diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6e1f7f87a7..1ee04051d2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5173,6 +5173,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.26",
  "log",
  "log-mdc",
+ "log4rs",
  "nom 7.1.3",
  "qrcode",
  "rustyline",
@@ -5450,6 +5451,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest 0.9.0",
  "futures 0.3.26",
  "log",
+ "log4rs",
  "qrcode",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "regex",
@@ -5785,6 +5787,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.26",
  "hex",
  "log",
+ "log4rs",
  "native-tls",
  "num_cpus",
  "prost-types 0.9.0",
diff --git a/applications/tari_base_node/Cargo.toml b/applications/tari_base_node/Cargo.toml
index 9187cd5d66..bb2ab0093a 100644
--- a/applications/tari_base_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/tari_base_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ futures = { version = "^0.3.16", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"]
 qrcode = { version = "0.12" }
 log = { version = "0.4.8", features = ["std"] }
 log-mdc = "0.1.0"
+log4rs = { version = "1.2.0", default_features = false, features = ["config_parsing", "threshold_filter", "yaml_format", "console_appender", "rolling_file_appender", "compound_policy", "size_trigger", "fixed_window_roller"] }
 nom = "7.1.0"
 rustyline = "9.0"
 rustyline-derive = "0.5"
@@ -59,3 +60,9 @@ libtor = ["tari_libtor"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tari_features = { version = "0.50.0-pre.0", path = "../../common/tari_features"}
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = [
+    # We need to specify extra features for log4rs even though it is not used directly in this crate
+    "log4rs"
+]
diff --git a/applications/tari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml b/applications/tari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
index aeb866a3a5..ba4637e0f1 100644
--- a/applications/tari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/tari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ config = "0.13.0"
 crossterm = { version = "0.25.0" }
 digest = "0.9.0"
 futures = { version = "^0.3.16", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
+log4rs = { version = "1.2.0", default_features = false, features = ["config_parsing", "threshold_filter", "yaml_format", "console_appender", "rolling_file_appender", "compound_policy", "size_trigger", "fixed_window_roller"] }
 log = { version = "0.4.8", features = ["std"] }
 qrcode = { version = "0.12" }
 rand = "0.7.3"
@@ -71,4 +72,5 @@ avx2 = ["tari_core/avx2", "tari_crypto/simd_backend", "tari_wallet/avx2", "tari_
 libtor = ["tari_libtor"]
 
 [package.metadata.cargo-machete]
-ignored = ["strum"]
\ No newline at end of file
+# We need to specify extra features for log4rs even though it is not used directly in this crate
+ignored = ["strum", "log4rs"]
diff --git a/applications/tari_miner/Cargo.toml b/applications/tari_miner/Cargo.toml
index 81f1b67077..5090d8c1d8 100644
--- a/applications/tari_miner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/tari_miner/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ clap = { version = "3.1.1", features = ["derive"] }
 crossbeam = "0.8"
 futures = "0.3"
 log = { version = "0.4", features = ["std"] }
+log4rs = { version = "1.2.0", default_features = false, features = ["config_parsing", "threshold_filter", "yaml_format", "console_appender", "rolling_file_appender", "compound_policy", "size_trigger", "fixed_window_roller"] }
 num_cpus = "1.13"
 rand = "0.7.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", default_features = false, features = ["derive"] }
@@ -41,3 +42,9 @@ base64 = "0.13.0"
 prost-types = "0.9"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", default-features = false }
 config = "0.13.0"
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = [
+    # We need to specify extra features for log4rs even though it is not used directly in this crate
+    "log4rs"
+]