diff --git a/osu.Framework/Game.cs b/osu.Framework/Game.cs
index 1f7a8e827..30d048699 100644
--- a/osu.Framework/Game.cs
+++ b/osu.Framework/Game.cs
@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ namespace osu.Framework
 
         protected sealed override void AddInternal(Drawable drawable) => throw new InvalidOperationException($"Use {nameof(Add)} or {nameof(Content)} instead.");
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The earliest point of entry during <see cref="GameHost.Run"/> starting execution of a game.
+        /// This should be used to set up any low level tasks such as exception handling.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// At this point in execution, only <see cref="GameHost.Storage"/> and <see cref="GameHost.CacheStorage"/> are guaranteed to be valid for use.
+        /// They are provided as <paramref name="gameStorage"/> and <paramref name="cacheStorage"/> respectively for convenience.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <param name="gameStorage">The default game storage.</param>
+        /// <param name="cacheStorage">The default cache storage.</param>
+        public virtual void SetupLogging(Storage gameStorage, Storage cacheStorage)
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// As Load is run post host creation, you can override this method to alter properties of the host before it makes itself visible to the user.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Framework/Platform/GameHost.cs b/osu.Framework/Platform/GameHost.cs
index 85b83b988..3d159dc63 100644
--- a/osu.Framework/Platform/GameHost.cs
+++ b/osu.Framework/Platform/GameHost.cs
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ namespace osu.Framework.Platform
                 CacheStorage = GetDefaultGameStorage().GetStorageForDirectory("cache");
 
                 SetupForRun();
+                game.SetupLogging(Storage, CacheStorage);
 
                 populateInputHandlers();