diff --git a/rcl/CMakeLists.txt b/rcl/CMakeLists.txt
index 06a6c6e45..1f659dfc0 100644
--- a/rcl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rcl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ set(${PROJECT_NAME}_sources
   src/rcl/init_options.c
   src/rcl/lexer.c
   src/rcl/lexer_lookahead.c
+  src/rcl/logging_rosout.c
   src/rcl/logging.c
   src/rcl/node.c
   src/rcl/publisher.c
diff --git a/rcl/include/rcl/logging.h b/rcl/include/rcl/logging.h
index e648d5e18..c73f64211 100644
--- a/rcl/include/rcl/logging.h
+++ b/rcl/include/rcl/logging.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ extern "C"
  * Lock-Free          | Yes
  *
  * \param global_args The global arguments for the system
+ * \param allocator Used to allocate memory used by the logging system
  * \return `RCL_RET_OK` if successful, or
  * \return `RCL_RET_BAD_ALLOC` if allocating memory failed, or
  * \return `RCL_RET_ERR` if a general error occurs
diff --git a/rcl/include/rcl/logging_rosout.h b/rcl/include/rcl/logging_rosout.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f702f0a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rcl/include/rcl/logging_rosout.h
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2019 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
+//
+// 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.
+
+#ifndef RCL__LOGGING_ROSOUT_H_
+#define RCL__LOGGING_ROSOUT_H_
+
+#include "rcl/allocator.h"
+#include "rcl/error_handling.h"
+#include "rcl/node.h"
+#include "rcl/types.h"
+#include "rcl/visibility_control.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+/// Initializes the rcl_logging_rosout features
+/**
+ * Calling this will initialize the rcl_logging_rosout features. This function must be called
+ * before any other rcl_logging_rosout_* functions can be called.
+ *
+ * <hr>
+ * Attribute          | Adherence
+ * ------------------ | -------------
+ * Allocates Memory   | Yes
+ * Thread-Safe        | No
+ * Uses Atomics       | No
+ * Lock-Free          | Yes
+ *
+ * \param[in] allocator The allocator used for metadata related to the rcl_logging_rosout features
+ * \return `RCL_RET_OK` if the rcl_logging_rosout features are successfully initialized, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_INVALID_ARGUMENT` if any arguments are invalid, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_BAD_ALLOC` if allocating memory failed, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_ERROR` if an unspecified error occurs.
+ */
+RCL_LOCAL
+RCL_WARN_UNUSED
+rcl_ret_t
+rcl_logging_rosout_init(
+  const rcl_allocator_t * allocator);
+
+/// Uninitializes the rcl_logging_rosout features
+/**
+ * Calling this will set the rcl_logging_rosout features into the an unitialized state that is
+ * functionally the same as before rcl_logging_rosout_init was called.
+ *
+ * <hr>
+ * Attribute          | Adherence
+ * ------------------ | -------------
+ * Allocates Memory   | Yes
+ * Thread-Safe        | No
+ * Uses Atomics       | No
+ * Lock-Free          | Yes
+ *
+ * \return `RCL_RET_OK` if the rcl_logging_rosout feature was successfully unitialized, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_ERROR` if an unspecified error occurs.
+ */
+RCL_LOCAL
+RCL_WARN_UNUSED
+rcl_ret_t
+rcl_logging_rosout_fini();
+
+/// Creates a rosout publisher for a node and registers it to be used by the logging system
+/**
+ * Calling this for an rcl_node_t will create a new publisher on that node that will be
+ * used by the logging system to publish all log messages from that Node's logger.
+ *
+ * If a publisher already exists for this node then a new publisher will NOT be created.
+ *
+ * It is expected that after creating a rosout publisher with this function
+ * rcl_logging_destroy_rosout_publisher_for_node() will be called for the node to cleanup
+ * the publisher while the Node is still valid.
+ *
+ *
+ * <hr>
+ * Attribute          | Adherence
+ * ------------------ | -------------
+ * Allocates Memory   | Yes
+ * Thread-Safe        | No
+ * Uses Atomics       | No
+ * Lock-Free          | Yes
+ *
+ * \param[in] node a valid rcl_node_t that the publisher will be created on
+ * \return `RCL_RET_OK` if the publisher was created successfully, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_ALREADY_INIT` if the publisher has already exists, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_NODE_INVALID` if any arguments are invalid, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_BAD_ALLOC` if allocating memory failed, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_ERROR` if an unspecified error occurs.
+ */
+RCL_LOCAL
+RCL_WARN_UNUSED
+rcl_ret_t
+rcl_logging_rosout_init_publisher_for_node(
+  rcl_node_t * node);
+
+/// Deregisters a rosout publisher for a node and cleans up allocated resources
+/**
+ * Calling this for an rcl_node_t will destroy the rosout publisher on that node and remove it from
+ * the logging system so that no more Log messages are published to this function.
+ *
+ *
+ * <hr>
+ * Attribute          | Adherence
+ * ------------------ | -------------
+ * Allocates Memory   | Yes
+ * Thread-Safe        | No
+ * Uses Atomics       | No
+ * Lock-Free          | Yes
+ *
+ * \param[in] node a valid rcl_node_t that the publisher will be created on
+ * \return `RCL_RET_OK` if the publisher was created successfully, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_NODE_INVALID` if any arguments are invalid, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_BAD_ALLOC` if allocating memory failed, or
+ * \return `RCL_RET_ERROR` if an unspecified error occurs.
+ */
+RCL_LOCAL
+RCL_WARN_UNUSED
+rcl_ret_t
+rcl_logging_rosout_fini_publisher_for_node(
+  rcl_node_t * node);
+
+/// The output handler outputs log messages to rosout topics.
+/**
+ * When called with a logger name and log message this function will attempt to
+ * find a rosout publisher correlated with the logger name and publish a Log
+ * message out via that publisher. If there is no publisher directly correlated
+ * with the logger then nothing will be done.
+ *
+ * This function is meant to be registered with the logging functions for rcutils
+ *
+ * <hr>
+ * Attribute          | Adherence
+ * ------------------ | -------------
+ * Allocates Memory   | Yes
+ * Thread-Safe        | No
+ * Uses Atomics       | No
+ * Lock-Free          | Yes
+ *
+ * \param[in] location The pointer to the location struct or NULL
+ * \param[in] severity The severity level
+ * \param[in] name The name of the logger, must be null terminated c string
+ * \param[in] timestamp The timestamp for when the log message was made
+ * \param[in] log_str The string to be logged
+ */
+RCL_PUBLIC
+void rcl_logging_rosout_output_handler(
+  const rcutils_log_location_t * location,
+  int severity,
+  const char * name,
+  rcutils_time_point_value_t timestamp,
+  const char * format,
+  va_list * args);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif  // RCL__LOGGING_ROSOUT_H_
diff --git a/rcl/package.xml b/rcl/package.xml
index 25677b20e..671181db4 100644
--- a/rcl/package.xml
+++ b/rcl/package.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   <build_export_depend>rcutils</build_export_depend>
   <build_export_depend>rosidl_generator_c</build_export_depend>
 
