diff --git a/Classes/Log/Backend/GraylogBackend.php b/Classes/Log/Backend/GraylogBackend.php
index a252592..336f696 100644
--- a/Classes/Log/Backend/GraylogBackend.php
+++ b/Classes/Log/Backend/GraylogBackend.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
 use Neos\Flow\Log\Backend\AbstractBackend;
+use Neos\Flow\Log\SystemLoggerInterface;
 use Neos\Flow\ObjectManagement\DependencyInjection\DependencyProxy;
 use Yeebase\Graylog\GraylogService;
 
@@ -23,12 +24,23 @@ class GraylogBackend extends AbstractBackend
      */
     protected $graylogService;
 
+    /**
+     * @Flow\Inject
+     * @var SystemLoggerInterface
+     */
+    protected $systemLogger;
+
     /**
      * An array of severity labels, indexed by their integer constant
      * @var array
      */
     protected $severityLabels;
 
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $alsoLogWithSystemLogger;
+
     /**
      * This method will send a message to our graylog service
      *
@@ -60,6 +72,10 @@ public function append($message, $severity = LOG_INFO, $additionalData = null, $
             'severityLabel' => !is_null($severityLabel) ? $severityLabel : '',
         ];
         $this->getGraylogService()->logMessage($output, $messageContext, $severity);
+      
+              if ($this->alsoLogWithSystemLogger) {
+            $this->systemLogger->log($output, $severity, $additionalData, $packageKey, $className, $methodName);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -107,4 +123,12 @@ private function getGraylogService()
             return new GraylogService();
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param bool $alsoLogWithSystemLogger
+     */
+    public function setAlsoLogWithSystemLogger(bool $alsoLogWithSystemLogger)
+    {
+        $this->alsoLogWithSystemLogger = $alsoLogWithSystemLogger;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Configuration/Development/Settings.yaml b/Configuration/Development/Settings.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a5cffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Configuration/Development/Settings.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Yeebase:
+  Graylog:
+    Logger:
+      backendOptions:
+        alsoLogWithSystemLogger: true
diff --git a/Configuration/Settings.yaml b/Configuration/Settings.yaml
index 4f5a576..0f60f58 100644
--- a/Configuration/Settings.yaml
+++ b/Configuration/Settings.yaml
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ Yeebase:
       backend: Yeebase\Graylog\Log\Backend\GraylogBackend
       backendOptions:
         severityThreshold: '%LOG_INFO%'
-        logIpAddress: TRUE
+        logIpAddress: true
+        alsoLogWithSystemLogger: false
 
 ## Optional: Register GraylogExceptionHandler
 #Neos:
 #  Flow:
 #    error:
 #      exceptionHandler:
-#        className: 'Yeebase\Graylog\Error\GraylogExceptionHandler'
\ No newline at end of file
+#        className: 'Yeebase\Graylog\Error\GraylogExceptionHandler'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 735c6b1..b27ad32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,4 +88,15 @@ class SomeClass
     }
 }
 
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+By default messages will also be logged to the `SystemLoggerInterface` when Flow runs in `Development` context. You
+can enable or disable this function with a setting:
+
+```yaml
+Yeebase:
+  Graylog:
+    Logger:
+      backendOptions:
+        alsoLogWithSystemLogger: true
+```