diff --git a/CRM/Logging/Schema.php b/CRM/Logging/Schema.php
index b34806019f3c..4551b89a64f6 100644
--- a/CRM/Logging/Schema.php
+++ b/CRM/Logging/Schema.php
@@ -934,4 +934,16 @@ public function getLogTablesForContact() {
     return array_intersect($tables, $this->tables);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Retrieve missing log tables.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   */
+  public function getMissingLogTables() {
+    if ($this->tablesExist()) {
+      return array_diff($this->tables, array_keys($this->logs));
+    }
+    return array();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Schema.php b/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Schema.php
index 72cfd636a63a..41781473d615 100644
--- a/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Schema.php
+++ b/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Schema.php
@@ -76,4 +76,31 @@ public function checkIndices() {
     return $messages;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return array
+   */
+  public function checkMissingLogTables() {
+    $messages = array();
+    $logging = new CRM_Logging_Schema();
+    $missingLogTables = $logging->getMissingLogTables();
+
+    if ($missingLogTables) {
+      $msg = new CRM_Utils_Check_Message(
+        __FUNCTION__,
+        ts("You don't have logging enabled on some tables. This may cause errors on performing insert/update operation on them."),
+        ts('Missing Log Tables'),
+        \Psr\Log\LogLevel::WARNING,
+        'fa-server'
+      );
+      $msg->addAction(
+        ts('Create Missing Log Tables'),
+        ts('Create missing log tables now? This may take few minutes.'),
+        'api3',
+        array('System', 'createmissinglogtables')
+      );
+      $messages[] = $msg;
+    }
+    return $messages;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/api/v3/System.php b/api/v3/System.php
index b4b4974bf0d7..83291c00cd14 100644
--- a/api/v3/System.php
+++ b/api/v3/System.php
@@ -412,3 +412,19 @@ function civicrm_api3_system_updateindexes() {
   CRM_Core_BAO_SchemaHandler::createMissingIndices($missingIndices);
   return civicrm_api3_create_success(1);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Creates missing log tables.
+ *
+ * CRM-20838 - This adds any missing log tables into the database.
+ */
+function civicrm_api3_system_createmissinglogtables() {
+  $schema = new CRM_Logging_Schema();
+  $missingLogTables = $schema->getMissingLogTables();
+  if (!empty($missingLogTables)) {
+    foreach ($missingLogTables as $tableName) {
+      $schema->fixSchemaDifferencesFor($tableName, NULL, FALSE);
+    }
+  }
+  return civicrm_api3_create_success(1);
+}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/LoggingTest.php b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/LoggingTest.php
index 27ff65e00b3f..15b8ec428b70 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/LoggingTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/LoggingTest.php
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ public function testUpdateLegacyLogTable() {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Check if we can create missing log tables using api.
+   */
+  public function testCreateMissingLogTables() {
+    $this->callAPISuccess('Setting', 'create', array('logging' => TRUE));
+    CRM_Core_DAO::executeQuery("DROP TABLE log_civicrm_contact");
+    $this->callAPISuccess('System', 'createmissinglogtables', array());
+
+    //Assert if log_civicrm_contact is created.
+    $this->checkLogTableCreated();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check we can update legacy log tables using the api function.
    */