+  <exec_depend>rcl_interfaces</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>ament_cmake</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>rcutils</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>rosidl_default_runtime</exec_depend>
diff --git a/rcl/src/rcl/init.c b/rcl/src/rcl/init.c
index a9151211a..a869c73f0 100644
--- a/rcl/src/rcl/init.c
+++ b/rcl/src/rcl/init.c
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ rcl_shutdown(rcl_context_t * context)
     return rcl_convert_rmw_ret_to_rcl_ret(rmw_ret);
   }
 
+  rcl_ret_t rcl_ret = rcl_logging_fini();
+  RCUTILS_LOG_ERROR_EXPRESSION_NAMED(RCL_RET_OK != rcl_ret, ROS_PACKAGE_NAME,
+    "Failed to fini logging, rcl_ret_t: %i, rcl_error_str: %s", rcl_ret,
+    rcl_get_error_string().str);
+  rcl_reset_error();
+
   return RCL_RET_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/rcl/src/rcl/logging.c b/rcl/src/rcl/logging.c
index 6358be515..3d31e1e7d 100644
--- a/rcl/src/rcl/logging.c
+++ b/rcl/src/rcl/logging.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ extern "C"
 #include "rcl/error_handling.h"
 #include "rcl/logging.h"
 #include "rcl/logging_external_interface.h"
+#include "rcl/logging_rosout.h"
 #include "rcl/macros.h"
 #include "rcutils/logging.h"
 #include "rcutils/time.h"
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ static rcutils_logging_output_handler_t
 
 static uint8_t g_rcl_logging_num_out_handlers = 0;
 static rcl_allocator_t g_logging_allocator;
+static bool g_rcl_logging_stdout_enabled = false;
+static bool g_rcl_logging_rosout_enabled = false;
+static bool g_rcl_logging_ext_lib_enabled = false;
 
