diff --git a/docs/man_pages/project/testing/run-ios.md b/docs/man_pages/project/testing/run-ios.md
index 43259fe40f..c808c8f0e0 100644
--- a/docs/man_pages/project/testing/run-ios.md
+++ b/docs/man_pages/project/testing/run-ios.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Start an emulator with specified device identifier and sdk | `$ ns run ios [--de
 * `--emulator` - If set, runs the app in all available and configured ios simulators. It will start a simulator if none are already running.
 * `--sdk` - Specifies the target simulator's sdk.
 * `--justlaunch` - If set, does not print the application output in the console.
-* `--log <Level>` - Also controls how much of the application output is printed. By default only its JavaScript output is shown. `debug` adds everything else the app logs - its native code and the system frameworks it uses, like Xcode's console - and `trace` adds debug level entries as well.
+* `--log <Level>` - Also controls how much of the application output is printed. By default only its JavaScript output is shown. `debug` adds everything else the app logs - its native code, `print()` output and the system frameworks it uses, like Xcode's console - and `trace` adds debug level entries as well.
 * `--clean` - If set, forces the complete rebuild of the native application.
 * `--no-watch` - If set, changes in your code will not be reflected during the execution of this command.
 * `--release` - If set, produces a release build by running webpack in production mode and native build in release mode. Otherwise, produces a debug build.
diff --git a/lib/common/definitions/mobile.d.ts b/lib/common/definitions/mobile.d.ts
index 32a4bb7f4c..12e8de36a6 100644
--- a/lib/common/definitions/mobile.d.ts
+++ b/lib/common/definitions/mobile.d.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ declare global {
 			image: string;
 			level: string;
 			message: string;
+			subsystem?: string;
+			category?: string;
 		}
 
 		interface IiOSLogStreamOptions {
diff --git a/lib/common/mobile/ios/ios-log-entry.ts b/lib/common/mobile/ios/ios-log-entry.ts
index 0d1121fe52..7c1ff130e8 100644
--- a/lib/common/mobile/ios/ios-log-entry.ts
+++ b/lib/common/mobile/ios/ios-log-entry.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ export function isIOSRuntimeLogEntry(entry: Mobile.IiOSLogEntry): boolean {
 	return path.basename(entry.image || "") === "NativeScript";
 }
 
+// The runtime forwards the app's stdout and stderr under this subsystem, when
+// the CLI asks for it through the forwardStdio key of the app's package.json.
+const STDIO_SUBSYSTEM = "org.nativescript.stdio";
+
 // Logged by the runtime itself on every launch, not by the app.
 const RUNTIME_NOISE = ["NativeScript loaded bundle"];
 
@@ -57,6 +61,10 @@ export function getIOSLogEntryText(
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	if (entry.subsystem === STDIO_SUBSYSTEM) {
+		return options.includeNative ? `${entry.category}: ${entry.message}` : null;
+	}
+
 	const imageName = path.basename(entry.image || "");
 	if (isIOSRuntimeLogEntry(entry)) {
 		return RUNTIME_NOISE.some((noise) => entry.message.includes(noise))
@@ -78,7 +86,7 @@ export function getIOSLogEntryText(
 // asks for it, through the logChunkMarkers key of the app's package.json.
 const CHUNK_JOIN_MARKER = "\u2060";
 const CHUNK_LINE_MARKER = "\u2061";
-const CONSOLE_PREFIX = /^CONSOLE [A-Z]+: /;
+const REPEATED_PREFIX = /^(?:CONSOLE [A-Z]+|stdout|stderr): /;
 
