => {
+                    let s = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(level) };
+                    let level = s.to_string_lossy();
+                    event!(target: "librados", Level::WARN, "Unknown log level: {level} - please report issue at github.com/ceph/ceph-rust");
+                    Level::DEBUG
+                },
+            }
+        };
+    }
+    let level = level!(
+        b'E' => ERROR,
+        b'W' => WARN,
+        b'I' => INFO,
+        b'D' => DEBUG,
+    );
+
+    // We need to log, build the things
+    let who = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(who) };
+    let who = who.to_string_lossy();
+    let line = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(line) };
+    let line: Option<usize> = line.to_str().ok().and_then(|l| l.parse().ok());
+    let msg = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(msg) };
+    let msg = msg.to_string_lossy();
+
+    // Macro is necessary because tracing::event! requires level to be const
+    // https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/issues/2730
+    macro_rules! build_and_capture_event {
+            ($($lvl: ident),*) => {
+                match level {
+                    $(
+                        Level::$lvl => {
+                            if let Some(line) = line {
+                                event!(target: "librados", Level::$lvl, %who, %line, "{msg}");
+                            } else {
+                                event!(target: "librados", Level::$lvl, %who, "{msg}");
+                            }
+                        },
+                    )*
+                    _ => unreachable!(),
+                }
+
+            };
+        }
+    build_and_capture_event!(DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR);
+}