 /**
  * An output function that sends to multiple output appenders.
@@ -59,16 +63,6 @@ rcl_logging_ext_lib_output_handler(
   int severity, const char * name, rcutils_time_point_value_t timestamp,
   const char * format, va_list * args);
 
-/**
- * An output function that sends to the rosout topic.
- */
-static
-void
-rcl_logging_rosout_output_handler(
-  const rcutils_log_location_t * location,
-  int severity, const char * name, rcutils_time_point_value_t timestamp,
-  const char * format, va_list * args);
-
 rcl_ret_t
 rcl_logging_configure(const rcl_arguments_t * global_args, const rcl_allocator_t * allocator)
 {
@@ -78,24 +72,27 @@ rcl_logging_configure(const rcl_arguments_t * global_args, const rcl_allocator_t
     g_logging_allocator = *allocator;
   int default_level = global_args->impl->log_level;
   const char * config_file = global_args->impl->external_log_config_file;
-  bool enable_stdout = !global_args->impl->log_stdout_disabled;
-  bool enable_rosout = !global_args->impl->log_rosout_disabled;
-  bool enable_ext_lib = !global_args->impl->log_ext_lib_disabled;
+  g_rcl_logging_stdout_enabled = !global_args->impl->log_stdout_disabled;
+  g_rcl_logging_rosout_enabled = !global_args->impl->log_rosout_disabled;
+  g_rcl_logging_ext_lib_enabled = !global_args->impl->log_ext_lib_disabled;
   rcl_ret_t status = RCL_RET_OK;
   g_rcl_logging_num_out_handlers = 0;
 
   if (default_level >= 0) {
     rcutils_logging_set_default_logger_level(default_level);
   }
-  if (enable_stdout) {
+  if (g_rcl_logging_stdout_enabled) {
     g_rcl_logging_out_handlers[g_rcl_logging_num_out_handlers++] =
       rcutils_logging_console_output_handler;
   }
-  if (enable_rosout) {
-    g_rcl_logging_out_handlers[g_rcl_logging_num_out_handlers++] =
-      rcl_logging_rosout_output_handler;
+  if (g_rcl_logging_rosout_enabled) {
+    status = rcl_logging_rosout_init(allocator);
+    if (RCL_RET_OK == status) {
+      g_rcl_logging_out_handlers[g_rcl_logging_num_out_handlers++] =
+        rcl_logging_rosout_output_handler;
+    }
   }
-  if (enable_ext_lib) {
+  if (g_rcl_logging_ext_lib_enabled) {
     status = rcl_logging_external_initialize(config_file);
     if (RCL_RET_OK == status) {
       rcl_logging_external_set_logger_level(NULL, default_level);
@@ -107,6 +104,20 @@ rcl_logging_configure(const rcl_arguments_t * global_args, const rcl_allocator_t
   return status;
 }
 
+rcl_ret_t rcl_logging_fini()
+{
+  rcl_ret_t status = RCL_RET_OK;
+  rcutils_logging_set_output_handler(rcutils_logging_console_output_handler);
+
+  if (g_rcl_logging_rosout_enabled) {
+    status = rcl_logging_rosout_fini();
+  }
+  if (RCL_RET_OK == status && g_rcl_logging_ext_lib_enabled) {
+    status = rcl_logging_external_shutdown();
+  }
+
+  return status;
+}
 
