diff --git a/c/zss.c b/c/zss.c
index 428d0217e..b2b1d527d 100644
--- a/c/zss.c
+++ b/c/zss.c
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ void checkAndSetVariableWithEnvOverride(JsonObject *mvdSettings,
 }
 
 static void initLoggingComponents(void) {
+  logConfigureDestination3(NULL,LOG_DEST_PRINTF_STDOUT,"printf(stdout)",NULL,printStdout,NULL,zssFormatter);
   logConfigureComponent(NULL, LOG_COMP_ID_SECURITY, "ZSS Security API", LOG_DEST_PRINTF_STDOUT, ZOWE_LOG_INFO);
   logConfigureComponent(NULL, LOG_COMP_DISCOVERY, "Zowe Discovery", LOG_DEST_PRINTF_STDOUT, ZOWE_LOG_INFO);
   logConfigureComponent(NULL, LOG_COMP_RESTDATASET, "Zowe Dataset REST", LOG_DEST_PRINTF_STDOUT, ZOWE_LOG_INFO);
@@ -783,7 +784,7 @@ static void initLoggingComponents(void) {
   logConfigureComponent(NULL, LOG_COMP_DATASERVICE, "ZSS dataservices", LOG_DEST_PRINTF_STDOUT, ZOWE_LOG_INFO);
   logConfigureComponent(NULL, LOG_COMP_ID_MVD_SERVER, "ZSS server", LOG_DEST_PRINTF_STDOUT, ZOWE_LOG_INFO);
   logConfigureComponent(NULL, LOG_COMP_ID_CTDS, "CT/DS", LOG_DEST_PRINTF_STDOUT, ZOWE_LOG_INFO);
-  zowelog(NULL, LOG_COMP_ID_MVD_SERVER, ZOWE_LOG_INFO, ZSS_LOG_ZSS_START_VER_MSG, productVersion);
+  zowelogx(NULL, LOG_COMP_ID_MVD_SERVER, ZOWE_LOG_INFO, ZSS_LOG_ZSS_START_VER_MSG, productVersion);
 }
 
 static void initVersionComponents(void){
diff --git a/c/zssLogging.c b/c/zssLogging.c
index bcc88aee5..5e593f6b3 100644
--- a/c/zssLogging.c
+++ b/c/zssLogging.c
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
 
 #include "zowetypes.h"
 #include "logging.h"
+#include "zssLogging.h"
+#include "timeutls.h"
+#include "zos.h"
+#include "openprims.h"
+#include "sys/time.h"
+#include "time.h"
 
