diff --git a/libutil/Makefile b/libutil/Makefile
index 71fed661..15079d65 100644
--- a/libutil/Makefile
+++ b/libutil/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ examples =	util_base_example \
 		util_scandir_example \
 		util_file_example \
 		util_libc_example \
+		util_log_example \
 		util_opt_example \
 		util_opt_command_example \
 		util_prg_example \
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ util_path_example: util_path_example.o $(lib)
 util_scandir_example: util_scandir_example.o $(lib)
 util_file_example: util_file_example.o $(lib)
 util_libc_example: util_libc_example.o $(lib)
+util_log_example: util_log_example.o $(lib)
 util_opt_example: util_opt_example.o $(lib)
 util_opt_command_example: util_opt_command_example.o $(lib)
 util_panic_example: util_panic_example.o $(lib)
diff --git a/libutil/util_log_example.c b/libutil/util_log_example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64f4b2ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libutil/util_log_example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/**
+ * util_log_example - Example program for util_log
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2021
+ *
+ * s390-tools is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.
+ */
+
+//! [code]
+#include "lib/util_opt.h"
+#include "lib/util_prg.h"
+#include "lib/util_log.h"
+
+static const struct util_prg prg = {
+	.desc = "Example for util_log.",
+	.copyright_vec = {
+		{
+			.owner = "IBM Corp.",
+			.pub_first = 2021,
+			.pub_last = 2021,
+		},
+		UTIL_PRG_COPYRIGHT_END
+	}
+};
+
+static struct util_opt opt_vec[] = {
+	{
+		.option = { "verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'V' },
+		.desc = "Print verbose messages to stderr. "
+			"This option may be given multiple times and "
+			"each time this option is given the verbosity level is "
+			"increased.",
+	},
+	UTIL_OPT_HELP,
+	UTIL_OPT_VERSION,
+	UTIL_OPT_END
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int verbose = -1;
+
+	util_prg_init(&prg);
+	util_opt_init(opt_vec, NULL);
+
+	while (1) {
+		int opt = util_opt_getopt_long(argc, argv);
+
+		if (opt == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch (opt) {
+		case 'h':
+			util_prg_print_help();
+			util_opt_print_help();
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		case 'v':
+			util_prg_print_version();
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		case 'V':
+			verbose++;
+			break;
+		case '?':
+		default:
+			fprintf(stderr, "Try '--help' for more information.\n");
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+	}
+
+	util_log_set_level(verbose);
+
+	util_log_print(UTIL_LOG_ERROR, "This is an ERROR message\n");
+	util_log_print(UTIL_LOG_WARN, "This is a WARN message\n");
+	util_log_print(UTIL_LOG_INFO, "This is an INFO message\n");
+	util_log_print(UTIL_LOG_DEBUG, "This is a DEBUG message\n");
+	util_log_print(UTIL_LOG_TRACE, "This is a TRACE message\n");
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+//! [code]