 static
 void
@@ -185,22 +196,6 @@ rcl_logging_ext_lib_output_handler(
   }
 }
 
-static
-void
-rcl_logging_rosout_output_handler(
-  const rcutils_log_location_t * location,
-  int severity, const char * name, rcutils_time_point_value_t timestamp,
-  const char * format, va_list * args)
-{
-  // TODO(nburek): Placeholder for rosout topic feature
-  RCL_UNUSED(location);
-  RCL_UNUSED(severity);
-  RCL_UNUSED(name);
-  RCL_UNUSED(timestamp);
-  RCL_UNUSED(format);
-  RCL_UNUSED(args);
-}
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/rcl/src/rcl/logging_rosout.c b/rcl/src/rcl/logging_rosout.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..067f7e945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rcl/src/rcl/logging_rosout.c
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2019 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
+//
+// 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.
+
+#include "rcl/allocator.h"
+#include "rcl/error_handling.h"
+#include "rcl/node.h"
+#include "rcl/publisher.h"
+#include "rcl/time.h"
+#include "rcl/types.h"
+#include "rcl/visibility_control.h"
+#include "rcl_interfaces/msg/log.h"
+#include "rcutils/allocator.h"
+#include "rcutils/macros.h"
+#include "rcutils/types/hash_map.h"
+#include "rcutils/types/rcutils_ret.h"
+#include "rosidl_generator_c/string_functions.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+#define ROSOUT_TOPIC_NAME "rosout"
+
+/* Return RCL_RET_OK from this macro because we won't check throughout rcl if rosout is
+ * initialized or not and in the case it's not we want things to continue working.
+ */
+#define RCL_LOGGING_ROSOUT_VERIFY_INITIALIZED \
+  if (!__is_initialized) { \
+    return RCL_RET_OK; \
+  }
+
+#define RCL_RET_FROM_RCUTIL_RET(rcl_ret_var, rcutils_expr) \
+  { \
+    rcutils_ret_t rcutils_ret = rcutils_expr; \
+    if (RCUTILS_RET_OK != rcutils_ret) { \
+      if (rcutils_error_is_set()) { \
+        RCL_SET_ERROR_MSG(rcutils_get_error_string().str); \
+      } else { \
+        RCL_SET_ERROR_MSG_WITH_FORMAT_STRING("rcutils_ret_t code: %i", rcutils_ret); \
+      } \
+    } \
+    switch (rcutils_ret) { \
+      case RCUTILS_RET_OK: \
+        rcl_ret_var = RCL_RET_OK; \
+        break; \
+      case RCUTILS_RET_ERROR: \
+        rcl_ret_var = RCL_RET_ERROR; \
+        break; \
+      case RCUTILS_RET_BAD_ALLOC: \
+        rcl_ret_var = RCL_RET_BAD_ALLOC; \
+        break; \
+      case RCUTILS_RET_INVALID_ARGUMENT: \
+        rcl_ret_var = RCL_RET_INVALID_ARGUMENT; \
+        break; \
+      case RCUTILS_RET_NOT_INITIALIZED: \
+        rcl_ret_var = RCL_RET_NOT_INIT; \
+        break; \
+      default: \
+        rcl_ret_var = RCUTILS_RET_ERROR; \
+    } \
+  }
+
+typedef struct rosout_map_entry_t
+{
+  rcl_node_t * node;
+  rcl_publisher_t publisher;
+} rosout_map_entry_t;
+
+static rcutils_hash_map_t __logger_map;
+static bool __is_initialized = false;
+static rcl_allocator_t __rosout_allocator;
+
+rcl_ret_t rcl_logging_rosout_init(
+  const rcl_allocator_t * allocator)
+{
+  RCL_CHECK_ARGUMENT_FOR_NULL(allocator, RCL_RET_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+  rcl_ret_t status = RCL_RET_OK;
+  if (__is_initialized) {
+    return RCL_RET_OK;
+  }
+  __logger_map = rcutils_get_zero_initialized_hash_map();
+  RCL_RET_FROM_RCUTIL_RET(status,
+    rcutils_hash_map_init(&__logger_map, 2, sizeof(const char *), sizeof(rosout_map_entry_t),
