diff --git a/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h b/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
index 725f71be072..22ac50102de 100644
--- a/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
+++ b/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
@@ -827,6 +827,8 @@ public:
                                   uint32_t aLineNumber = 0,
                                   uint32_t aColumnNumber = 0);
 
+  static void LogMessageToConsole(const char* aMsg, ...);
+  
   /**
    * Get the localized string named |aKey| in properties file |aFile|.
    */
diff --git a/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp b/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
index e0e4b76e4bd..f8fa479b2e8 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <math.h>
 
+#include "prprf.h"
 #include "nsCxPusher.h"
 #include "DecoderTraits.h"
 #include "harfbuzz/hb.h"
@@ -3149,6 +3150,28 @@ nsContentUtils::ReportToConsoleNonLocalized(const nsAString& aErrorText,
   return sConsoleService->LogMessage(errorObject);
 }
 
+void
+nsContentUtils::LogMessageToConsole(const char* aMsg, ...)
+{
+  if (!sConsoleService) { // only need to bother null-checking here
+    CallGetService(NS_CONSOLESERVICE_CONTRACTID, &sConsoleService);
+    if (!sConsoleService) {
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  va_list args;
+  va_start(args, aMsg);
+  char* formatted = PR_vsmprintf(aMsg, args);
+  va_end(args);
+  if (!formatted) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  sConsoleService->LogStringMessage(NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16(formatted).get());
+  PR_smprintf_free(formatted);
+}
+
 bool
 nsContentUtils::IsChromeDoc(nsIDocument *aDocument)
 {