diff --git a/tools/eis-demo-server.c b/tools/eis-demo-server.c
index f6bebd1..a5e337a 100644
--- a/tools/eis-demo-server.c
+++ b/tools/eis-demo-server.c
@@ -70,6 +70,50 @@ static void sighandler(int signal) {
 static
 OBJECT_IMPLEMENT_UNREF_CLEANUP(eis_demo_client);
 
+static void
+log_handler(struct eis *eis, enum eis_log_priority priority,
+	    const char *message, struct eis_log_context *ctx)
+{
+	struct lut {
+		const char *color;
+		const char *prefix;
+	} lut[] = {
+		{ .color = ansi_colorcode[RED],		.prefix = "<undefined>", }, /* debug starts at 10 */
+		{ .color = ansi_colorcode[HIGHLIGHT],	.prefix = "DEBUG", },
+		{ .color = ansi_colorcode[GREEN],	.prefix = "INFO", },
+		{ .color = ansi_colorcode[BLUE],	.prefix = "WARN", },
+		{ .color = ansi_colorcode[RED],		.prefix = "ERROR", },
+	};
+	static time_t last_time = 0;
+	const char *reset_code = ansi_colorcode[RESET];
+
+	run_only_once {
+		if (!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) {
+			struct lut *l;
+			ARRAY_FOR_EACH(lut, l)
+				l->color = "";
+			reset_code = "";
+		}
+	}
+
+	time_t now = time(NULL);
+	char timestamp[64];
+
+	if (last_time != now) {
+		struct tm *tm = localtime(&now);
+		strftime(timestamp, sizeof(timestamp), "%T", tm);
+	} else {
+		xsnprintf(timestamp, sizeof(timestamp), "...");
+	}
+
+	size_t idx = priority/10;
+	assert(idx < ARRAY_LENGTH(lut));
+	fprintf(stdout, " EIS: %8s | %s%4s%s | %s\n", timestamp,
+		lut[idx].color, lut[idx].prefix, reset_code, message);
+
+	last_time = now;
+}
+
 static void
 eis_demo_client_destroy(struct eis_demo_client *democlient)
 {
@@ -540,8 +584,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	_unref_(eis) *eis = eis_new(NULL);
 	assert(eis);
 
-	if (verbose)
+	if (verbose) {
 		eis_log_set_priority(eis, EIS_LOG_PRIORITY_DEBUG);
+		eis_log_set_handler(eis, log_handler);
+	}
 
 	signal(SIGINT, sighandler);