diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp b/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
index fd5cc1d17da25..04380c6255f13 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
@@ -88,12 +88,27 @@ int __pthread_fchdir(int fildes);
 using namespace lldb;
 using namespace lldb_private;
 
-#if !defined(__APPLE__)
-// The system log is currently only meaningful on Darwin, where this means
-// os_log. The meaning of a "system log" isn't as clear on other platforms, and
-// therefore we don't providate a default implementation. Vendors are free to
-// to implement this function if they have a use for it.
-void Host::SystemLog(Severity severity, llvm::StringRef message) {}
+#if !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(_WIN32)
+#include <syslog.h>
+void Host::SystemLog(Severity severity, llvm::StringRef message) {
+  static llvm::once_flag g_openlog_once;
+  llvm::call_once(g_openlog_once, [] {
+    openlog("lldb", LOG_CONS | LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_USER);
+  });
+  int level = LOG_DEBUG;
+  switch (severity) {
+  case lldb::eSeverityInfo:
+    level = LOG_INFO;
+    break;
+  case lldb::eSeverityWarning:
+    level = LOG_WARNING;
+    break;
+  case lldb::eSeverityError:
+    level = LOG_ERR;
+    break;
+  }
+  syslog(level, "%s", message.data());
+}
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(_WIN32)
diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/windows/Host.cpp b/lldb/source/Host/windows/Host.cpp
index a7369e7eade3b..e8973a3fb937a 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Host/windows/Host.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/windows/Host.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "lldb/Utility/StreamString.h"
 #include "lldb/Utility/StructuredData.h"
 
+#include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ConvertUTF.h"
 
 // Windows includes
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
 using namespace lldb;
 using namespace lldb_private;
 
+using llvm::sys::windows::UTF8ToUTF16;
+
 static bool GetTripleForProcess(const FileSpec &executable,
                                 llvm::Triple &triple) {
   // Open the PE File as a binary file, and parse just enough information to
@@ -302,3 +305,29 @@ Environment Host::GetEnvironment() {
   }
   return env;
 }
+
+void Host::SystemLog(Severity severity, llvm::StringRef message) {
+  if (message.empty())
+    return;
+
+  std::string log_msg;
+  llvm::raw_string_ostream stream(log_msg);
+
+  switch (severity) {
+  case lldb::eSeverityWarning:
+    stream << "[Warning] ";
+    break;
+  case lldb::eSeverityError:
+    stream << "[Error] ";
+    break;
+  case lldb::eSeverityInfo:
+  default:
+    stream << "[Info] ";
+    break;
+  }
+
+  stream << message;
+  stream.flush();
+
+  OutputDebugStringA(log_msg.c_str());
+}