diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f81a556887c..2d02c302bd3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ libcvc5_add_sources(
   smt/proof_manager.h
   smt/proof_final_callback.cpp
   smt/proof_final_callback.h
+  smt/proof_logger.cpp
+  smt/proof_logger.h
   smt/proof_post_processor.cpp
   smt/proof_post_processor.h
   smt/proof_post_processor_dsl.cpp
diff --git a/src/smt/proof_logger.cpp b/src/smt/proof_logger.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16d1048393a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/smt/proof_logger.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ * Top contributors (to current version):
+ *   Andrew Reynolds
+ *
+ * This file is part of the cvc5 project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2024 by the authors listed in the file AUTHORS
+ * in the top-level source directory and their institutional affiliations.
+ * All rights reserved.  See the file COPYING in the top-level source
+ * directory for licensing information.
+ * ****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Proof logger utility.
+ */
+
+#include "smt/proof_logger.h"
+
+#include "proof/proof.h"
+#include "proof/proof_node_manager.h"
+#include "smt/proof_manager.h"
+
+namespace cvc5::internal {
+
+
+}  // namespace cvc5::internal
diff --git a/src/smt/proof_logger.h b/src/smt/proof_logger.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ab98fbfd65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/smt/proof_logger.h
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ * Top contributors (to current version):
+ *   Andrew Reynolds
+ *
+ * This file is part of the cvc5 project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2024 by the authors listed in the file AUTHORS
+ * in the top-level source directory and their institutional affiliations.
+ * All rights reserved.  See the file COPYING in the top-level source
+ * directory for licensing information.
+ * ****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Proof logger utility.
+ */
+
+#include "cvc5_private.h"
+
+#ifndef CVC5__SMT__PROOF_LOGGER_H
+#define CVC5__SMT__PROOF_LOGGER_H
+
+#include "proof/proof_node.h"
+#include "smt/env_obj.h"
+
+namespace cvc5::internal {
+
+/**
+ * The purpose of this class is to output proofs for all reasoning the solver
+ * does on-the-fly. It is enabled when proof logging is enabled.
+ *
+ * This class receives notifications for three things:
+ * (1) When preprocessing has completed, determining the set of input clauses.
+ * (2) When theory lemmas are learned
+ * (3) When a SAT refutation is derived.
+ * 
+ * Dependending on the proof mode, the notifications for the above three things
+ * may be in the form of ProofNode (if proofs are enabled for that component),
+ * or Node (if proofs are disabled for that component).
+ * 
+ * As with dumped proofs, the granularity of the proofs is subject to the
+ * option `proof-granularity`.
+ */
+class ProofLogger : protected EnvObj
+{
+ public:
+  /** */
+  ProofLogger(Env& env) : EnvObj(env){}
+  ~ProofLogger(){}
+  /**
+   * Called when preprocessing is complete with the list of input clauses,
+   * after preprocessing and conversion to CNF.
+   * @param input The list of input clauses.
+   */
+  virtual void logCnfPreprocessInputs(const std::vector<Node>& inputs) {}
+  /**
+   * Called when preprocessing is complete with the proofs of the preprocessed
+   * inputs. The free assumptions of proofs in pfns are the preprocessed input
+   * formulas. If preprocess proofs are avialable, this method connects pfn to
+   * the original input formulas.
+   * @param pfns Proofs of the preprocessed inputs.
+   */
+  virtual void logCnfPreprocessInputProofs(
+      std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ProofNode>>& pfns) {}
+  /**
+   * Called when clause `n` is added to the SAT solver, where `n` is
+   * (the CNF conversion of) a theory lemma.
+   * @param n The theory lemma.
+   */
+  virtual void logTheoryLemma(const Node& n) {}
+  /**
+   * Called when clause `pfn` is added to the SAT solver, where `pfn`
+   * is a closed proof of (the CNF conversion of) a theory lemma.
+   * @param pfn The closed proof of a theory lemma.
+   */
+  virtual void logTheoryLemmaProof(std::shared_ptr<ProofNode>& pfn) {}
+  /**
+   * Called when the SAT solver derives false. The SAT refutation should be
+   * derivable by propositional reasoning via the notified preprocessed input
+   * and theory lemmas as given above.
+   */
+  virtual void logSatRefutation() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Called when the SAT solver generates a proof of false. The free assumptions
+   * of this proof is the union of the CNF conversion of input and theory lemmas
+   * as notified above.
+   * @param pfn The refutation proof.
+   */
+  virtual void logSatRefutationProof(std::shared_ptr<ProofNode>& pfn) {}
+};
+
+}  // namespace cvc5::internal
+
+#endif /* CVC5__PROOF__PROOF_LOGGER_H */