diff --git a/testcontainers/src/core/containers/async_container.rs b/testcontainers/src/core/containers/async_container.rs
index 9e038dd8..3b497219 100644
--- a/testcontainers/src/core/containers/async_container.rs
+++ b/testcontainers/src/core/containers/async_container.rs
@@ -53,17 +53,36 @@ where
     pub(crate) async fn new(
         id: String,
         docker_client: Arc<Client>,
-        image: ContainerRequest<I>,
+        mut container_req: ContainerRequest<I>,
         network: Option<Arc<Network>>,
     ) -> Result<ContainerAsync<I>> {
+        let log_consumers = std::mem::take(&mut container_req.log_consumers);
         let container = ContainerAsync {
             id,
-            image,
+            image: container_req,
             docker_client,
             network,
             dropped: false,
         };
 
+        let mut logs = container.docker_client.logs(&container.id, true);
+        let container_id = container.id.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            while let Some(result) = logs.next().await {
+                match result {
+                    Ok(record) => {
+                        for consumer in &log_consumers {
+                            consumer.accept(&record).await;
+                            tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        log::error!("Failed to read log frame for container {container_id}: {err}",);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
         let ready_conditions = container.image().ready_conditions();
         container.block_until_ready(ready_conditions).await?;
         Ok(container)
diff --git a/testcontainers/src/core/containers/request.rs b/testcontainers/src/core/containers/request.rs
index 8bf462bd..ddfa1a69 100644
--- a/testcontainers/src/core/containers/request.rs
+++ b/testcontainers/src/core/containers/request.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
-use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::BTreeMap, net::IpAddr, time::Duration};
+use std::{
+    borrow::Cow,
+    collections::BTreeMap,
+    fmt::{Debug, Formatter},
+    net::IpAddr,
+    time::Duration,
+};
 
 use crate::{
-    core::{mounts::Mount, ports::ContainerPort, ContainerState, ExecCommand, WaitFor},
+    core::{
+        logs::consumer::LogConsumer, mounts::Mount, ports::ContainerPort, ContainerState,
+        ExecCommand, WaitFor,
+    },
     Image, TestcontainersError,
 };
 
 /// Represents a request to start a container, allowing customization of the container.
 #[must_use]
-#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ContainerRequest<I: Image> {
     pub(crate) image: I,
     pub(crate) overridden_cmd: Vec<String>,
@@ -24,6 +32,7 @@ pub struct ContainerRequest<I: Image> {
     pub(crate) cgroupns_mode: Option<CgroupnsMode>,
     pub(crate) userns_mode: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) startup_timeout: Option<Duration>,
+    pub(crate) log_consumers: Vec<Box<dyn LogConsumer + 'static>>,
 }
 
 /// Represents a port mapping between a host's external port and the internal port of a container.
@@ -164,6 +173,7 @@ impl<I: Image> From<I> for ContainerRequest<I> {
             cgroupns_mode: None,
             userns_mode: None,
             startup_timeout: None,
+            log_consumers: vec![],
         }
     }
 }
@@ -184,3 +194,25 @@ impl PortMapping {
         self.container_port
     }
 }
+
+impl<I: Image + Debug> Debug for ContainerRequest<I> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("ContainerRequest")
+            .field("image", &self.image)
+            .field("overridden_cmd", &self.overridden_cmd)
+            .field("image_name", &self.image_name)
+            .field("image_tag", &self.image_tag)
+            .field("container_name", &self.container_name)
+            .field("network", &self.network)
+            .field("env_vars", &self.env_vars)
+            .field("hosts", &self.hosts)
+            .field("mounts", &self.mounts)
+            .field("ports", &self.ports)
+            .field("privileged", &self.privileged)
+            .field("shm_size", &self.shm_size)
+            .field("cgroupns_mode", &self.cgroupns_mode)
+            .field("userns_mode", &self.userns_mode)
+            .field("startup_timeout", &self.startup_timeout)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/testcontainers/src/core/image/image_ext.rs b/testcontainers/src/core/image/image_ext.rs
index 0a7d8fc9..54cc5e8d 100644
--- a/testcontainers/src/core/image/image_ext.rs
+++ b/testcontainers/src/core/image/image_ext.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::{
-    core::{CgroupnsMode, ContainerPort, Host, Mount, PortMapping},
+    core::{logs::consumer::LogConsumer, CgroupnsMode, ContainerPort, Host, Mount, PortMapping},
     ContainerRequest, Image,
 };
 
