diff --git a/repos/libports/run/libc.run b/repos/libports/run/libc.run
index 4da25a64a9..d58e43b472 100644
--- a/repos/libports/run/libc.run
+++ b/repos/libports/run/libc.run
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ install_config {
 		<resource name="RAM" quantum="400M"/>
 		<config>
 			<vfs> <dir name="dev"> <log/> </dir> </vfs>
-			<libc stdout="/dev/log"/>
+			<libc stdout="/dev/log" stderr="/dev/log"/>
 		</config>
 	</start>
 </config>
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/test/libc/main.cc b/repos/libports/src/test/libc/main.cc
index 81a548213c..c52bcebd5b 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/test/libc/main.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/test/libc/main.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	printf("Does printf work?\n");
 	printf("We can find out by printing a floating-point number: %f. How does that work?\n", 1.2345);
 
+	fprintf(stdout, "stdout: ");
+	for (int x = 0; x < 10; ++x)
+		fprintf(stdout, "%d ", x);
+	fprintf(stdout, "\n");
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "stderr: ");
+	for (int x = 0; x < 10; ++x)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%d ", x);
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n\n");
 
 	enum { ROUNDS = 64, SIZE_LARGE = 2048 };
 
@@ -137,5 +146,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	perror("perror");
+
 	exit(error_count);
 }
diff --git a/repos/os/src/lib/vfs/log_file_system.h b/repos/os/src/lib/vfs/log_file_system.h
index 0fc1cd31d2..3e9eb18fc6 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/lib/vfs/log_file_system.h
+++ b/repos/os/src/lib/vfs/log_file_system.h
@@ -50,8 +50,32 @@ class Vfs::Log_file_system : public Single_file_system
 		{
 			private:
 
+				char _line_buf[Genode::Log_session::MAX_STRING_LEN];
+				int  _line_pos = 0;
+
 				Genode::Log_session &_log;
 
+				void _flush()
+				{
+					int strip = 0;
+					for (int i = _line_pos - 1; i > 0; --i) {
+						switch(_line_buf[i]) {
+						case '\n':
+						case '\t':
+						case ' ':
+							++strip;
+							--_line_pos;
+							continue;
+						}
+						break;
+					}
+
+					_line_buf[_line_pos > 0 ? _line_pos : 0] = '\0';
+
+					_log.write(_line_buf);
+					_line_pos = 0;
+				}
+
 			public:
 
 				Log_vfs_handle(Directory_service &ds,
@@ -61,6 +85,11 @@ class Vfs::Log_file_system : public Single_file_system
 				: Single_vfs_handle(ds, fs, alloc, 0),
 				  _log(log) { }
 
+				~Log_vfs_handle()
+				{
+					if (_line_pos > 0) _flush();
+				}
+
 				Read_result read(char *, file_size, file_size &out_count) override
 				{
 					out_count = 0;
@@ -74,11 +103,22 @@ class Vfs::Log_file_system : public Single_file_system
 
 					/* count does not include the trailing '\0' */
 					while (count > 0) {
-						char tmp[Genode::Log_session::MAX_STRING_LEN];
-						int const curr_count = min(count, sizeof(tmp) - 1);
-						memcpy(tmp, src, curr_count);
-						tmp[curr_count > 0 ? curr_count : 0] = 0;
-						_log.write(tmp);
+						int curr_count = min(count, ((sizeof(_line_buf) - 1) - _line_pos));
+
+						for (int i = 0; i < curr_count; ++i) {
+							if (src[i] == '\n') {
+								curr_count = i + 1;
+								break;
+							}
+						}
+
+						memcpy(_line_buf + _line_pos, src, curr_count);
+						_line_pos += curr_count;
+
+						if ((_line_pos == sizeof(_line_buf) - 1) ||
+						    (_line_buf[_line_pos - 1] == '\n'))
+							_flush();
+
 						count -= curr_count;
 						src   += curr_count;
 					}
@@ -86,7 +126,13 @@ class Vfs::Log_file_system : public Single_file_system
 					return WRITE_OK;
 				}
 
-				bool read_ready() { return false; }
+				bool read_ready() override { return false; }
+
+				void sync()
+				{
+					if (_line_pos > 0)
+						_flush();
+				}
 		};
 
 	public:
@@ -121,6 +167,12 @@ class Vfs::Log_file_system : public Single_file_system
 			catch (Genode::Out_of_ram)  { return OPEN_ERR_OUT_OF_RAM; }
 			catch (Genode::Out_of_caps) { return OPEN_ERR_OUT_OF_CAPS; }
 		}
+
+		Sync_result complete_sync(Vfs_handle *vfs_handle)
+		{
+			static_cast<Log_vfs_handle *>(vfs_handle)->sync();
+			return SYNC_OK;
+		}
 };
 
 #endif /* _INCLUDE__VFS__LOG_FILE_SYSTEM_H_ */