+    rcutils_hash_map_string_hash_func, rcutils_hash_map_string_cmp_func, allocator));
+  if (RCL_RET_OK == status) {
+    __rosout_allocator = *allocator;
+    __is_initialized = true;
+  }
+  return status;
+}
+
+rcl_ret_t rcl_logging_rosout_fini()
+{
+  RCL_LOGGING_ROSOUT_VERIFY_INITIALIZED
+  rcl_ret_t status = RCL_RET_OK;
+  char * key = NULL;
+  rosout_map_entry_t entry;
+
+  // fini all the outstanding publishers
+  rcutils_ret_t hashmap_ret = rcutils_hash_map_get_next_key_and_data(&__logger_map, NULL, &key,
+      &entry);
+  while (RCL_RET_OK == status && RCUTILS_RET_OK == hashmap_ret) {
+    // Teardown publisher
+    status = rcl_publisher_fini(&entry.publisher, entry.node);
+
+    if (RCL_RET_OK == status) {
+      RCL_RET_FROM_RCUTIL_RET(status, rcutils_hash_map_unset(&__logger_map, &key));
+    }
+
+    if (RCL_RET_OK == status) {
+      hashmap_ret = rcutils_hash_map_get_next_key_and_data(&__logger_map, NULL, &key, &entry);
+    }
+  }
+  if (RCUTILS_RET_HASH_MAP_NO_MORE_ENTRIES != hashmap_ret) {
+    RCL_RET_FROM_RCUTIL_RET(status, hashmap_ret);
+  }
+
+  if (RCL_RET_OK == status) {
+    RCL_RET_FROM_RCUTIL_RET(status, rcutils_hash_map_fini(&__logger_map));
+  }
+
+  if (RCL_RET_OK == status) {
+    __is_initialized = false;
+  }
+  return status;
+}
+
+rcl_ret_t rcl_logging_rosout_init_publisher_for_node(
+  rcl_node_t * node)
+{
+  RCL_LOGGING_ROSOUT_VERIFY_INITIALIZED
+  const char * logger_name = NULL;
+  rosout_map_entry_t new_entry;
+  rcl_ret_t status = RCL_RET_OK;
+
+  // Verify input and make sure it's not already initialized
+  RCL_CHECK_ARGUMENT_FOR_NULL(node, RCL_RET_NODE_INVALID);
+  logger_name = rcl_node_get_logger_name(node);
+  if (NULL == logger_name) {
+    RCL_SET_ERROR_MSG("Logger name was null.");
+    return RCL_RET_ERROR;
+  }
+  if (rcutils_hash_map_key_exists(&__logger_map, &logger_name)) {
+    RCL_SET_ERROR_MSG("Logger already initialized for node.");
+    return RCL_RET_ALREADY_INIT;
+  }
+
+  // Create a new Log message publisher on the node
+  const rosidl_message_type_support_t * type_support =
+    rosidl_typesupport_c__get_message_type_support_handle__rcl_interfaces__msg__Log();
+  rcl_publisher_options_t options = rcl_publisher_get_default_options();
+  new_entry.publisher = rcl_get_zero_initialized_publisher();
+  status =
+    rcl_publisher_init(&new_entry.publisher, node, type_support, ROSOUT_TOPIC_NAME, &options);
+
+  // Add the new publisher to the map
+  if (RCL_RET_OK == status) {
+    new_entry.node = node;
+    RCL_RET_FROM_RCUTIL_RET(status, rcutils_hash_map_set(&__logger_map, &logger_name, &new_entry));
+    if (RCL_RET_OK != status) {
+      RCL_SET_ERROR_MSG("Failed to add publisher to map.");
+      // We failed to add to the map so destroy the publisher that we created
+      rcl_ret_t fini_status = rcl_publisher_fini(&new_entry.publisher, new_entry.node);
+      // ignore the return status in favor of the failure from set
+      RCL_UNUSED(fini_status);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return status;
+}
+
+rcl_ret_t rcl_logging_rosout_fini_publisher_for_node(
+  rcl_node_t * node)
+{
+  RCL_LOGGING_ROSOUT_VERIFY_INITIALIZED
+  rosout_map_entry_t entry;
+  const char * logger_name = NULL;
+  rcl_ret_t status = RCL_RET_OK;
+
+  // Verify input and make sure it's initialized
+  RCL_CHECK_ARGUMENT_FOR_NULL(node, RCL_RET_NODE_INVALID);
