diff --git a/core/java/android/util/Log.java b/core/java/android/util/Log.java
index 8358b9a..1dd9d46 100644
--- a/core/java/android/util/Log.java
+++ b/core/java/android/util/Log.java
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@
 @android.ravenwood.annotation.RavenwoodClassLoadHook(
         "com.android.platform.test.ravenwood.runtimehelper.ClassLoadHook.onClassLoaded")
 // Uncomment the following annotation to switch to the Java substitution version.
-//@android.ravenwood.annotation.RavenwoodNativeSubstitutionClass(
-//        "com.android.platform.test.ravenwood.nativesubstitution.Log_host")
+@android.ravenwood.annotation.RavenwoodRedirectionClass("Log_host")
 public final class Log {
     /** @hide */
     @IntDef({ASSERT, ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, VERBOSE})
@@ -250,6 +249,7 @@
      *         tag limit of concern after this API level.
      */
     @FastNative
+    @android.ravenwood.annotation.RavenwoodRedirect
     public static native boolean isLoggable(@Nullable String tag, @Level int level);
 
     /**
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@
      * @hide
      */
     @UnsupportedAppUsage
+    @android.ravenwood.annotation.RavenwoodRedirect
     public static native int println_native(int bufID, int priority, String tag, String msg);
 
     /**
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@
      * Return the maximum payload the log daemon accepts without truncation.
      * @return LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD.
      */
+    @android.ravenwood.annotation.RavenwoodRedirect
     private static native int logger_entry_max_payload_native();
 
     /**
diff --git a/ravenwood/Android.bp b/ravenwood/Android.bp
index b3f78ab..4731cfb 100644
--- a/ravenwood/Android.bp
+++ b/ravenwood/Android.bp
@@ -279,6 +279,15 @@
     shared_libs: [
         "liblog",
     ],
+    visibility: ["//visibility:private"],
+}
+
+cc_library_host_shared {
+    name: "libravenwood_initializer",
+    defaults: ["ravenwood_jni_defaults"],
+    srcs: [
+        "runtime-jni/ravenwood_initializer.cpp",
+    ],
 }
 
 // We need this as a separate library because we need to overload the
@@ -301,7 +310,6 @@
         "libutils",
         "libcutils",
     ],
-    visibility: ["//frameworks/base"],
 }
 
 // For collecting the *stats.csv files in a known directory under out/host/linux-x86/testcases/.
@@ -659,6 +667,7 @@
     ],
     jni_libs: [
         // Libraries has to be loaded in the following order
+        "libravenwood_initializer",
         "libravenwood_sysprop",
         "libravenwood_runtime",
         "libandroid_runtime",
diff --git a/ravenwood/junit-impl-src/android/platform/test/ravenwood/RavenwoodNativeLoader.java b/ravenwood/junit-impl-src/android/platform/test/ravenwood/RavenwoodNativeLoader.java
index d29b93c..a208d6d 100644
--- a/ravenwood/junit-impl-src/android/platform/test/ravenwood/RavenwoodNativeLoader.java
+++ b/ravenwood/junit-impl-src/android/platform/test/ravenwood/RavenwoodNativeLoader.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
      * See frameworks/base/core/jni/platform/host/HostRuntime.cpp
      */
     private static final Class<?>[] sLibandroidClasses = {
-            android.util.Log.class,
+//            android.util.Log.class, // Not using native log: b/377377826
             android.os.Parcel.class,
             android.os.Binder.class,
             android.os.SystemProperties.class,
diff --git a/ravenwood/junit-impl-src/android/platform/test/ravenwood/RavenwoodRuntimeEnvironmentController.java b/ravenwood/junit-impl-src/android/platform/test/ravenwood/RavenwoodRuntimeEnvironmentController.java
index 28c262d..e227018 100644
--- a/ravenwood/junit-impl-src/android/platform/test/ravenwood/RavenwoodRuntimeEnvironmentController.java
+++ b/ravenwood/junit-impl-src/android/platform/test/ravenwood/RavenwoodRuntimeEnvironmentController.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     }
 
     private static final String MAIN_THREAD_NAME = "RavenwoodMain";
+    private static final String LIBRAVENWOOD_INITIALIZER_NAME = "ravenwood_initializer";
     private static final String RAVENWOOD_NATIVE_SYSPROP_NAME = "ravenwood_sysprop";
     private static final String RAVENWOOD_NATIVE_RUNTIME_NAME = "ravenwood_runtime";
     private static final String RAVENWOOD_BUILD_PROP =
@@ -152,10 +153,13 @@
         }
         sInitialized = true;
 
