diff --git a/lib/log4js.js b/lib/log4js.js
index b399816c..aef83c52 100644
--- a/lib/log4js.js
+++ b/lib/log4js.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const categories = require("./categories");
 const Logger = require("./logger");
 const clustering = require("./clustering");
 const connectLogger = require("./connect-logger");
+const recordingModule = require("./appenders/recording");
 
 let enabled = false;
 
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@ function configure(configurationFileOrObject) {
   return log4js;
 }
 
+function recording() {
+  return recordingModule
+}
+
 /**
  * Shutdown all log appenders. This will first disable all writing to appenders
  * and then call the shutdown function each appender.
@@ -159,7 +164,8 @@ const log4js = {
   shutdown,
   connectLogger,
   levels,
-  addLayout: layouts.addLayout
+  addLayout: layouts.addLayout,
+  recording,
 };
 
 module.exports = log4js;
diff --git a/types/log4js.d.ts b/types/log4js.d.ts
index 6fe4c33d..b7946da2 100644
--- a/types/log4js.d.ts
+++ b/types/log4js.d.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export function addLayout(name: string, config: (a: any) => (logEvent: LoggingEv
 
 export function connectLogger(logger: Logger, options: { format?: Format; level?: string; nolog?: any; statusRules?: any[], context?: boolean }): any; // express.Handler;
 
+export function recording(): Recording;
+
 export const levels: Levels;
 
 export function shutdown(cb?: (error: Error) => void): void | null;
@@ -332,6 +334,14 @@ export interface Configuration {
   disableClustering?: boolean;
 }
 
+export interface Recording {
+  configure(loggingEvent: LoggingEvent): void
+  replay(): LoggingEvent[]
+  playback(): LoggingEvent[]
+  reset(): void
+  erase(): void
+}
+
 export class Logger {
   new(dispatch: Function, name: string): Logger;
 
diff --git a/types/test.ts b/types/test.ts
index a78f8322..a2f0fafc 100644
--- a/types/test.ts
+++ b/types/test.ts
@@ -136,3 +136,25 @@ log4js.configure({
   appenders: { thing: { type: { configure: () => {} }}},
   categories: { default: { appenders: ['thing'], level: 'debug'}}
 });
+
+log4js.configure({
+  appenders: { rec: { type: 'recording' } },
+  categories: { default: { appenders: [ 'rec'], 'level': 'debug' } }
+});
+const logger8 = log4js.getLogger();
+logger8.level = 'debug'
+logger8.debug('This will go to the recording!')
+logger8.debug('Another one')
+const recording = log4js.recording()
+const loggingEvents = recording.playback()
+if (loggingEvents.length !== 2) {
+  throw new Error(`Expected 2 recorded events, got ${loggingEvents.length}`)
+}
+if (loggingEvents[1].data[0] !== 'Another one') {
+  throw new Error(`Expected message 'Another one', got ${loggingEvents[1].data[0]}`)
+}
+recording.reset()
+const loggingEventsPostReset = recording.playback()
+if (loggingEventsPostReset.length !== 0) {
+  throw new Error(`Expected 0 recorded events after reset, got ${loggingEventsPostReset.length}`)
+}