diff --git a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/forwarding_logger.rb b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/forwarding_logger.rb
index a1dbdbae2..2bb467a34 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/forwarding_logger.rb
+++ b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/forwarding_logger.rb
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ def initialize(logger, level:)
         end
       end
 
-      def add(severity, message = nil, progname = nil)
+      def add(severity, message = nil, progname = nil, &block)
         return true if severity < @level
 
-        @logger.add(severity, message, progname)
+        @logger.add(severity, message, progname, &block)
       end
 
       def debug(progname = nil, &block)
diff --git a/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator_test.rb b/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator_test.rb
index 4a425a8e8..50e6c18ef 100644
--- a/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator_test.rb
+++ b/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator_test.rb
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@
       _(configurator.logger).must_be_instance_of(Logger)
     end
 
-    it 'assigns the logger to OpenTelemetry.logger' do
+    it 'assigns the logger to OpenTelemetry.logger, with a default level of info' do
       custom_logger = Logger.new(File::NULL, level: 'INFO')
       _(OpenTelemetry.logger).wont_equal custom_logger
 
       OpenTelemetry::SDK.configure { |c| c.logger = custom_logger }
       _(OpenTelemetry.logger.instance_variable_get(:@logger)).must_equal custom_logger
+      _(OpenTelemetry.logger.instance_variable_get(:@level)).must_equal Logger::INFO
       _(OpenTelemetry.logger).must_be_instance_of(OpenTelemetry::SDK::ForwardingLogger)
     end
 
@@ -62,6 +63,26 @@
         _(log_stream.string).must_be_empty
       end
     end
+
+    it 'forwards log messages supplied as parameters' do
+      OpenTelemetry::TestHelpers.with_test_logger do |log_stream|
+        custom_logger = Logger.new(log_stream)
+        OpenTelemetry::SDK.configure { |c| c.logger = custom_logger }
+        message = 'The forwarding logger should forward this message'
+        OpenTelemetry.logger.info(message)
+        _(log_stream.string).must_include message
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'forwards log messages supplied in blocks' do
+      OpenTelemetry::TestHelpers.with_test_logger do |log_stream|
+        custom_logger = Logger.new(log_stream)
+        OpenTelemetry::SDK.configure { |c| c.logger = custom_logger }
+        message = 'The forwarding logger should forward this message'
+        OpenTelemetry.logger.info { message }
+        _(log_stream.string).must_include message
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#resource=' do