diff --git a/src/helper/log.h b/src/helper/log.h
index 34ff835b8..621d467b4 100644
--- a/src/helper/log.h
+++ b/src/helper/log.h
@@ -143,6 +143,23 @@ extern int debug_level;
 #define LOG_OUTPUT(expr ...) \
 	log_printf(LOG_LVL_OUTPUT, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, expr)
 
+/* Output a log entry that is related to a given target */
+
+#define LOG_TARGET_DEBUG_IO(target, fmt_str, ...) \
+	LOG_DEBUG_IO("[%s] " fmt_str, target_name(target), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define LOG_TARGET_DEBUG(target, fmt_str, ...) \
+	LOG_DEBUG("[%s] " fmt_str, target_name(target), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define LOG_TARGET_INFO(target, fmt_str, ...) \
+	LOG_INFO("[%s] " fmt_str, target_name(target), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define LOG_TARGET_WARNING(target, fmt_str, ...) \
+	LOG_WARNING("[%s] " fmt_str, target_name(target), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define LOG_TARGET_ERROR(target, fmt_str, ...) \
+	LOG_ERROR("[%s] " fmt_str, target_name(target), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 /* general failures
  * error codes < 100
  */