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ pub trait ImageExt<I: Image> {
 
     /// Sets the startup timeout for the container. The default is 60 seconds.
     fn with_startup_timeout(self, timeout: Duration) -> ContainerRequest<I>;
+
+    /// Adds the log consumer to the container.
+    ///
+    /// Allows to follow the container logs for the whole lifecycle of the container, starting from the creation.
+    fn with_log_consumer(self, log_consumer: impl LogConsumer + 'static) -> ContainerRequest<I>;
 }
 
 /// Implements the [`ImageExt`] trait for the every type that can be converted into a [`ContainerRequest`].
@@ -202,4 +207,10 @@ impl<RI: Into<ContainerRequest<I>>, I: Image> ImageExt<I> for RI {
             ..container_req
         }
     }
+
+    fn with_log_consumer(self, log_consumer: impl LogConsumer + 'static) -> ContainerRequest<I> {
+        let mut container_req = self.into();
+        container_req.log_consumers.push(Box::new(log_consumer));
+        container_req
+    }
 }
diff --git a/testcontainers/src/core/logs.rs b/testcontainers/src/core/logs.rs
index 1f020906..611f7221 100644
--- a/testcontainers/src/core/logs.rs
+++ b/testcontainers/src/core/logs.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures::{stream::BoxStream, StreamExt};
 use memchr::memmem::Finder;
 
+pub mod consumer;
 pub(crate) mod stream;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -40,6 +41,15 @@ impl LogSource {
     }
 }
 
+impl LogFrame {
+    pub fn bytes(&self) -> &Bytes {
+        match self {
+            LogFrame::StdOut(bytes) => bytes,
+            LogFrame::StdErr(bytes) => bytes,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // TODO: extract caching functionality to a separate wrapper
 pub(crate) struct WaitingStreamWrapper {
     inner: BoxStream<'static, Result<Bytes, io::Error>>,
diff --git a/testcontainers/src/core/logs/consumer.rs b/testcontainers/src/core/logs/consumer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bfe3ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcontainers/src/core/logs/consumer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use futures::{future::BoxFuture, FutureExt};
+
+use crate::core::logs::LogFrame;
+
+/// Log consumer is a trait that allows to consume log frames.
+/// Consumers will be called for each log frame that is produced by the container for the whole lifecycle of the container.
+pub trait LogConsumer: Send + Sync {
+    fn accept<'a>(&'a self, record: &'a LogFrame) -> BoxFuture<'a, ()>;
+}
+
+impl<F> LogConsumer for F
+where
+    F: Fn(&LogFrame) + Send + Sync,
+{
+    fn accept<'a>(&'a self, record: &'a LogFrame) -> BoxFuture<'a, ()> {
+        // preferably to spawn blocking task
+        async move {
+            self(record);
+        }
+        .boxed()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/testcontainers/tests/async_runner.rs b/testcontainers/tests/async_runner.rs
index dd6a09b5..151d4e80 100644
--- a/testcontainers/tests/async_runner.rs
+++ b/testcontainers/tests/async_runner.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use bollard::Docker;
 use reqwest::StatusCode;
 use testcontainers::{
-    core::{wait::HttpWaitStrategy, CmdWaitFor, ExecCommand, IntoContainerPort, WaitFor},
+    core::{
+        logs::LogFrame, wait::HttpWaitStrategy, CmdWaitFor, ExecCommand, IntoContainerPort, WaitFor,
+    },
     runners::AsyncRunner,
     GenericImage, *,
 };
@@ -166,3 +168,21 @@ async fn async_run_exec_fails_due_to_unexpected_code() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     assert!(res.is_err());
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn async_run_with_log_consumer() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let _ = pretty_env_logger::try_init();
+
+    let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel(1);
+    let _container = HelloWorld
+        .with_log_consumer(move |frame: &LogFrame| {
+            // notify when the expected message is found
+            if String::from_utf8_lossy(frame.bytes()) == "Hello from Docker!\n" {
+                let _ = tx.send(());
+            }
+        })
+        .start()
+        .await?;
+    rx.recv()?; // notification from consumer
+    Ok(())
+}