diff --git a/src/sdl2/log.rs b/src/sdl2/log.rs
index a48e07bcfc..6bb07cf0fb 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/log.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/log.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::sys;
+use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::ptr::null_mut;
 
@@ -42,6 +43,22 @@ impl Category {
             Category::Custom
         }
     }
+
+    fn into_ll(value: Category) -> u32 {
+        return match value {
+            Category::Application => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION as u32,
+            Category::Error => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR as u32,
+            Category::Assert => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ASSERT as u32,
+            Category::System => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_SYSTEM as u32,
+            Category::Audio => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_AUDIO as u32,
+            Category::Video => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_VIDEO as u32,
+            Category::Render => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RENDER as u32,
+            Category::Input => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_INPUT as u32,
+            Category::Test => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_TEST as u32,
+            Category::Custom => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_CUSTOM as u32,
+            Category::Unknown => sys::SDL_LogCategory::SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION as u32,
+        };
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
@@ -104,3 +121,61 @@ pub fn log(message: &str) {
         crate::sys::SDL_Log(message.as_ptr());
     }
 }
+
+/// Log function which takes as priority CRITICAL and category APPLICATION
+#[doc(alias = "SDL_LogCritial")]
+pub fn log_critical(message: &str) {
+    log_with_category(message, Category::Application, Priority::Critical);
+}
+
+/// Log function which takes as priority DEBUG and category APPLICATION
+#[doc(alias = "SDL_LogDebug")]
+pub fn log_debug(message: &str) {
+    log_with_category(message, Category::Application, Priority::Debug);
+}
+
+/// Log function which takes as priority ERROR and category APPLICATION
+#[doc(alias = "SDL_LogError")]
+pub fn log_error(message: &str) {
+    log_with_category(message, Category::Application, Priority::Error);
+}
+
+/// Log function which takes as priority INFO and category APPLICATION
+#[doc(alias = "SDL_LogInfo")]
+pub fn log_info(message: &str) {
+    log_with_category(message, Category::Application, Priority::Info);
+}
+
+/// Log function which takes as priority VERBOSE and category APPLICATION
+#[doc(alias = "SDL_LogVerbose")]
+pub fn log_verbose(message: &str) {
+    log_with_category(message, Category::Application, Priority::Verbose);
+}
+
+/// Log function which takes as priority WARN and category APPLICATION
+#[doc(alias = "SDL_LogWarn")]
+pub fn log_warn(message: &str) {
+    log_with_category(message, Category::Application, Priority::Warn);
+}
+
+/// Log function where Category and Priority can be specified
+pub fn log_with_category(message: &str, category: Category, priority: Priority) {
+    let message = message.replace('%', "%%");
+    let message = CString::new(message).unwrap();
+    let uccategory = Category::into_ll(category).try_into();
+    let ccategory = match uccategory {
+        Err(_) => Category::into_ll(Category::Application).try_into().unwrap(),
+        Ok(success) => success,
+    };
+
+    unsafe {
+        match priority {
+            Priority::Critical => crate::sys::SDL_LogCritical(ccategory, message.as_ptr()),
+            Priority::Debug => crate::sys::SDL_LogDebug(ccategory, message.as_ptr()),
+            Priority::Error => crate::sys::SDL_LogError(ccategory, message.as_ptr()),
+            Priority::Info => crate::sys::SDL_LogInfo(ccategory, message.as_ptr()),
+            Priority::Verbose => crate::sys::SDL_LogVerbose(ccategory, message.as_ptr()),
+            Priority::Warn => crate::sys::SDL_LogWarn(ccategory, message.as_ptr()),
+        }
+    }
+}