+  logger_name = rcl_node_get_logger_name(node);
+  if (NULL == logger_name) {
+    return RCL_RET_ERROR;
+  }
+  if (!rcutils_hash_map_key_exists(&__logger_map, &logger_name)) {
+    return RCL_RET_OK;
+  }
+
+  // fini the publisher and remove the entry from the map
+  RCL_RET_FROM_RCUTIL_RET(status, rcutils_hash_map_get(&__logger_map, &logger_name, &entry));
+  if (RCL_RET_OK == status) {
+    status = rcl_publisher_fini(&entry.publisher, entry.node);
+  }
+  if (RCL_RET_OK == status) {
+    RCL_RET_FROM_RCUTIL_RET(status, rcutils_hash_map_unset(&__logger_map, &logger_name));
+  }
+
+  return status;
+}
+
+void rcl_logging_rosout_output_handler(
+  const rcutils_log_location_t * location,
+  int severity, const char * name, rcutils_time_point_value_t timestamp,
+  const char * format, va_list * args)
+{
+  rosout_map_entry_t entry;
+  rcl_ret_t status = RCL_RET_OK;
+  if (!__is_initialized) {
+    return;
+  }
+  rcutils_ret_t rcutils_ret = rcutils_hash_map_get(&__logger_map, &name, &entry);
+  if (RCUTILS_RET_OK == rcutils_ret) {
+    char msg_buf[1024] = "";
+    rcutils_char_array_t msg_array = {
+      .buffer = msg_buf,
+      .owns_buffer = false,
+      .buffer_length = 0u,
+      .buffer_capacity = sizeof(msg_buf),
+      .allocator = __rosout_allocator
+    };
+
+    va_list args_clone;
+    va_copy(args_clone, *args);
+    RCL_RET_FROM_RCUTIL_RET(status, rcutils_char_array_vsprintf(&msg_array, format, args_clone));
+    va_end(args_clone);
+    if (RCL_RET_OK != status) {
+      RCUTILS_SAFE_FWRITE_TO_STDERR("Failed to format log string: ");
+      RCUTILS_SAFE_FWRITE_TO_STDERR(rcl_get_error_string().str);
+      rcl_reset_error();
+      RCUTILS_SAFE_FWRITE_TO_STDERR("\n");
+    } else {
+      rcl_interfaces__msg__Log * log_message = rcl_interfaces__msg__Log__create();
+      if (NULL != log_message) {
+        log_message->stamp.sec = (int32_t) RCL_NS_TO_S(timestamp);
+        log_message->stamp.nanosec = (timestamp % RCL_S_TO_NS(1));
+        log_message->level = severity;
+        log_message->line = (int32_t) location->line_number;
+        rosidl_generator_c__String__assign(&log_message->name, name);
+        rosidl_generator_c__String__assign(&log_message->msg, msg_array.buffer);
+        rosidl_generator_c__String__assign(&log_message->file, location->file_name);
+        rosidl_generator_c__String__assign(&log_message->function, location->function_name);
+        status = rcl_publish(&entry.publisher, log_message);
+        if (RCL_RET_OK != status) {
+          RCUTILS_SAFE_FWRITE_TO_STDERR("Failed to publish log message to rosout: ");
+          RCUTILS_SAFE_FWRITE_TO_STDERR(rcl_get_error_string().str);
+          rcl_reset_error();
+          RCUTILS_SAFE_FWRITE_TO_STDERR("\n");
+        }
+
+        rcl_interfaces__msg__Log__destroy(log_message);
+      }
+    }
+
+    RCL_RET_FROM_RCUTIL_RET(status, rcutils_char_array_fini(&msg_array));
+    if (RCL_RET_OK != status) {
+      RCUTILS_SAFE_FWRITE_TO_STDERR("failed to fini char_array: ");
+      RCUTILS_SAFE_FWRITE_TO_STDERR(rcl_get_error_string().str);
+      rcl_reset_error();
+      RCUTILS_SAFE_FWRITE_TO_STDERR("\n");
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/rcl/src/rcl/node.c b/rcl/src/rcl/node.c
index 5b2d46b00..df7445b92 100644
--- a/rcl/src/rcl/node.c
+++ b/rcl/src/rcl/node.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ extern "C"
 