 // Long enough to ride out a backlog of chunks, while the rest of a message that
 // never arrives, because the app crashed, still gets printed.
@@ -109,7 +117,7 @@ export class IOSLogChunkStitcher {
 
 		const message = this.pending.get(key) ?? {
 			text: "",
-			prefix: chunk.match(CONSOLE_PREFIX)?.[0] ?? "",
+			prefix: chunk.match(REPEATED_PREFIX)?.[0] ?? "",
 			separator: "",
 			timer: null,
 		};
diff --git a/lib/common/mobile/ios/simulator/ios-simulator-log-provider.ts b/lib/common/mobile/ios/simulator/ios-simulator-log-provider.ts
index e560adf789..cb1e1e48f0 100644
--- a/lib/common/mobile/ios/simulator/ios-simulator-log-provider.ts
+++ b/lib/common/mobile/ios/simulator/ios-simulator-log-provider.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ export class IOSSimulatorLogProvider
 				image: event.senderImagePath,
 				level: (event.messageType || "").toLowerCase(),
 				message: event.eventMessage,
+				subsystem: event.subsystem,
+				category: event.category,
 			},
 			this.$devicePlatformsConstants.iOS,
 			deviceId,
diff --git a/lib/common/test/unit-tests/mobile/ios-log-entry.ts b/lib/common/test/unit-tests/mobile/ios-log-entry.ts
index e8c8cc4a2e..febf7271e0 100644
--- a/lib/common/test/unit-tests/mobile/ios-log-entry.ts
+++ b/lib/common/test/unit-tests/mobile/ios-log-entry.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,31 @@ describe("getIOSLogEntryText", () => {
 	});
 });
 
+describe("getIOSLogEntryText for forwarded stdio", () => {
+	const entry = {
+		process: "/var/containers/Bundle/Application/X/app.app/app",
+		image: "/private/Frameworks/NativeScript.framework/NativeScript",
+		level: "default",
+		message: "printed",
+		subsystem: "org.nativescript.stdio",
+		category: "stdout",
+	};
+
+	it("is hidden by default, unlike the runtime's console output", () => {
+		assert.isNull(getIOSLogEntryText(entry, { processName: "app" }));
+	});
+
+	it("is labeled with its stream along with native output", () => {
+		assert.equal(
+			getIOSLogEntryText(
+				{ ...entry, category: "stderr" },
+				{ processName: "app", includeNative: true },
+			),
+			"stderr: printed",
+		);
+	});
+});
+
 describe("getIOSLogScope", () => {
 	it("maps the CLI log level to the app logs that are shown", () => {
 		assert.deepEqual(getIOSLogScope("INFO", false), {
@@ -159,6 +184,11 @@ describe("IOSLogChunkStitcher", () => {
 	});
 
 	it("restores the line break a chunk was cut at", () => {
+		add(`stdout: one${JOIN}`);
+		add("stdout: two");
+		assert.deepEqual(messages, ["stdout: onetwo"]);
+		messages.length = 0;
+
 		add(`CONSOLE ERROR: first${LINE}`);
 		add("CONSOLE ERROR: second");
 		assert.deepEqual(messages, ["CONSOLE ERROR: first\nsecond"]);
diff --git a/lib/controllers/prepare-controller.ts b/lib/controllers/prepare-controller.ts
index f70795f49b..dcee53d1f4 100644
--- a/lib/controllers/prepare-controller.ts
+++ b/lib/controllers/prepare-controller.ts
@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ export class PrepareController
 			}
 			if (prepareData && !prepareData.release) {
 				packageData.logChunkMarkers = true;
+				packageData.forwardStdio = true;
 			}
 			if (packageData.ios && packageData.ios.discardUncaughtJsExceptions) {
 				packageData.discardUncaughtJsExceptions =
diff --git a/test/controllers/prepare-controller.ts b/test/controllers/prepare-controller.ts
index 336db5e766..19ed116e4b 100644
--- a/test/controllers/prepare-controller.ts
+++ b/test/controllers/prepare-controller.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ describe("prepareController", () => {
 		it("asks for log chunk markers in iOS debug builds only", async () => {
 			assert.isTrue((await writePackageJson("ios", false)).logChunkMarkers);
 			assert.isUndefined((await writePackageJson("ios", true)).logChunkMarkers);
+			assert.isTrue((await writePackageJson("ios", false)).forwardStdio);
+			assert.isUndefined((await writePackageJson("ios", true)).forwardStdio);
 			assert.isUndefined(
 				(await writePackageJson("android", false)).logChunkMarkers,
 			);