diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 3f77059f..8726415a 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ by using `_NO_` in the macro, e.g. `CATCH_CONFIG_NO_CPP17_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTIONS`.
     CATCH_CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL_REDIRECT      // Enables the new (experimental) way of capturing stdout/stderr
     CATCH_CONFIG_ENABLE_BENCHMARKING        // Enables the integrated benchmarking features (has a significant effect on compilation speed)
     CATCH_CONFIG_USE_ASYNC                  // Force parallel statistical processing of samples during benchmarking
+    CATCH_CONFIG_ANDROID_LOGWRITE           // Use android's logging system for debug output
+
+> `CATCH_CONFIG_ANDROID_LOGWRITE` was [introduced](https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/issues/1743) in Catch X.Y.Z
 
 Currently Catch enables `CATCH_CONFIG_WINDOWS_SEH` only when compiled with MSVC, because some versions of MinGW do not have the necessary Win32 API support.
 
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h b/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
index 42481a96..7934e7fa 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 // Android somehow still does not support std::to_string
 #if defined(__ANDROID__)
 #    define CATCH_INTERNAL_CONFIG_NO_CPP11_TO_STRING
+#    define CATCH_INTERNAL_CONFIG_ANDROID_LOGWRITE
 #endif
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@
 // Required for some versions of Cygwin to declare gettimeofday
 // see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36901803/gettimeofday-not-declared-in-this-scope-cygwin
 #   define _BSD_SOURCE
-// some versions of cygwin (most) do not support std::to_string. Use the libstd check. 
+// some versions of cygwin (most) do not support std::to_string. Use the libstd check.
 // https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.8.2/libstdc++/api/a01053_source.html line 2812-2813
 # if !((__cplusplus >= 201103L) && defined(_GLIBCXX_USE_C99) \
            && !defined(_GLIBCXX_HAVE_BROKEN_VSWPRINTF))
@@ -301,6 +302,10 @@
 #  define CATCH_CONFIG_USE_ASYNC
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CATCH_INTERNAL_CONFIG_ANDROID_LOGWRITE) && !defined(CATCH_CONFIG_NO_ANDROID_LOGWRITE) && !defined(CATCH_CONFIG_ANDROID_LOGWRITE)
+#  define CATCH_CONFIG_ANDROID_LOGWRITE
+#endif
+
 #if !defined(CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_PARENTHESES_WARNINGS)
 #   define CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_PARENTHESES_WARNINGS
 #   define CATCH_INTERNAL_UNSUPPRESS_PARENTHESES_WARNINGS
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_debug_console.cpp b/include/internal/catch_debug_console.cpp
index 5a99d422..a341d810 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_debug_console.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_debug_console.cpp
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
  */
 
 #include "catch_debug_console.h"
+#include "catch_compiler_capabilities.h"
 #include "catch_stream.h"
 #include "catch_platform.h"
 #include "catch_windows_h_proxy.h"
 
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+#if defined(CATCH_CONFIG_ANDROID_LOGWRITE)
 #include <android/log.h>
 
     namespace Catch {