 bool isLogLevelValid(int level) {
 
@@ -43,6 +49,173 @@ bool isLogLevelValid(int level) {
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+static void getLocationData(char *path, int line, char **locationInfo, uint64 compID, LoggingComponent *component) {
+
+  char prefix[PREFIX_SUFFIX_SIZE];
+  char suffix[PREFIX_SUFFIX_SIZE];
+
+  unsigned int id = compID & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+  if(compID >= LOG_PROD_COMMON && compID < LOG_PROD_ZIS) {
+    memcpy(prefix, LOG_PREFIX_ZCC, sizeof(LOG_PREFIX_ZCC));
+    switch (id) { // most of these don't actally log, but are defined in logging.h
+      case LOG_COMP_ALLOC:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_ALLOC, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_ALLOC));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_UTILS:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_UTILS, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_UTILS));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_COLLECTIONS:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_COLLECTIONS, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_COLLECTIONS));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_SERIALIZATION:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_SERIALIZATION, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_SERIALIZATION));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_ZLPARSER:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_ZLPARSER, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_ZLPARSER));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_ZLCOMPILER:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_ZLCOMPILER, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_ZLCOMPILER));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_ZLRUNTIME:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_ZLRUNTIME, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_ZLRUNTIME));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_STCBASE:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_STCBASE, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_STCBASE));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_HTTPSERVER:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_HTTPSERVER, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_HTTPSERVER));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_DISCOVERY:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_DISCOVERY, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_DISCOVERY));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_DATASERVICE:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_DATASERVICE, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_DATASERVICE));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_CMS:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_CMS, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_CMS));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_LPA:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_LPA, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_LPA));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_RESTDATASET:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_RESTDATASET, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_RESTDATASET));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_RESTFILE:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_TEXT_RESTFILE, sizeof(LOG_COMP_TEXT_RESTFILE));
+        break;
+    }
+  } else if (compID >= LOG_PROD_ZIS && compID < LOG_PROD_ZSS) {
+    memcpy(prefix, LOG_PREFIX_ZIS, sizeof(LOG_PREFIX_ZIS));
+  } else if (compID >= LOG_PROD_ZSS && compID < LOG_PROD_PLUGINS ) {
+    memcpy(prefix, LOG_PREFIX_ZSS, sizeof(LOG_PREFIX_ZSS));
+    switch (id) {
+      case LOG_COMP_ID_ZSS:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_ZSS, sizeof(LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_ZSS));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_ID_CTDS:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_CTDS, sizeof(LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_CTDS));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_ID_SECURITY:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_SECURITY, sizeof(LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_SECURITY));
+        break;
+      case LOG_COMP_ID_UNIXFILE:
+        memcpy(suffix, LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_UNIXFILE, sizeof(LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_UNIXFILE));
+        break;
+    }
+  } else {
+    //Do nothing? Leave Prefix/Suffix blank? or fill Suffix with component->name if exists?
+  }
+
+  char *filename;
+  if (strrchr(path, '/') != NULL) {
+    filename = strrchr(path, '/'); // returns a pointer to the last occurence of '/'
+    filename+=1;
+  } else if (path != NULL) {
+    filename = path;
+  } else {
+    //What should happen if path is null?
+  }
+  //               formatting + prefix + suffix + filename + line number
+  int locationSize =  LOCATION_PREFIX_PADDING  + strlen(prefix) + strlen(suffix) + strlen(filename) + LOCATION_SUFFIX_PADDING;
+  *locationInfo = (char*) safeMalloc(locationSize, "locationInfo");
+  snprintf(*locationInfo, locationSize, "(%s:%s,%s:%d)", prefix, suffix, filename, line);
+}
+
+static void initZssLogMessagePrefix(LogMessagePrefix *prefix, LoggingComponent *component, char* path, int line, int level, uint64 compID) {
+  ASCB *ascb = getASCB();
+  char *jobName = getASCBJobname(ascb);
+
+  ACEE *acee;
+  acee = getAddressSpaceAcee();
+  char user[USER_SIZE] = { 0 };
+  snprintf(user,sizeof(user), acee->aceeuser+1);
+  pthread_t threadID = pthread_self();
+  char thread[THREAD_SIZE];
+  snprintf(thread,sizeof(thread), "%d", threadID);
+  char logLevel[LOG_LEVEL_MAX_SIZE];
+
+  switch(level) {
+    case LOG_LEVEL_ID_SEVERE:
+      memcpy(logLevel, LOG_LEVEL_SEVERE, sizeof(LOG_LEVEL_SEVERE));
+      break;
+    case LOG_LEVEL_ID_WARN:
+      memcpy(logLevel, LOG_LEVEL_WARN, sizeof(LOG_LEVEL_WARN));
+      break;
+    case LOG_LEVEL_ID_INFO:
+      memcpy(logLevel, LOG_LEVEL_INFO, sizeof(LOG_LEVEL_INFO));
+      break;
+    case LOG_LEVEL_ID_DEBUG:
+      memcpy(logLevel, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, sizeof(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG));
+      break;
+    case LOG_LEVEL_ID_DEBUG2:
+      memcpy(logLevel, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, sizeof(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG));
+      break;
+    case LOG_LEVEL_ID_TRACE:
+      memcpy(logLevel, LOG_LEVEL_TRACE, sizeof(LOG_LEVEL_TRACE));
+      break;
+  }
+
+  char *locationInfo; // largest possible variation in size
+  getLocationData(path, line, &locationInfo, compID, component); // location info is allocated in getLocationData
+  struct timeval tv;
+  struct tm tm;
+  gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+  localtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &tm);
+  static const size_t ISO8601_LEN = 30;
+  char datetime[ISO8601_LEN];
+  char timestamp[ISO8601_LEN]; // ISO-8601 timestamp
+  strftime(datetime, sizeof datetime, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &tm);
+  snprintf(timestamp, sizeof timestamp, "%s.%d", datetime, tv.tv_usec);
+  snprintf(prefix->text, sizeof(prefix->text), "%22.22s <%8.8s:%s> %s %s %s ", timestamp, jobName, thread, user, logLevel, locationInfo);
+  free(locationInfo);
+}
+
+
+void zssFormatter(LoggingContext *context, LoggingComponent *component, void *data, int level,  uint64 compID, void *userData, char *formatString, va_list argList) {
+  char messageBuffer[PREFIXED_LINE_MAX_MSG_LENGTH];
+  size_t messageLength = vsnprintf(messageBuffer, sizeof(messageBuffer), formatString, argList);
+  if (messageLength > sizeof(messageBuffer) - 1) {
+    messageLength = sizeof(messageBuffer) - 1;
+  }
+  fileAndLine *test = (struct fileAndLine_tag*)userData;
+  LogMessagePrefix prefix = {0};
+  char *nextLine = messageBuffer;
+  char *lastLine = messageBuffer + messageLength;
+  for (int lineIdx = 0; lineIdx < PREFIXED_LINE_MAX_COUNT; lineIdx++) {
+    if (nextLine >= lastLine) {
+      break;
+    }
+    char *endOfLine = strchr(nextLine, '\n');
+    size_t nextLineLength = endOfLine ? (endOfLine - nextLine) : (lastLine - nextLine);
+    memset(prefix.text, ' ', sizeof(prefix.text));
+    if (lineIdx == 0) {
+      initZssLogMessagePrefix(&prefix, component, test->fileName, test->lineNnumber, level, compID);
+    }
+    printf("%.*s%.*s\n", sizeof(prefix.text), prefix.text, nextLineLength, nextLine);
+    nextLine += (nextLineLength + 1);
+  }
+}
+
 
