diff --git a/classes/phing/listener/MonologListener.php b/classes/phing/listener/MonologListener.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e266115fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/phing/listener/MonologListener.php
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals
+ * and is licensed under the LGPL. For more information please see
+ * <http://phing.info>.
+ */
+
+use Monolog\Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Listener which sends events to Monolog.
+ *
+ * @author  Siad Ardroumli <siad.ardroumli@gmail.com>
+ * @package phing.listener
+ */
+class MonologListener implements BuildListener
+{
+    /**
+     * log category we log into
+     */
+    public const LOG_PHING = 'phing';
+
+    /**
+     * @var Logger
+     */
+    private $log;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct the listener
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->log = new Logger(self::LOG_PHING);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see BuildListener#buildStarted
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    public function buildStarted(BuildEvent $event)
+    {
+        $log = $this->log->withName(Project::class);
+        $log->info('Build started.');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see BuildListener#buildFinished
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    public function buildFinished(BuildEvent $event)
+    {
+        $log = $this->log->withName(Project::class);
+        if ($event->getException() === null) {
+            $log->info('Build finished.');
+        } else {
+            $log->error('Build finished with error. ' . $event->getException());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see BuildListener#targetStarted
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    public function targetStarted(BuildEvent $event)
+    {
+        $log = $this->log->withName(Target::class);
+        $log->info("Target \"{$event->getTarget()->getName()}\" started.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see BuildListener#targetFinished
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    public function targetFinished(BuildEvent $event)
+    {
+        $targetName = $event->getTarget()->getName();
+        $cat = $this->log->withName(Target::class);
+        if ($event->getException() === null) {
+            $cat->info("Target \"{$targetName}\" finished.");
+        } else {
+            $cat->error("Target \"{$targetName}\" finished with error. " . $event->getException());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see BuildListener#taskStarted
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    public function taskStarted(BuildEvent $event)
+    {
+        $task = $event->getTask();
+        $log = $this->log->withName(get_class($task));
+        $log->info("Task \"{$task->getTaskName()}\" started.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see BuildListener#taskFinished
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    public function taskFinished(BuildEvent $event)
+    {
+        $task = $event->getTask();
+        $log = $this->log->withName(get_class($task));
+        if ($event->getException() === null) {
+            $log->info("Task \"{$task->getTaskName()}\" finished.");
+        } else {
+            $log->error("Task \"{$task->getTaskName()}\" finished with error. {$event->getException()}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see BuildListener#messageLogged
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    public function messageLogged(BuildEvent $event)
+    {
+        $categoryObject = $event->getTask();
+        if ($categoryObject === null) {
+            $categoryObject = $event->getTarget();
+            if ($categoryObject === null) {
+                $categoryObject = $event->getProject();
+            }
+        }
+
+        $log = $this->log->withName(get_class($categoryObject));
+        switch ($event->getPriority()) {
+            case Project::MSG_WARN:
+                $log->warn($event->getMessage());
+                break;
+            case Project::MSG_INFO:
+                $log->info($event->getMessage());
+                break;
+            case Project::MSG_VERBOSE:
+            case Project::MSG_DEBUG:
+                $log->debug($event->getMessage());
+                break;
+            default:
+                $log->error($event->getMessage());
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 14bee17f02..c698595d8f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^2.9 || ^3.5",
         "symfony/stopwatch": "~2.8 || ^3.1 || ^4.0 || ^5.0",
         "tedivm/jshrink": "^1.3",
-        "symfony/dependency-injection": "^2.8.50 || ^3.4.26 || ~4.1.12 || >4.2.7 <6.0.0"
+        "symfony/dependency-injection": "^2.8.50 || ^3.4.26 || ~4.1.12 || >4.2.7 <6.0.0",
+        "monolog/monolog": "^1.25 || ^2.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "classmap": [
@@ -95,7 +96,8 @@
         "symfony/stopwatch": "Needed by the StopwatchTask",
         "aws/aws-sdk-php": "AWS SDK used by S3*Tasks",
         "scssphp/scssphp": "A compiler for SCSS written in PHP, used by SassTask",
-        "jawira/plantuml-encoding": "Required by VisualizerTask"
+        "jawira/plantuml-encoding": "Required by VisualizerTask",
+        "monolog/monolog": "Required by the MonologListener"
     },
     "prefer-stable": true
 }
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 70ba1ace9e..55b043eaa6 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "3deee308cf1edebc981b374e3a69e1c7",
+    "content-hash": "03bc5cf1b8ea71f3f185a506e0783998",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "mehr-als-nix/parallel",
@@ -368,16 +368,16 @@
     "packages-dev": [
         {
             "name": "aws/aws-sdk-php",
-            "version": "3.123.0",
+            "version": "3.128.3",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-php.git",
-                "reference": "3bf671629a3b2a5a5694f8dfee15686e586b33b6"
+                "reference": "9e46eae4974542b8e3e6107de857668b6968081d"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/aws/aws-sdk-php/zipball/3bf671629a3b2a5a5694f8dfee15686e586b33b6",
