diff --git a/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/logs/Loopback.java b/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/logs/Loopback.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57fd0f9134a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/logs/Loopback.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.api.logs;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.ContextKey;
+
+public final class Loopback {
+
+  private Loopback() {}
+
+  public static final ContextKey<Boolean> loopbackContextKey =
+      ContextKey.named("otel.loopback");
+
+  public static Context withLoopback(Context context) {
+    return context.with(loopbackContextKey, true);
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isLoopback(Context context) {
+    Boolean loopback = context.get(loopbackContextKey);
+    return loopback != null && loopback;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/incubator/build.gradle.kts b/sdk-extensions/incubator/build.gradle.kts
index c654a47c348..2ff0e049c5a 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/incubator/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sdk-extensions/incubator/build.gradle.kts
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml")
   implementation(project(":sdk-extensions:autoconfigure"))
 
+  // io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.incubator.slf4j
+  implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17")
+
   testImplementation(project(":sdk:testing"))
   testImplementation(project(":sdk-extensions:autoconfigure"))
   testImplementation(project(":exporters:logging"))
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/slf4j/Slf4jBridgeProcessor.java b/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/slf4j/Slf4jBridgeProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a17db9cbe23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/slf4j/Slf4jBridgeProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.incubator.slf4j;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Value;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.Loopback;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.Severity;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.LogRecordProcessor;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.ReadWriteLogRecord;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.event.Level;
+import org.slf4j.spi.LoggingEventBuilder;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+public final class Slf4jBridgeProcessor implements LogRecordProcessor {
+  private Slf4jBridgeProcessor() {}
+
+  public static Slf4jBridgeProcessor create() {
+    return new Slf4jBridgeProcessor();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void onEmit(Context context, ReadWriteLogRecord logRecord) {
+    if (Loopback.isLoopback(context)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try (Scope scope = Loopback.withLoopback(context).makeCurrent()) {
+      recordToSlf4j(
+          logRecord.getInstrumentationScopeInfo().getName(),
+          logRecord.getEventName(),
+          logRecord.getBodyValue(),
+          logRecord.getAttributes(),
+          logRecord.getSeverity());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("CheckReturnValue")
+  private static void recordToSlf4j(
+      String scopeName,
+      @Nullable String eventName,
+      @Nullable Value<?> bodyValue,
+      Attributes attributes,
+      Severity severity) {
+    Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(scopeName);
+    Level level = toSlf4jLevel(severity);
+    if (!logger.isEnabledForLevel(level)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    LoggingEventBuilder builder = logger.atLevel(level);
+    if (bodyValue != null) {
+      builder.setMessage(bodyValue.asString());
+    }
+    attributes.forEach((key, value) -> builder.addKeyValue(key.getKey(), value));
+
+    // append event_name last to take priority over attributes
+    if (eventName != null) {
+      builder.addKeyValue("event_name", eventName);
+    }
+    builder.log();
+  }
+
+  private static Level toSlf4jLevel(Severity severity) {
+    switch (severity) {
+      case TRACE:
+      case TRACE2:
+      case TRACE3:
+      case TRACE4:
+        return Level.TRACE;
+      case DEBUG:
+      case DEBUG2:
+      case DEBUG3:
+      case DEBUG4:
+        return Level.DEBUG;
+      case INFO:
+      case INFO2:
+      case INFO3:
+      case INFO4:
+        return Level.INFO;
+      case WARN:
+      case WARN2:
+      case WARN3:
+      case WARN4:
+        return Level.WARN;
+      case ERROR:
+      case ERROR2:
+      case ERROR3:
+      case ERROR4:
+      case FATAL:
+      case FATAL2:
+      case FATAL3:
+      case FATAL4:
+        return Level.ERROR;
+      case UNDEFINED_SEVERITY_NUMBER:
+        return Level.INFO;
+    }
+    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown severity: " + severity);
+  }
+}