 /*
   This program and the accompanying materials are
diff --git a/deps/zowe-common-c b/deps/zowe-common-c
index 911d651ed..8df41b047 160000
--- a/deps/zowe-common-c
+++ b/deps/zowe-common-c
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 911d651ed2f3c1f7c348898958df76d7de942c90
+Subproject commit 8df41b047e8d78a2f06179722639f04440cbe544
diff --git a/h/zssLogging.h b/h/zssLogging.h
index 74675318e..f229c859e 100644
--- a/h/zssLogging.h
+++ b/h/zssLogging.h
@@ -38,9 +38,72 @@
 #define LOG_COMP_ID_SECURITY      0x008F000300030000
 #define LOG_COMP_ID_UNIXFILE      0x008F000300040000
 #define LOG_COMP_ID_DATASERVICE   0x008F000300050000
+#define LOG_COMP_ID_ZSS           0x008F000300060000
+
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_ALLOC         "alloc"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_UTILS         "utils"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_COLLECTIONS   "collections"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_SERIALIZATION "serialization"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_ZLPARSER      "zlparser"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_ZLCOMPILER    "zlcompiler"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_ZLRUNTIME     "zlruntime"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_STCBASE       "stcbase"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_HTTPSERVER    "httpserver"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_DISCOVERY     "discovery"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_DATASERVICE   "dataservice"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_CMS           "cms"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_LPA           "lpa"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_RESTDATASET   "restdataset"
+#define LOG_COMP_TEXT_RESTFILE      "restfile"
+
+#define LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_ZSS        "zss"
+#define LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_CTDS       "ctds"
+#define LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_SECURITY   "security"
+#define LOG_COMP_ID_TEXT_UNIXFILE   "unixfile"
+
+#define LOG_PREFIX_ZCC "_zcc"
+#define LOG_PREFIX_ZIS "_zis"
+#define LOG_PREFIX_ZSS "_zss"
+
+#define LOG_LEVEL_SEVERE "SEVERE"
+#define LOG_LEVEL_WARN "WARN"
+#define LOG_LEVEL_INFO "INFO"
+#define LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG "DEBUG"
+#define LOG_LEVEL_TRACE "TRACE"
+
+#define LOG_LEVEL_ID_SEVERE      0
+#define LOG_LEVEL_ID_WARN        1
+#define LOG_LEVEL_ID_INFO        2
+#define LOG_LEVEL_ID_DEBUG       3
+#define LOG_LEVEL_ID_DEBUG2      4
+#define LOG_LEVEL_ID_TRACE       5
+
+#define PREFIXED_LINE_MAX_COUNT         1000
+#define PREFIXED_LINE_MAX_MSG_LENGTH    4096
+#define LOG_MSG_PREFIX_SIZE             1000
+#define LOCATION_PREFIX_PADDING         7
+#define LOCATION_SUFFIX_PADDING         5
+#define USER_SIZE                       7     //Will this always be 7?
+#define THREAD_SIZE                     10
+#define LOG_LEVEL_MAX_SIZE              16
+#define PREFIX_SUFFIX_SIZE              128
+
+#define LOG_DEFAULT_COMPONENT_COUNT 128
+#define LOG_VENDOR_HT_BACKBONE_SIZE 127
+
+typedef struct LogMessagePrefix_tag {
+  char text[LOG_MSG_PREFIX_SIZE];
+} LogMessagePrefix;
+
+typedef struct fileAndLine_tag{ 
+  char *fileName; 
+  int lineNnumber; 
+} fileAndLine;
 
 bool isLogLevelValid(int level);
-
+extern LoggingContext *zoweLoggingContext;
+LoggingContext *getZoweLoggingContext();
+void zssFormatter(LoggingContext *context, LoggingComponent *component, void *data, int level,  uint64 compID, void *userData, char *formatString, va_list argList);
 /* default message IDs */
 
 /* 0000 - 0999 are messages reserved for for crossmemory (see crossmemory.h) */