-                "reference": "3bf671629a3b2a5a5694f8dfee15686e586b33b6",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/aws/aws-sdk-php/zipball/9e46eae4974542b8e3e6107de857668b6968081d",
+                "reference": "9e46eae4974542b8e3e6107de857668b6968081d",
                 "shasum": ""
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             "require": {
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@
                 "nette/neon": "^2.3",
                 "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8.35|^5.4.3",
                 "psr/cache": "^1.0",
-                "psr/simple-cache": "^1.0"
+                "psr/simple-cache": "^1.0",
+                "sebastian/comparator": "^1.2.3"
             },
             "suggest": {
                 "aws/aws-php-sns-message-validator": "To validate incoming SNS notifications",
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@
                 "s3",
                 "sdk"
             ],
-            "time": "2019-11-26T19:08:40+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-12-11T19:13:12+00:00"
         },
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             "name": "cilex/cilex",
@@ -831,16 +832,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "guzzlehttp/guzzle",
-            "version": "6.4.1",
+            "version": "6.5.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/guzzle/guzzle.git",
-                "reference": "0895c932405407fd3a7368b6910c09a24d26db11"
+                "reference": "dbc2bc3a293ed6b1ae08a3651e2bfd213d19b6a5"
             },
             "dist": {
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-                "reference": "0895c932405407fd3a7368b6910c09a24d26db11",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/guzzle/guzzle/zipball/dbc2bc3a293ed6b1ae08a3651e2bfd213d19b6a5",
+                "reference": "dbc2bc3a293ed6b1ae08a3651e2bfd213d19b6a5",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -855,12 +856,13 @@
                 "psr/log": "^1.1"
             },
             "suggest": {
+                "ext-intl": "Required for Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) support",
                 "psr/log": "Required for using the Log middleware"
             },
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
                 "branch-alias": {
-                    "dev-master": "6.3-dev"
+                    "dev-master": "6.5-dev"
                 }
             },
             "autoload": {
@@ -893,7 +895,7 @@
                 "rest",
                 "web service"
             ],
-            "time": "2019-10-23T15:58:00+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-12-07T18:20:45+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "guzzlehttp/promises",
@@ -1776,16 +1778,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "pear/archive_tar",
-            "version": "1.4.8",
+            "version": "1.4.9",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar.git",
-                "reference": "442bdffb7edb84c898cfd94f7ac8500e49d5bbb5"
+                "reference": "c5b00053770e1d72128252c62c2c1a12c26639f0"
             },
             "dist": {
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-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pear/Archive_Tar/zipball/442bdffb7edb84c898cfd94f7ac8500e49d5bbb5",
-                "reference": "442bdffb7edb84c898cfd94f7ac8500e49d5bbb5",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pear/Archive_Tar/zipball/c5b00053770e1d72128252c62c2c1a12c26639f0",
+                "reference": "c5b00053770e1d72128252c62c2c1a12c26639f0",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1838,7 +1840,7 @@
                 "archive",
                 "tar"
             ],
-            "time": "2019-10-21T13:31:24+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-12-04T10:17:28+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "pear/console_getopt",
@@ -2109,16 +2111,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "pear/pear_exception",
-            "version": "v1.0.0",
+            "version": "v1.0.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/pear/PEAR_Exception.git",
-                "reference": "8c18719fdae000b690e3912be401c76e406dd13b"
+                "reference": "dbb42a5a0e45f3adcf99babfb2a1ba77b8ac36a7"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pear/PEAR_Exception/zipball/8c18719fdae000b690e3912be401c76e406dd13b",
-                "reference": "8c18719fdae000b690e3912be401c76e406dd13b",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pear/PEAR_Exception/zipball/dbb42a5a0e45f3adcf99babfb2a1ba77b8ac36a7",
+                "reference": "dbb42a5a0e45f3adcf99babfb2a1ba77b8ac36a7",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -2134,9 +2136,9 @@
                 }
             },
             "autoload": {
-                "psr-0": {
-                    "PEAR": ""
-                }
+                "classmap": [
+                    "PEAR/"
+                ]
             },
             "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
             "include-path": [
@@ -2160,7 +2162,7 @@
             "keywords": [
                 "exception"
             ],
-            "time": "2015-02-10T20:07:52+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-12-10T10:24:42+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "pear/versioncontrol_git",
@@ -2800,16 +2802,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "phpoption/phpoption",
-            "version": "1.6.0",
+            "version": "1.6.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/schmittjoh/php-option.git",
-                "reference": "f4e7a6a1382183412246f0d361078c29fb85089e"
+                "reference": "a8593bf5176bf3d3f2966942c530be19b44ec87c"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/schmittjoh/php-option/zipball/f4e7a6a1382183412246f0d361078c29fb85089e",
-                "reference": "f4e7a6a1382183412246f0d361078c29fb85089e",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/schmittjoh/php-option/zipball/a8593bf5176bf3d3f2966942c530be19b44ec87c",