 #include "rcl/arguments.h"
 #include "rcl/error_handling.h"
+#include "rcl/logging_rosout.h"
 #include "rcl/rcl.h"
 #include "rcl/remap.h"
 #include "rcutils/filesystem.h"
@@ -421,12 +422,22 @@ rcl_node_init(
     // error message already set
     goto fail;
   }
+  // The initialization for the rosout publisher requires the node to be in initialized to a point
+  // that it can create new topic publishers
+  ret = rcl_logging_rosout_init_publisher_for_node(node);
+  if (ret != RCL_RET_OK) {
+    // error message already set
+    goto fail;
+  }
   RCUTILS_LOG_DEBUG_NAMED(ROS_PACKAGE_NAME, "Node initialized");
   ret = RCL_RET_OK;
   goto cleanup;
 fail:
   if (node->impl) {
     if (node->impl->logger_name) {
+      ret = rcl_logging_rosout_fini_publisher_for_node(node);
+      RCUTILS_LOG_ERROR_EXPRESSION_NAMED((ret != RCL_RET_OK && ret != RCL_RET_NOT_INIT),
+        ROS_PACKAGE_NAME, "Failed to fini publisher for node: %i", ret);
       allocator->deallocate((char *)node->impl->logger_name, allocator->state);
     }
     if (node->impl->rmw_node_handle) {
@@ -485,12 +496,17 @@ rcl_node_fini(rcl_node_t * node)
   }
   rcl_allocator_t allocator = node->impl->options.allocator;
   rcl_ret_t result = RCL_RET_OK;
+  rcl_ret_t rcl_ret = rcl_logging_rosout_fini_publisher_for_node(node);
+  if (rcl_ret != RCL_RET_OK && rcl_ret != RCL_RET_NOT_INIT) {
+    RCL_SET_ERROR_MSG("Unable to fini publisher for node.");
+    result = RCL_RET_ERROR;
+  }
   rmw_ret_t rmw_ret = rmw_destroy_node(node->impl->rmw_node_handle);
   if (rmw_ret != RMW_RET_OK) {
     RCL_SET_ERROR_MSG(rmw_get_error_string().str);
     result = RCL_RET_ERROR;
   }
-  rcl_ret_t rcl_ret = rcl_guard_condition_fini(node->impl->graph_guard_condition);
+  rcl_ret = rcl_guard_condition_fini(node->impl->graph_guard_condition);
   if (rcl_ret != RCL_RET_OK) {
     RCL_SET_ERROR_MSG(rmw_get_error_string().str);
     result = RCL_RET_ERROR;
diff --git a/rcl/test/rcl/test_graph.cpp b/rcl/test/rcl/test_graph.cpp
index d86f34be0..1afa45773 100644
--- a/rcl/test/rcl/test_graph.cpp
+++ b/rcl/test/rcl/test_graph.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ check_graph_state(
     ASSERT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
     ret = rcl_wait_set_add_guard_condition(wait_set_ptr, graph_guard_condition, nullptr);
     ASSERT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
-    std::chrono::nanoseconds time_to_sleep = std::chrono::milliseconds(200);
+    std::chrono::nanoseconds time_to_sleep = std::chrono::milliseconds(400);
     RCUTILS_LOG_INFO_NAMED(ROS_PACKAGE_NAME,
       "  state wrong, waiting up to '%s' nanoseconds for graph changes... ",
       std::to_string(time_to_sleep.count()).c_str());
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ class NodeGraphMultiNodeFixture : public CLASSNAME(TestGraphFixture, RMW_IMPLEME
             rcl_wait_set_add_guard_condition(wait_set_ptr, rcl_node_get_graph_guard_condition(
                 node), NULL);
           ASSERT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
-          std::chrono::nanoseconds time_to_sleep = std::chrono::milliseconds(200);
+          std::chrono::nanoseconds time_to_sleep = std::chrono::milliseconds(400);
           RCUTILS_LOG_DEBUG_NAMED(ROS_PACKAGE_NAME,
             "  state wrong, waiting up to '%s' nanoseconds for graph changes... ",
             std::to_string(time_to_sleep.count()).c_str());
@@ -575,19 +575,19 @@ TEST_F(NodeGraphMultiNodeFixture, test_node_info_subscriptions)
   EXPECT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
   rcl_reset_error();
 
