diff --git a/platform/ui.jcef/jcef/JBCefApp.java b/platform/ui.jcef/jcef/JBCefApp.java
index 9eb573f81e1d..c3faa9e016fa 100644
--- a/platform/ui.jcef/jcef/JBCefApp.java
+++ b/platform/ui.jcef/jcef/JBCefApp.java
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ public final class JBCefApp {
     }
     else {
       CefSettings settings = Cancellation.forceNonCancellableSectionInClassInitializer(() -> SettingsHelper.loadSettings(config));
+      final String logPath = SettingsHelper.getLogPath();
+      CefLog.init(logPath, settings.log_severity);
 
       JBCefHealthMonitor.getInstance().performHealthCheckAsync(settings, () -> {
         CefApp.startup(ArrayUtil.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
@@ -182,8 +184,8 @@ public final class JBCefApp {
         // Init verbose chromium logging to stderr via 'vmodule' (to decrease output size)
         args = ArrayUtil.mergeArrays(args, "--enable-logging=stderr", "--vmodule=statistics_recorder*=0", "--v=1");
       }
-      if (settings.log_severity != CefSettings.LogSeverity.LOGSEVERITY_DISABLE || settings.log_file != null)
-        LOG.info(String.format("JCEF logging: level=%s, file=%s", settings.log_severity, settings.log_file));
+      if (settings.log_severity != CefSettings.LogSeverity.LOGSEVERITY_DISABLE || settings.log_file != null || logPath != null)
+        LOG.info(String.format("JCEF logging: level=%s, file=%s, chromium_log=%s", settings.log_severity, logPath, settings.log_file));
 
       myCefArgs = args;
       CefApp.addAppHandler(new MyCefAppHandler(args, trackGPUCrashes.get()));
diff --git a/platform/ui.jcef/jcef/SettingsHelper.java b/platform/ui.jcef/jcef/SettingsHelper.java
index 747f2ba67d2d..e2b937e0deb3 100644
--- a/platform/ui.jcef/jcef/SettingsHelper.java
+++ b/platform/ui.jcef/jcef/SettingsHelper.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ final class SettingsHelper {
     CefSettings settings = config.getCefSettings();
     settings.windowless_rendering_enabled = isOffScreenRenderingModeEnabled();
     settings.log_severity = getLogLevel();
-    settings.log_file = getLogPath();
+    settings.log_file = getChromiumLogPath();
 
     //todo[tav] IDEA-260446 & IDEA-260344 However, without proper background the CEF component flashes white in dark themes
     //settings.background_color = settings.new ColorType(bg.getAlpha(), bg.getRed(), bg.getGreen(), bg.getBlue());
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ final class SettingsHelper {
       case "warning" -> CefSettings.LogSeverity.LOGSEVERITY_WARNING;
       case "error" -> CefSettings.LogSeverity.LOGSEVERITY_ERROR;
       case "fatal" -> CefSettings.LogSeverity.LOGSEVERITY_FATAL;
-      default -> CefSettings.LogSeverity.LOGSEVERITY_DEFAULT;
+      default -> CefSettings.LogSeverity.LOGSEVERITY_DISABLE;
     };
   }
 
@@ -257,7 +257,13 @@ final class SettingsHelper {
 
     final String def = PathManager.getLogPath() + Platform.current().fileSeparator + "jcef_" + ProcessHandle.current().pid() + ".log";
     final String result = Utils.getString("ide.browser.jcef.log.path", def).trim();
-    return result.isEmpty() || result.equals("null") ? null : result;
+    return result.isEmpty() || result.equals("null") || result.equals("stderr") ? null : result;
+  }
+
+  static String getChromiumLogPath() {
+    final String def = PathManager.getLogPath() + Platform.current().fileSeparator + "jcef_chromium_" + ProcessHandle.current().pid() + ".log";
+    final String result = Utils.getString("ide.browser.jcef.log_chromium.path", def).trim();
+    return result.isEmpty() || result.equals("null") || result.equals("stderr") ? null : result;
   }
 
   private static @Nullable String readLinuxDistributionFromOsRelease() {