+        // Some process-wide initialization. (maybe redirect stdout/stderr)
+        RavenwoodCommonUtils.loadJniLibrary(LIBRAVENWOOD_INITIALIZER_NAME);
+
         // We haven't initialized liblog yet, so directly write to System.out here.
         RavenwoodCommonUtils.log(TAG, "globalInit()");
 
-        // Load libravenwood_sysprop first
+        // Load libravenwood_sysprop before other libraries that may use SystemProperties.
         var libProp = RavenwoodCommonUtils.getJniLibraryPath(RAVENWOOD_NATIVE_SYSPROP_NAME);
         System.load(libProp);
         RavenwoodRuntimeNative.reloadNativeLibrary(libProp);
diff --git a/ravenwood/runtime-jni/ravenwood_initializer.cpp b/ravenwood/runtime-jni/ravenwood_initializer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89fb7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ravenwood/runtime-jni/ravenwood_initializer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+ /*
+  * This file is compiled into a single SO file, which we load at the very first.
+  * We can do process-wide initialization here.
+  */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "jni_helper.h"
+
+static void maybeRedirectLog() {
+    auto ravenwoodLogOut = getenv("RAVENWOOD_LOG_OUT");
+    if (ravenwoodLogOut == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+    ALOGI("RAVENWOOD_LOG_OUT set. Redirecting output to %s", ravenwoodLogOut);
+
+    // Redirect stdin / stdout to /dev/tty.
+    int ttyFd = open(ravenwoodLogOut, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND);
+    if (ttyFd == -1) {
+        ALOGW("$RAVENWOOD_LOG_OUT is set to %s, but failed to open: %s ", ravenwoodLogOut,
+                strerror(errno));
+        return;
+    }
+    dup2(ttyFd, 1);
+    dup2(ttyFd, 2);
+}
+
+extern "C" jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* /* reserved */) {
+    ALOGI("%s: JNI_OnLoad", __FILE__);
+
+    maybeRedirectLog();
+    return JNI_VERSION_1_4;
+}
diff --git a/ravenwood/runtime-jni/ravenwood_runtime.cpp b/ravenwood/runtime-jni/ravenwood_runtime.cpp
index 5b75e98..c1993f6 100644
--- a/ravenwood/runtime-jni/ravenwood_runtime.cpp
+++ b/ravenwood/runtime-jni/ravenwood_runtime.cpp
@@ -180,24 +180,6 @@
     return syscall(__NR_gettid);
 }
 
-static void maybeRedirectLog() {
-    auto ravenwoodLogOut = getenv("RAVENWOOD_LOG_OUT");
-    if (ravenwoodLogOut == NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-    ALOGI("RAVENWOOD_LOG_OUT set. Redirecting output to %s", ravenwoodLogOut);
-
-    // Redirect stdin / stdout to /dev/tty.
-    int ttyFd = open(ravenwoodLogOut, O_WRONLY);
-    if (ttyFd == -1) {
-        ALOGW("$RAVENWOOD_LOG_OUT is set to %s, but failed to open: %s ", ravenwoodLogOut,
-                strerror(errno));
-        return;
-    }
-    dup2(ttyFd, 1);
-    dup2(ttyFd, 2);
-}
-
 // ---- Registration ----
 
 extern void register_android_system_OsConstants(JNIEnv* env);
@@ -218,8 +200,6 @@
 };
 
 extern "C" jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* /* reserved */) {
-    maybeRedirectLog();
-
     ALOGI("%s: JNI_OnLoad", __FILE__);
 
     JNIEnv* env = GetJNIEnvOrDie(vm);