-  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{0, 1, 0}, expected_node_state{0, 1, 0});
+  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{1, 1, 0}, expected_node_state{1, 1, 0});
 
   // Destroy the node's subscriber
   ret = rcl_subscription_fini(&sub, this->node_ptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
   rcl_reset_error();
-  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{0, 0, 0}, expected_node_state{0, 1, 0});
+  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{1, 0, 0}, expected_node_state{1, 1, 0});
 
   // Destroy the remote node's subdscriber
   ret = rcl_subscription_fini(&sub2, this->remote_node_ptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
   rcl_reset_error();
-  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{0, 0, 0}, expected_node_state{0, 0, 0});
+  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{1, 0, 0}, expected_node_state{1, 0, 0});
 }
 
 TEST_F(NodeGraphMultiNodeFixture, test_node_info_publishers)
@@ -600,14 +600,14 @@ TEST_F(NodeGraphMultiNodeFixture, test_node_info_publishers)
   ret = rcl_publisher_init(&pub, this->node_ptr, ts, this->topic_name.c_str(), &pub_ops);
   EXPECT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
   rcl_reset_error();
-  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{1, 0, 0}, expected_node_state{0, 0, 0});
+  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{2, 0, 0}, expected_node_state{1, 0, 0});
 
   RCUTILS_LOG_DEBUG_NAMED(ROS_PACKAGE_NAME, "Destroyed publisher");
   // Destroy the publisher.
   ret = rcl_publisher_fini(&pub, this->node_ptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
   rcl_reset_error();
-  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{0, 0, 0}, expected_node_state{0, 0, 0});
+  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{1, 0, 0}, expected_node_state{1, 0, 0});
 }
 
 TEST_F(NodeGraphMultiNodeFixture, test_node_info_services)
@@ -619,12 +619,12 @@ TEST_F(NodeGraphMultiNodeFixture, test_node_info_services)
   auto ts1 = ROSIDL_GET_SRV_TYPE_SUPPORT(test_msgs, srv, Primitives);
   ret = rcl_service_init(&service, this->node_ptr, ts1, service_name, &service_options);
   ASSERT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
-  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{0, 0, 1}, expected_node_state{0, 0, 0});
+  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{1, 0, 1}, expected_node_state{1, 0, 0});
 
   // Destroy service.
   ret = rcl_service_fini(&service, this->node_ptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
-  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{0, 0, 0}, expected_node_state{0, 0, 0});
+  VerifySubsystemCount(expected_node_state{1, 0, 0}, expected_node_state{1, 0, 0});
 }
 
 /*
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ TEST_F(CLASSNAME(TestGraphFixture, RMW_IMPLEMENTATION), test_graph_guard_conditi
   std::thread topic_thread(
     [this, &topic_changes_promise]() {
       // sleep
-      std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+      std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
       // create the publisher
       rcl_publisher_t pub = rcl_get_zero_initialized_publisher();
       rcl_publisher_options_t pub_ops = rcl_publisher_get_default_options();
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ TEST_F(CLASSNAME(TestGraphFixture, RMW_IMPLEMENTATION), test_graph_guard_conditi
         "/chatter_test_graph_guard_condition_topics", &pub_ops);
       EXPECT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
       // sleep
-      std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+      std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
       // create the subscription
       rcl_subscription_t sub = rcl_get_zero_initialized_subscription();
       rcl_subscription_options_t sub_ops = rcl_subscription_get_default_options();
@@ -742,12 +742,12 @@ TEST_F(CLASSNAME(TestGraphFixture, RMW_IMPLEMENTATION), test_graph_guard_conditi
         "/chatter_test_graph_guard_condition_topics", &sub_ops);
       EXPECT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
       // sleep
-      std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+      std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
       // destroy the subscription
       ret = rcl_subscription_fini(&sub, this->node_ptr);
       EXPECT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
       // sleep
-      std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+      std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
       // destroy the publication
       ret = rcl_publisher_fini(&pub, this->node_ptr);
       EXPECT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ TEST_F(CLASSNAME(TestGraphFixture, RMW_IMPLEMENTATION), test_graph_guard_conditi
     ASSERT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
     ret = rcl_wait_set_add_guard_condition(this->wait_set_ptr, graph_guard_condition, NULL);
     ASSERT_EQ(RCL_RET_OK, ret) << rcl_get_error_string().str;
-    std::chrono::nanoseconds time_to_sleep = std::chrono::milliseconds(200);
+    std::chrono::nanoseconds time_to_sleep = std::chrono::milliseconds(400);
     RCUTILS_LOG_INFO_NAMED(ROS_PACKAGE_NAME,
       "waiting up to '%s' nanoseconds for graph changes",
       std::to_string(time_to_sleep.count()).c_str());