diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/pre/host.js b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/pre/host.js
index 399070fdce43f..7ef317406d393 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/pre/host.js
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/pre/host.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
                         break;
                     }
                 }
-                if (sourceIsChildFrame && e.data && (e.data.command === 'onmessage' || e.data.command === 'do-update-state')) {
+                if (sourceIsChildFrame && e.data && (e.data.command === 'onmessage' || e.data.command === 'do-update-state' || e.data.command === 'onconsole')) {
                     this.postMessage(e.data.command, e.data.data);
                 } else if (sourceIsChildFrame || sourceIsSelfOrParentFrame) {
                     const channel = e.data.channel;
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/pre/main.js b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/pre/main.js
index 402124a328720..a6c4f654412a0 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/pre/main.js
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/pre/main.js
@@ -144,15 +144,40 @@
      * @param {*} [state]
      * @return {string}
      */
-    function getVsCodeApiScript(state) {
+    function getDefaultScript(state) {
         return `
         const acquireVsCodeApi = (function() {
             const originalPostMessage = window.parent.postMessage.bind(window.parent);
+            const originalConsole = {...console};
             const targetOrigin = '*';
             let acquired = false;
 
             let state = ${state ? `JSON.parse(${JSON.stringify(state)})` : undefined};
 
+            const forwardConsoleLog= (level,msg,args)=> {
+                let message, optionalParams;
+                try{
+                  if (msg) {
+                    message= JSON.stringify(msg) ?? null;
+                  }
+                  if (args){
+                    optionalParams= JSON.stringify(args) ?? null;
+                  }
+                } catch(e){
+                    // Log non serializable objects inside of view
+                    originalConsole[level](msg,args);
+                    return;
+                }
+                originalPostMessage({ command: 'onconsole', data: { level, message,optionalParams} }, targetOrigin);
+            };
+
+            console.log= (message,args)=> forwardConsoleLog('log',message,args);
+            console.info= (message,args)=> forwardConsoleLog('info',message,args);
+            console.warn= (message,args)=> forwardConsoleLog('warn',message,args);
+            console.error= (message,args)=> forwardConsoleLog('error',message,args);
+            console.debug= (message,args)=> forwardConsoleLog('debug',message,args);
+            console.trace= (message,args)=> forwardConsoleLog('trace',message,args);
+
             return () => {
                 if (acquired) {
                     throw new Error('An instance of the VS Code API has already been acquired');
@@ -369,7 +394,7 @@
             // apply default script
             if (options.allowScripts) {
                 const defaultScript = newDocument.createElement('script');
-                defaultScript.textContent = getVsCodeApiScript(data.state);
+                defaultScript.textContent = getDefaultScript(data.state);
                 newDocument.head.prepend(defaultScript);
             }
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/webview.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/webview.ts
index ac6f7310adee1..f7956a6ee1e71 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/webview.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/webview/webview.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ export const enum WebviewMessageChannels {
     webviewReady = 'webview-ready',
     didKeydown = 'did-keydown',
     didMouseDown = 'did-mousedown',
-    didMouseUp = 'did-mouseup'
+    didMouseUp = 'did-mouseup',
+    onconsole = 'onconsole'
 }
 
 export interface WebviewContentOptions {
@@ -80,6 +81,12 @@ export interface WebviewContentOptions {
     readonly enableCommandUris?: boolean | readonly string[];
 }
 
+export interface WebviewConsoleLog {
+    level: Extract<keyof typeof console, 'log' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error' | 'trace' | 'debug'>;
+    message?: string;
+    optionalParams?: string;
+}
+
 @injectable()
 export class WebviewWidgetIdentifier {
     id: string;
@@ -318,6 +325,7 @@ export class WebviewWidget extends BaseWidget implements StatefulWidget, Extract
         this.toHide.push(subscription);
 
         this.toHide.push(this.on(WebviewMessageChannels.onmessage, (data: any) => this.onMessageEmitter.fire(data)));
+        this.toHide.push(this.on(WebviewMessageChannels.onconsole, (data: WebviewConsoleLog) => this.forwardConsoleLog(data)));
         this.toHide.push(this.on(WebviewMessageChannels.didClickLink, (uri: string) => this.openLink(new URI(uri))));
         this.toHide.push(this.on(WebviewMessageChannels.doUpdateState, (state: any) => {
             this._state = state;
@@ -462,6 +470,15 @@ export class WebviewWidget extends BaseWidget implements StatefulWidget, Extract
         this.doUpdateContent();
     }
 
+    protected forwardConsoleLog(log: WebviewConsoleLog): void {
+        const message = `[webview: ${this.identifier.id}] ${log.message ? JSON.parse(log.message) : undefined}`;
+        if (log.optionalParams !== undefined) {
+            console[log.level](message, JSON.parse(log.optionalParams));
+        } else {
+            console[log.level](message);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected style(): void {
         const { styles, activeThemeType, activeThemeName } = this.themeDataProvider.getThemeData();
         this.doSend('styles', { styles, activeThemeType, activeThemeName });