diff --git a/repos/libports/run/acpica.run b/repos/libports/run/acpica.run
index 67b54e048e..0d49ce7e5c 100644
--- a/repos/libports/run/acpica.run
+++ b/repos/libports/run/acpica.run
@@ -162,9 +162,10 @@ set config {
 			</route>
 		</start>
 
-		<start name="acpica" caps="200">
+		<start name="acpica" caps="400">
 			<resource name="RAM" quantum="8M"/>
-			<config ld_verbose="yes" reset="yes" poweroff="yes" report="yes" report_period_ms="0">
+			<config ld_verbose="yes" reset="yes" poweroff="yes" report="yes"
+			        report_period_ms="0" verbose="yes">
 			</config>
 			<route>
 				<service name="ROM" label="system"> <child name="dynamic_rom"/> </service>
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/README b/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/README
index 8a82b75127..9637bcde6d 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/README
+++ b/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/README
@@ -41,13 +41,16 @@ Furthermore the ACPICA library may trigger, dependent on the ACPI ASL code,
 various I/O port and I/O mem accesses to hardware. Accesses to PCI devices are
 ignored and dropped by this component.
 
+Log verbosity can be increased by the "verbose" config attribute.
+
 Excerpt of important parts of the acpica configuration
 ------------------------------------------------------
 
 !<start name="acpica">
 !  <!-- <binary name="debug-acpica"/> -->
 !  ...
-!  <config reset="no" sleep="no" poweroff="no" report="yes" report_period_ms="2000" use_gpe="true"/>
+!  <config reset="no" sleep="no" poweroff="no" report="yes" report_period_ms="2000"
+           use_gpe="true" verbose="no"/>
 !  <route>
 !    <service name="ROM" label="system"> <child name="..."/> </service>
 !    <service name="Report"> <child name="..."/> </service>
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/os.cc b/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/os.cc
index 92f9c44fdd..cfdcafe1b0 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/os.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/os.cc
@@ -200,11 +200,15 @@ struct Acpica::Main
 		bool const enable_reset    = config.xml().attribute_value("reset", false);
 		bool const enable_poweroff = config.xml().attribute_value("poweroff", false);
 		bool const enable_report   = config.xml().attribute_value("report", false);
+		bool const verbose         = config.xml().attribute_value("verbose", false);
 		auto const periodic_ms     = config.xml().attribute_value("report_period_ms", 0ULL);
 
 		if (enable_report)
 			report = new (heap) Acpica::Reportstate(env);
 
+		if (verbose)
+			init_printf(env);
+
 		init_acpica(config.xml().attribute_value("use_gpe", true));
 
 		if (enable_report)
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/printf.cc b/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/printf.cc
index 86269eadbe..4afcb2d2cc 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/printf.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/printf.cc
@@ -6,12 +6,67 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <log_session/connection.h>
+#include <format/console.h>
 
-extern "C"
-void AcpiOsPrintf (const char *fmt, ...)
-{ }
+#include "util.h"
+
+using namespace Genode;
+
+
+struct Formatted_log : Format::Console
+{
+	Log_connection con;
+
+	char str[Log_session::MAX_STRING_LEN] { };
+
+	size_t pos { };
+
+	Formatted_log(Env &env) : con(env, "debug") { }
+
+	void _out_char(char c) override
+	{
+		if (c != '\n')
+			str[pos++] = c;
+
+		if (c == '\n' || pos == sizeof(str)) {
+			str[pos] = 0;
+			con.write(str);
+			pos = 0;
+		}
+	}
+};
+
+
+static Formatted_log *formatted_log;
+
+
+void Acpica::init_printf(Env &env)
+{
+	static Formatted_log instance(env);
+
+	formatted_log = &instance;
+};
+
+
+extern "C" {
+
+#include "acpi.h"
+#include "acpiosxf.h"
 
-extern "C"
 void AcpiOsVprintf (const char *fmt, va_list va)
-{ }
+{
+	if (formatted_log)
+		formatted_log->vprintf(fmt, va);
+}
 
+
+void AcpiOsPrintf (const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	AcpiOsVprintf(fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/target.mk b/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/target.mk
index 0db7d0f48c..51c6b05a8c 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/target.mk
+++ b/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/target.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 TARGET   := acpica
 SRC_CC   := os.cc printf.cc report.cc
 REQUIRES := x86
-LIBS     += base acpica
+LIBS     += base acpica format
 
 CC_CXX_WARN_STRICT =
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/util.h b/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/util.h
index a37d81f5e1..0d2200fbe3 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/util.h
+++ b/repos/libports/src/app/acpica/util.h
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@
 #ifndef _ACPICA__UTIL_H_
 #define _ACPICA__UTIL_H_
 
+#include <base/env.h>
+#include <os/reporter.h>
+
 extern "C" {
 #include "acpi.h"
 }
 
 
 namespace Acpica {
+
+	using namespace Genode;
+
 	template<typename> class Buffer;
 	template<typename> class Callback;
 
@@ -26,6 +32,8 @@ namespace Acpica {
 	void for_each_element(H const head, S *, F const &fn, FSIZE const &fn_size);
 
 	void generate_suspend_report(Genode::Reporter::Xml_generator &);
+
+	void init_printf(Env &);
 }
 
 template <typename T>