diff --git a/src/test/libslic3r/test_log.cpp b/src/test/libslic3r/test_log.cpp
index 33d250331..bfe26eb36 100644
--- a/src/test/libslic3r/test_log.cpp
+++ b/src/test/libslic3r/test_log.cpp
@@ -588,3 +588,50 @@ SCENARIO( "_Log output set filtering with std::string methods" ) {
         }
     }
 }
+
+SCENARIO( "_Log output filtering on topic name" ) {
+        std::stringstream log;
+        std::unique_ptr<_Log> cut { _Log::make_log(log) };
+        cut->set_inclusive(true);
+        cut->set_level(log_t::ALL);
+        WHEN("Topic is \"t1\"") {
+            cut->add_topic("t1");
+            cut->debug("t1") << "TEXT FOR T1 ";
+            cut->debug("t2") << "TEXT FOR T2 ";
+            cut->debug("t3") << "TEXT FOR T3";
+            THEN("Log text is \"TEXT FOR T1 \"") {
+                REQUIRE(log.str() == "t1 DEBUG: TEXT FOR T1 ");
+            }
+        }
+
+        WHEN("Topic is \"t2\"") {
+            cut->add_topic("t2");
+            cut->debug("t1") << "TEXT FOR T1 ";
+            cut->debug("t2") << "TEXT FOR T2 ";
+            cut->debug("t3") << "TEXT FOR T3";
+            THEN("Log text is \"TEXT FOR T2 \"") {
+                REQUIRE(log.str() == "t2 DEBUG: TEXT FOR T2 ");
+            }
+        }
+
+        WHEN("Topic is \"t3\"") {
+            cut->add_topic("t3");
+            cut->debug("t1") << "TEXT FOR T1 ";
+            cut->debug("t2") << "TEXT FOR T2 ";
+            cut->debug("t3") << "TEXT FOR T3";
+            THEN("Log text is \"TEXT FOR T3\"") {
+                REQUIRE(log.str() == "t3 DEBUG: TEXT FOR T3");
+            }
+        }
+
+        WHEN("Topic is \"t3\" and \"t2\"") {
+            cut->add_topic("t2");
+            cut->add_topic("t3");
+            cut->debug("t1") << "TEXT FOR T1 ";
+            cut->debug("t2") << "TEXT FOR T2 ";
+            cut->debug("t3") << "TEXT FOR T3";
+            THEN("Log text is \"TEXT FOR T2 TEXT FOR T3\"") {
+                REQUIRE(log.str() == "t2 DEBUG: TEXT FOR T2 t3 DEBUG: TEXT FOR T3");
+            }
+        }
+}
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.cpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.cpp
index f2548efd9..9e117d5f3 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.cpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ bool _Log::_has_log_level(log_t lvl) {
     return false;
 }
 
+bool _Log::_has_topic(const std::string& topic) {
+    return this->_topics.find(topic) != this->_topics.end() || this->_topics.size() == 0;
+}
+
 void _Log::fatal_error(const std::string& topic, const std::wstring& message) { this->fatal_error(topic, this->converter.to_bytes(message)); }
 void _Log::error(const std::string& topic, const std::wstring& message) { this->error(topic, this->converter.to_bytes(message)); }
 void _Log::warn(const std::string& topic, const std::wstring& message) { this->warn(topic, this->converter.to_bytes(message)); }
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ void _Log::fatal_error(const std::string& topic, const std::string& message) {
     this->fatal_error(topic) << message << std::endl;
 }
 std::ostream& _Log::fatal_error(const std::string& topic) {
-    if (this->_has_log_level(log_t::FERR)) {
+    if (this->_has_log_level(log_t::FERR) && this->_has_topic(topic)) {
         _out << topic << std::setfill(' ') << std::setw(6) << "FERR" << ": ";
         return _out;
     }
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ void _Log::error(const std::string& topic, const std::string& message) {
     this->error(topic) << message << std::endl;
 }
 std::ostream& _Log::error(const std::string& topic) {
-    if (this->_has_log_level(log_t::ERR)) {
+    if (this->_has_log_level(log_t::ERR) && this->_has_topic(topic)) {
         _out << topic << std::setfill(' ') << std::setw(6) << "ERR" << ": ";
         return _out;
     }
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ void _Log::info(const std::string& topic, const std::string& message) {
 }
 
 std::ostream& _Log::info(const std::string& topic) {
-    if (this->_has_log_level(log_t::INFO)) {
+    if (this->_has_log_level(log_t::INFO) && this->_has_topic(topic)) {
         _out << topic << std::setfill(' ') << std::setw(6) << "INFO" << ": ";
         return _out;
     }
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ void _Log::warn(const std::string& topic, const std::string& message) {
 }
 
 std::ostream& _Log::warn(const std::string& topic) {
-    if (this->_has_log_level(log_t::WARN)) {
+    if (this->_has_log_level(log_t::WARN) && this->_has_topic(topic)) {
         _out << topic << std::setfill(' ') << std::setw(6) << "WARN" << ": ";
         return _out;
     }
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ void _Log::debug(const std::string& topic, const std::string& message) {
 }
 
 std::ostream& _Log::debug(const std::string& topic) {
-    if (this->_has_log_level(log_t::DEBUG)) {
+    if (this->_has_log_level(log_t::DEBUG) && this->_has_topic(topic)) {
         _out << topic << std::setfill(' ') << std::setw(6) << "DEBUG" << ": ";
         return _out;
     }
@@ -131,4 +135,12 @@ void _Log::clear_level(log_t level) {
     }
 }
 
+void _Log::clear_topic(const std::string& topic) {
+    if (topic == "") {
+        this->_topics.clear();
+    } else {
+        if (this->_topics.find(topic) != this->_topics.end()) this->_topics.erase(topic);
+    }
+}
+
 } // Slic3r
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.hpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.hpp
index 0f0040c5a..48e309297 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.hpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.hpp
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ public:
     void set_level(log_t level);
     void clear_level(log_t level);
     void set_inclusive(bool v) { this->_inclusive_levels = v; }
+    void add_topic(const std::string& topic) { this->_topics.insert(topic); }
+    void clear_topic(const std::string& topic);
 
 //    _Log(_Log const&)            = delete;
 //    void operator=(_Log const&)  = delete;
@@ -72,10 +74,12 @@ private:
     _Log(std::ostream& out);
     bool _inclusive_levels { true };
     std::set<log_t> _log_level { };
+    std::set<std::string> _topics { };
 
     std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>> converter;
 
     bool _has_log_level(log_t lvl);
+    bool _has_topic(const std::string& topic);
 
 };
 
@@ -183,6 +187,20 @@ public:
     static std::ostream& raw() {
         return slic3r_log->raw();
     }
+
+    /// Adds a topic to filter on with Slic3r's debug system.
+    /// \param topic [in] name of topic to filter on.
+    /// Only shows registered topics.
+    static void add_topic(const std::string& topic) {
+        slic3r_log->add_topic(topic);
+    }
+
+    /// Removes a topic from the filter list with Slic3r's debug system.
+    /// \param topic [in] name of topic to remove from filter.
+    /// \note Default option removes all filters.
+    static void clear_topic(const std::string& topic = "") {
+        slic3r_log->clear_topic(topic);
+    }
 };
 
 /// Utility debug function to transform a std::vector of anything that