+                "reference": "a8593bf5176bf3d3f2966942c530be19b44ec87c",
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             },
             "require": {
@@ -2850,7 +2852,7 @@
                 "php",
                 "type"
             ],
-            "time": "2019-11-30T20:20:49+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-12-11T13:45:14+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpspec/prophecy",
@@ -3169,16 +3171,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "phpunit/phpunit",
-            "version": "7.5.17",
+            "version": "7.5.18",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit.git",
-                "reference": "4c92a15296e58191a4cd74cff3b34fc8e374174a"
+                "reference": "fcf6c4bfafaadc07785528b06385cce88935474d"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/zipball/4c92a15296e58191a4cd74cff3b34fc8e374174a",
-                "reference": "4c92a15296e58191a4cd74cff3b34fc8e374174a",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/zipball/fcf6c4bfafaadc07785528b06385cce88935474d",
+                "reference": "fcf6c4bfafaadc07785528b06385cce88935474d",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -3249,7 +3251,7 @@
                 "testing",
                 "xunit"
             ],
-            "time": "2019-10-28T10:37:36+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-12-06T05:14:37+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "pimple/pimple",
@@ -4303,16 +4305,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "squizlabs/php_codesniffer",
-            "version": "3.5.2",
+            "version": "3.5.3",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer.git",
-                "reference": "65b12cdeaaa6cd276d4c3033a95b9b88b12701e7"
+                "reference": "557a1fc7ac702c66b0bbfe16ab3d55839ef724cb"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/65b12cdeaaa6cd276d4c3033a95b9b88b12701e7",
-                "reference": "65b12cdeaaa6cd276d4c3033a95b9b88b12701e7",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/557a1fc7ac702c66b0bbfe16ab3d55839ef724cb",
+                "reference": "557a1fc7ac702c66b0bbfe16ab3d55839ef724cb",
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             },
             "require": {
@@ -4350,7 +4352,7 @@
                 "phpcs",
                 "standards"
             ],
-            "time": "2019-10-28T04:36:32+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-12-04T04:46:47+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/config",
@@ -5434,20 +5436,19 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "zendframework/zend-i18n",
-            "version": "2.10.0",
+            "version": "2.9.2",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/zendframework/zend-i18n.git",
-                "reference": "561a815ce32c86b0f1de11135477e637926d56b6"
+                "reference": "e17a54b3aee333ab156958f570cde630acee8b07"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/zendframework/zend-i18n/zipball/561a815ce32c86b0f1de11135477e637926d56b6",
-                "reference": "561a815ce32c86b0f1de11135477e637926d56b6",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/zendframework/zend-i18n/zipball/e17a54b3aee333ab156958f570cde630acee8b07",
+                "reference": "e17a54b3aee333ab156958f570cde630acee8b07",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
-                "ext-intl": "*",
                 "php": "^5.6 || ^7.0",
                 "zendframework/zend-stdlib": "^2.7 || ^3.0"
             },
@@ -5463,6 +5464,7 @@
                 "zendframework/zend-view": "^2.6.3"
             },
             "suggest": {
+                "ext-intl": "Required for most features of Zend\\I18n; included in default builds of PHP",
                 "zendframework/zend-cache": "Zend\\Cache component",
                 "zendframework/zend-config": "Zend\\Config component",
                 "zendframework/zend-eventmanager": "You should install this package to use the events in the translator",
@@ -5475,8 +5477,8 @@
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
                 "branch-alias": {
-                    "dev-master": "2.10.x-dev",
-                    "dev-develop": "2.11.x-dev"
+                    "dev-master": "2.9.x-dev",
+                    "dev-develop": "2.10.x-dev"
                 },
                 "zf": {
                     "component": "Zend\\I18n",
@@ -5498,7 +5500,7 @@
                 "i18n",
                 "zf"
             ],
-            "time": "2019-11-18T20:31:29+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-09-30T12:04:37+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "zendframework/zend-json",
diff --git a/docs/guide/en/source/appendixes/coreloggers.xml b/docs/guide/en/source/appendixes/coreloggers.xml
index 196d584588..3fc9dcbe5f 100644
--- a/docs/guide/en/source/appendixes/coreloggers.xml
+++ b/docs/guide/en/source/appendixes/coreloggers.xml
@@ -251,4 +251,9 @@ AnsiColorLogger.DEBUG_COLOR=01;34</programlisting>
         <para>A logger which logs nothing but build failure and what task might output.</para>
     </sect1>
 
+    <sect1 role="loggerdef" xml:id="MonologListener">
+        <title>MonologListener</title>
+        <para>Listener which sends events to Monolog.</para>
+    </sect1>
+
 </appendix>
diff --git a/test/classes/phing/listener/MonologListenerTest.php b/test/classes/phing/listener/MonologListenerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c16251912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/classes/phing/listener/MonologListenerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals
+ * and is licensed under the LGPL. For more information please see
+ * <http://phing.info>.
+ */
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class MonologListenerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function buildStarted()
+    {
+        $listener = new MonologListener();
+        $this->assertNull($listener->buildStarted(new BuildEvent(new Project())));
+    }
+}