diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b8e634beed..c2cf55a08c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ New:
 - Added `"metadata_url"` to the default list of exported metadata (#2946)
 - Added log colors!
 - Added `list.filter_map`.
+- Added `log.startup`.
 
 Changed:
 
diff --git a/src/core/builtins/builtins_sys.ml b/src/core/builtins/builtins_sys.ml
index 5f7021714d..e3ff28a0ed 100644
--- a/src/core/builtins/builtins_sys.ml
+++ b/src/core/builtins/builtins_sys.ml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ let _ =
   Lang.add_builtin ~base:Modules.process "pid" ~category:`System [] Lang.int_t
     ~descr:"Get the process' pid." (fun _ -> Lang.int (Unix.getpid ()))
 
-let _ =
+let log_module =
   Lang.add_builtin "log" ~category:`Liquidsoap ~descr:"Log a message."
     [
       ("label", Lang.string_t, Some (Lang.string "lang"), None);
@@ -286,6 +286,22 @@ let _ =
       (Log.make [label])#f level "%s" msg;
       Lang.unit)
 
+let _ =
+  Lang.add_builtin ~base:log_module "startup" ~category:`Liquidsoap
+    ~descr:
+      "Log a startup message. Unless this function is used, log messages \
+       emitted at startup are discarded."
+    [
+      ("label", Lang.string_t, Some (Lang.string "lang"), None);
+      ("", Lang.string_t, None, None);
+    ]
+    Lang.unit_t
+    (fun p ->
+      let msg = List.assoc "" p |> Lang.to_string in
+      let label = List.assoc "label" p |> Lang.to_string in
+      Startup.message "%s: %s" label msg;
+      Lang.unit)
+
 let _ =
   (* Cheap implementation of "getopt" which does not really deserve its name
    * since it has little to do with the standards that getopt(3) implements.