diff --git a/samples/webview/webview.cpp b/samples/webview/webview.cpp
index f0aef9ab1c..0832a8445e 100644
--- a/samples/webview/webview.cpp
+++ b/samples/webview/webview.cpp
@@ -335,6 +335,24 @@ bool WebApp::OnInit()
         "<p><a href='memory:page1.htm'>Page 1</a> was better.</p></body>");
     wxMemoryFSHandler::AddFile("test.css", "h1 {color: red;}");
 
+    // Set log target which only logs debugging messages in the usual way: all
+    // the rest will be shown in wxLogWindow created by WebFrame.
+    class DebugOnlyLog : public wxLog
+    {
+    public:
+        DebugOnlyLog() = default;
+
+    protected:
+        void DoLogTextAtLevel(wxLogLevel level, const wxString& msg) override
+        {
+            // Ignore all non-debug/trace messages.
+            if ( level == wxLOG_Debug || level == wxLOG_Trace )
+                wxLog::DoLogTextAtLevel(level, msg);
+        }
+    };
+
+    delete wxLog::SetActiveTarget(new DebugOnlyLog);
+
     WebFrame *frame = new WebFrame(m_url);
     frame->Show();
 
@@ -412,7 +430,7 @@ WebFrame::WebFrame(const wxString& url, bool isMain, wxWebViewWindowFeatures* wi
 
     // Create a log window
     if (m_isMainFrame)
-        new wxLogWindow(this, _("Logging"), true, false);
+        new wxLogWindow(this, _("Logging"));
 
 #if wxUSE_WEBVIEW_EDGE
     // Check if a fixed version of edge is present in
diff --git a/src/common/webview_chromium.cpp b/src/common/webview_chromium.cpp
index 1372b8adab..51825cdec8 100644
--- a/src/common/webview_chromium.cpp
+++ b/src/common/webview_chromium.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ wxGCC_WARNING_RESTORE(unused-parameter)
 #error "Unsupported CEF version"
 #endif
 
+namespace
+{
+
+constexpr const char* TRACE_CEF = "cef";
+
+#define TRACE_CEF_FUNCTION() wxLogTrace(TRACE_CEF, "%s called", __FUNCTION__)
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
 extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_WEBVIEW_CHROMIUM(const char) wxWebViewBackendChromium[] = "wxWebViewChromium";
 
 int wxWebViewChromium::ms_activeWebViewCount = 0;
@@ -769,6 +778,8 @@ bool ClientHandler::OnBeforePopup(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> WXUNUSED(browser),
 
 void ClientHandler::OnAfterCreated(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser)
 {
+    TRACE_CEF_FUNCTION();
+
     if ( !m_browser.get() )
     {
         m_browser = browser;
@@ -779,11 +790,15 @@ void ClientHandler::OnAfterCreated(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser)
 }
 bool ClientHandler::DoClose(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> WXUNUSED(browser))
 {
+    TRACE_CEF_FUNCTION();
+
     return false;
 }
 
 void ClientHandler::OnBeforeClose(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser)
 {
+    TRACE_CEF_FUNCTION();
+
     if ( browser->GetIdentifier() == m_browserId )
     {
         m_browser = nullptr;