diff --git a/observability/build.gradle b/observability/build.gradle
index 2b8f746dba..1a31962dff 100644
--- a/observability/build.gradle
+++ b/observability/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     id "java-library"
     id "maven-publish"
 
+    id "com.google.protobuf"
     id "ru.vyarus.animalsniffer"
 }
 
@@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ description = "gRPC: Observability"
 dependencies {
     api project(':grpc-api')
 
-    implementation libraries.guava
+    implementation libraries.guava,
+            project(':grpc-protobuf'),
+            project(':grpc-stub')
 
     testImplementation project(':grpc-testing'),
             project(':grpc-testing-proto'),
@@ -20,3 +23,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     signature "org.codehaus.mojo.signature:java18:1.0@signature"
 }
+
+configureProtoCompilation()
+
diff --git a/observability/src/main/java/io/grpc/observability/logging/LogRecordExtension.java b/observability/src/main/java/io/grpc/observability/logging/LogRecordExtension.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2ad612031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/observability/src/main/java/io/grpc/observability/logging/LogRecordExtension.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The gRPC Authors
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package io.grpc.observability.logging;
+
+import io.grpc.Internal;
+import io.grpc.observabilitylog.v1.GrpcLogRecord;
+import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
+
+/** An extension of java.util.logging.LogRecord which includes gRPC observability logging
+ * specific fields. */
+@Internal
+public final class LogRecordExtension extends LogRecord {
+  public final GrpcLogRecord grpcLogRecord;
+
+  public LogRecordExtension(GrpcLogRecord record) {
+    super(null, null);
+    this.grpcLogRecord = record;
+  }
+  
+  public GrpcLogRecord getGrpcLogRecord() {
+    return grpcLogRecord;
+  }
+
+  // Adding a serial version UID since base class i.e LogRecord is Serializable
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+}
diff --git a/observability/src/main/proto/grpc/observabilitylog/v1/observabilitylog.proto b/observability/src/main/proto/grpc/observabilitylog/v1/observabilitylog.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2e72329cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/observability/src/main/proto/grpc/observabilitylog/v1/observabilitylog.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The gRPC Authors
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package grpc.observabilitylog.v1;
+
+import "google/protobuf/duration.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
+
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+option java_package = "io.grpc.observabilitylog.v1";
+option java_outer_classname = "ObservabilityLogProto";
+
+message GrpcLogRecord {
+  // List of event types
+  enum EventType {
+    GRPC_CALL_UNKNOWN = 0;
+    // Header sent from client to server
+    GRPC_CALL_REQUEST_HEADER = 1;
+    // Header sent from server to client
+    GRPC_CALL_RESPONSE_HEADER = 2;
+    // Message sent from client to server
+    GRPC_CALL_REQUEST_MESSAGE = 3;
+    // Message sent from server to client
+    GRPC_CALL_RESPONSE_MESSAGE = 4;
+    // Trailer indicates the end of the gRPC call
+    GRPC_CALL_TRAILER = 5;
+    // A signal that client is done sending
+    GRPC_CALL_HALF_CLOSE = 6;
+    // A signal that the rpc is canceled
+    GRPC_CALL_CANCEL = 7;
+  }
+  // The entity that generates the log entry
+  enum EventLogger {
+    LOGGER_UNKNOWN = 0;
+    LOGGER_CLIENT = 1;
+    LOGGER_SERVER = 2;
+  }
+  // The log severity level of the log entry
+  enum LogLevel {
+    LOG_LEVEL_UNKNOWN = 0;
+    LOG_LEVEL_TRACE = 1;
+    LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG = 2;
+    LOG_LEVEL_INFO = 3;
+    LOG_LEVEL_WARN = 4;
+    LOG_LEVEL_ERROR = 5;
+    LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL = 6;
+  }
+
+  // The timestamp of the log event
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp timestamp = 1;
+
+  // Uniquely identifies a call. The value must not be 0 in order to disambiguate
+  // from an unset value.
+  // Each call may have several log entries. They will all have the same rpc_id.
+  // Nothing is guaranteed about their value other than they are unique across
+  // different RPCs in the same gRPC process.
+  uint64 rpc_id = 2;
+
+  EventType event_type = 3;      // one of the above EventType enum
+  EventLogger event_logger = 4;  // one of the above EventLogger enum
+
+  // the name of the service
+  string service_name = 5;
+  // the name of the RPC method
+  string method_name = 6;
+
+  LogLevel log_level = 7;        // one of the above LogLevel enum
+
+  // Peer address information. On client side, peer is logged on server
+  // header event or trailer event (if trailer-only). On server side, peer
+  // is always logged on the client header event.
+  Address peer_address = 8;
+
+  // the RPC timeout value
+  google.protobuf.Duration timeout = 11;
+
+  // A single process may be used to run multiple virtual servers with
+  // different identities.
+  // The authority is the name of such a server identify. It is typically a
+  // portion of the URI in the form of <host> or <host>:<port>.
+  string authority = 12;
+
+  // Size of the message or metadata, depending on the event type,
+  // regardless of whether the full message or metadata is being logged
+  // (i.e. could be truncated or omitted).
+  uint32 payload_size = 13;
+
+  // true if message or metadata field is either truncated or omitted due
+  // to config options
+  bool payload_truncated = 14;
+
+  // Used by header event or trailer event
+  Metadata metadata = 15;
+
+  // The entry sequence ID for this call. The first message has a value of 1,
+  // to disambiguate from an unset value. The purpose of this field is to
+  // detect missing entries in environments where durability or ordering is
+  // not guaranteed.
+  uint64 sequence_id = 16;
+
+  // Used by message event
+  bytes message = 17;
+
+  // The gRPC status code
+  uint32 status_code = 18;
+
+  // The gRPC status message
+  string status_message = 19;
+
+  // The value of the grpc-status-details-bin metadata key, if any.
+  // This is always an encoded google.rpc.Status message
+  bytes status_details = 20;
+
+  // Attributes of the environment generating log record. The purpose of this
+  // field is to identify the source environment.
+  EnvironmentTags env_tags = 21;
+
+  // A list of non-gRPC custom values specified by the application
+  repeated CustomTags custom_tags = 22;
+
+  // A list of metadata pairs
+  message Metadata {
+    repeated MetadataEntry entry = 1;
+  }
+
+  // One metadata key value pair
+  message MetadataEntry {
+    string key = 1;
+    bytes value = 2;
+  }
+
+  // Address information
+  message Address {
+    enum Type {
+      TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0;
+      TYPE_IPV4 = 1;  // in 1.2.3.4 form
+      TYPE_IPV6 = 2;  // IPv6 canonical form (RFC5952 section 4)
+      TYPE_UNIX = 3;  // UDS string
+    }
+    Type type = 1;
+    string address = 2;
+    // only for TYPE_IPV4 and TYPE_IPV6
+    uint32 ip_port = 3;
+  }
+
+  // Source Environment information
+  message EnvironmentTags {
+    string gcp_project_id = 1;
+    string gcp_numeric_project_id = 2;
+    string gce_instance_id = 3;
+    string gce_instance_hostname = 4;
+    string gce_instance_zone = 5;
+    string gke_cluster_uid = 6;
+    string gke_cluster_name = 7;
+    string gke_cluster_location = 8;
+  }
+
+  // Custom key value pair
+  message CustomTags {
+    string key = 1;
+    string value = 2;
+  }
+}