diff --git a/src/client/api.ts b/src/client/api.ts
index 908da4be7103..845bd4858a8b 100644
--- a/src/client/api.ts
+++ b/src/client/api.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ export function buildApi(
             },
         },
         pylance: {
+            getOutputChannel: () => outputChannel.channel,
+            //deprecated: Pyance now creates client
             createClient: (...args: any[]): BaseLanguageClient => {
                 // Make sure we share output channel so that we can share one with
                 // Jedi as well.
diff --git a/src/client/browser/api.ts b/src/client/browser/api.ts
index ac2df8d0ffed..3dfc485bd971 100644
--- a/src/client/browser/api.ts
+++ b/src/client/browser/api.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { BaseLanguageClient } from 'vscode-languageclient';
 import { LanguageClient } from 'vscode-languageclient/browser';
 import { PYTHON_LANGUAGE } from '../common/constants';
 import { ApiForPylance, TelemetryReporter } from '../pylanceApi';
+import { LogOutputChannel } from 'vscode';
 
 export interface IBrowserExtensionApi {
     /**
@@ -16,10 +17,12 @@ export interface IBrowserExtensionApi {
     pylance: ApiForPylance;
 }
 
-export function buildApi(reporter: TelemetryReporter): IBrowserExtensionApi {
+export function buildApi(reporter: TelemetryReporter, outputChannel: LogOutputChannel): IBrowserExtensionApi {
     const api: IBrowserExtensionApi = {
         pylance: {
+            getOutputChannel: () => outputChannel,
             // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+            //deprecated: Pyance now creates client
             createClient: (...args: any[]): BaseLanguageClient =>
                 new LanguageClient(PYTHON_LANGUAGE, 'Python Language Server', args[0], args[1]),
             start: (client: BaseLanguageClient): Promise<void> => client.start(),
diff --git a/src/client/browser/extension.ts b/src/client/browser/extension.ts
index 132618430551..fc393489bdbd 100644
--- a/src/client/browser/extension.ts
+++ b/src/client/browser/extension.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { EventName } from '../telemetry/constants';
 import { createStatusItem } from './intellisenseStatus';
 import { PylanceApi } from '../activation/node/pylanceApi';
 import { buildApi, IBrowserExtensionApi } from './api';
+import { OutputChannelNames } from '../common/utils/localize';
 
 interface BrowserConfig {
     distUrl: string; // URL to Pylance's dist folder.
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ let pylanceApi: PylanceApi | undefined;
 export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<IBrowserExtensionApi> {
     const reporter = getTelemetryReporter();
 
-    const activationPromise = Promise.resolve(buildApi(reporter));
+    const outputChannel = vscode.window.createOutputChannel(OutputChannelNames.python, { log: true });
+    const activationPromise = Promise.resolve(buildApi(reporter, outputChannel));
     const pylanceExtension = vscode.extensions.getExtension<PylanceApi>(PYLANCE_EXTENSION_ID);
     if (pylanceExtension) {
         // Make sure we run pylance once we activated core extension.
diff --git a/src/client/pylanceApi.ts b/src/client/pylanceApi.ts
index b839d0d9c2b7..af47581607eb 100644
--- a/src/client/pylanceApi.ts
+++ b/src/client/pylanceApi.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import { TelemetryEventMeasurements, TelemetryEventProperties } from '@vscode/extension-telemetry';
 import { BaseLanguageClient } from 'vscode-languageclient';
+import { LogOutputChannel } from 'vscode';
 
 export interface TelemetryReporter {
     sendTelemetryEvent(
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ export interface TelemetryReporter {
 }
 
 export interface ApiForPylance {
+    getOutputChannel(): LogOutputChannel;
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    // deprecated
     createClient(...args: any[]): BaseLanguageClient;
     start(client: BaseLanguageClient): Promise<void>;
     stop(client: BaseLanguageClient): Promise<void>;