diff --git a/logfire/_internal/logs.py b/logfire/_internal/logs.py
index c3ccfcbe9..3961e29a2 100644
--- a/logfire/_internal/logs.py
+++ b/logfire/_internal/logs.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import functools
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from threading import Lock
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, overload
 from weakref import WeakSet
 
 from opentelemetry import trace
@@ -93,7 +93,17 @@ class ProxyLogger(Logger):
     schema_url: str | None = None
     attributes: _ExtendedAttributes | None = None
 
-    def emit(self, record: LogRecord) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    @overload
+    def emit(self, record: LogRecord) -> None: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def emit(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+
+    def emit(self, record: LogRecord | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+        # If record is not provided, create one from kwargs
+        if record is None:
+            record = LogRecord(**kwargs)
+
         if record.severity_number is not None:
             if record.severity_number.value < self.min_level:
                 return
diff --git a/tests/test_otel_logs.py b/tests/test_otel_logs.py
index 07a0afb85..50438594f 100644
--- a/tests/test_otel_logs.py
+++ b/tests/test_otel_logs.py
@@ -156,3 +156,46 @@ def export(self, batch: Sequence[ReadableLogRecord]):
     assert not connection_error_exporter.shutdown_called
     exporter.shutdown()
     assert connection_error_exporter.shutdown_called
+
+
+def test_log_events_with_kwargs(logs_exporter: TestLogExporter) -> None:
+    logger = get_logger('scope')
+    with logfire.span('span'):
+        logger.emit(
+            event_name='my_event',
+            timestamp=2,
+            severity_number=SeverityNumber.INFO,
+            body='body',
+            attributes={'key': 'value'},
+        )
+
+    assert logs_exporter.exported_logs_as_dicts(include_resources=True, include_instrumentation_scope=True) == snapshot(
+        [
+            {
+                'body': 'body',
+                'severity_number': 9,
+                'severity_text': None,
+                'attributes': IsPartialDict({'key': 'value'}),
+                'timestamp': 2000000000,
+                'observed_timestamp': 3000000000,
+                'trace_id': 1,
+                'span_id': 1,
+                'trace_flags': 1,
+                'resource': {
+                    'attributes': {
+                        'service.instance.id': '00000000000000000000000000000000',
+                        'telemetry.sdk.language': 'python',
+                        'telemetry.sdk.name': 'opentelemetry',
+                        'telemetry.sdk.version': '0.0.0',
+                        'service.name': 'unknown_service',
+                        'process.pid': 1234,
+                        'process.runtime.name': 'cpython',
+                        'process.runtime.version': IsStr(),
+                        'process.runtime.description': IsStr(),
+                        'service.version': IsStr(),
+                    },
+                },
+                'instrumentation_scope': 'scope',
+            }
+        ]
+    )