diff --git a/include/mbgl/util/logging.hpp b/include/mbgl/util/logging.hpp
index d072673e7..03db2d746 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/util/logging.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/util/logging.hpp
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ public:
 
 private:
     static void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const std::string &msg);
-    static void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char* format, ...);
-    static void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code);
+    static void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char* format = "", ...);
+    static void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code, const char* format = "", ...);
     static void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code, const std::string &msg);
 
     // This method is the data sink that must be implemented by each platform we
diff --git a/src/mbgl/util/logging.cpp b/src/mbgl/util/logging.cpp
index 0552eb36c..d322bd367 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/util/logging.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/util/logging.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,14 @@ void Log::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char* format, ...) {
     record(severity, event, -1, msg);
 }
 
-void Log::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code) {
-    record(severity, event, code, std::string());
+void Log::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code, const char* format, ...) {
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, format);
+    char msg[4096];
+    vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), format, args);
+    va_end(args);
+
+    record(severity, event, code, std::string{ msg });
 }
 
 void Log::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code, const std::string &msg) {