diff --git a/include/proto/sink.h b/include/proto/sink.h
index ae493d4ce..0d8dd7dfc 100644
--- a/include/proto/sink.h
+++ b/include/proto/sink.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 extern struct list sink_list;
 
 struct sink *sink_find(const char *name);
+struct sink *sink_new_fd(const char *name, const char *desc, enum sink_fmt fmt, int fd);
 void sink_write(struct sink *sink, const struct ist msg[], size_t nmsg);
 
 #endif /* _PROTO_SINK_H */
diff --git a/include/types/sink.h b/include/types/sink.h
index 35333144d..32c056712 100644
--- a/include/types/sink.h
+++ b/include/types/sink.h
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@
 #include <common/ist.h>
 
 /* A sink may be of several types. For now the following types are supported:
- * (none yet)
+ *   - file descriptor (such as stdout)
  */
 enum sink_type {
 	SINK_TYPE_NEW,      // not yet initialized
+	SINK_TYPE_FD,       // events sent to a file descriptor
 };
 
 /* This indicates the default event format, which is the destination's
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ struct sink {
 	struct {
 		unsigned int dropped; // dropped events since last one.
 		__decl_hathreads(HA_RWLOCK_T lock); // used by some types
+		int fd;               // fd num for FD type sink
 	} ctx;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/sink.c b/src/sink.c
index 6cebf2aa5..f3e18ccb2 100644
--- a/src/sink.c
+++ b/src/sink.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct sink *sink_find(const char *name)
  * exists with the same name, it will be returned. The caller can detect it as
  * a newly created one has type SINK_TYPE_NEW.
  */
-static __maybe_unused struct sink *__sink_new(const char *name, const char *desc, enum sink_fmt fmt)
+static struct sink *__sink_new(const char *name, const char *desc, enum sink_fmt fmt)
 {
 	struct sink *sink;
 
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static __maybe_unused struct sink *__sink_new(const char *name, const char *desc
 	sink->syslog_minlvl   = 0;
 	sink->maxlen = MAX_SYSLOG_LEN;
 	/* address will be filled by the caller if needed */
+	sink->ctx.fd = -1;
 	sink->ctx.dropped = 0;
 	HA_RWLOCK_INIT(&sink->ctx.lock);
 	LIST_ADDQ(&sink_list, &sink->sink_list);
@@ -71,6 +72,29 @@ static __maybe_unused struct sink *__sink_new(const char *name, const char *desc
 	return sink;
 }
 
+/* creates a sink called <name> of type FD associated to fd <fd>, format <fmt>,
+ * and description <desc>. Returns NULL on allocation failure or conflict.
+ * Perfect duplicates are merged (same type, fd, and name).
+ */
+struct sink *sink_new_fd(const char *name, const char *desc, enum sink_fmt fmt, int fd)
+{
+	struct sink *sink;
+
+	sink = __sink_new(name, desc, fmt);
+	if (!sink || (sink->type == SINK_TYPE_FD && sink->ctx.fd == fd))
+		goto end;
+
+	if (sink->type != SINK_TYPE_NEW) {
+		sink = NULL;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	sink->type = SINK_TYPE_FD;
+	sink->ctx.fd = fd;
+ end:
+	return sink;
+}
+
 /* tries to send <nmsg> message parts (up to 8, ignored above) from message
  * array <msg> to sink <sink>. Formating according to the sink's preference is
  * done here. Lost messages are accounted for in the sink's counter.
@@ -109,13 +133,31 @@ void sink_write(struct sink *sink, const struct ist msg[], size_t nmsg)
 		msg++; nmsg--;
 	}
 
-	/* now deal with the various sink types here */
+	if (sink->type == SINK_TYPE_FD) {
+		/* For the FD we always emit the trailing \n. It was already provisioned above. */
+		iovec[vec].iov_base = "\n";
+		iovec[vec].iov_len  = 1;
+		vec++;
+
+		HA_RWLOCK_WRLOCK(LOGSRV_LOCK, &sink->ctx.lock);
+		sent = writev(sink->ctx.fd, iovec, vec);
+		HA_RWLOCK_WRUNLOCK(LOGSRV_LOCK, &sink->ctx.lock);
+		/* sent > 0 if the message was delivered */
+	}
 
 	/* account for errors now */
 	if (sent <= 0)
 		HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&sink->ctx.dropped, 1);
 }
 
+static void sink_init()
+{
+	sink_new_fd("stdout", "standard output (fd#1)", SINK_FMT_RAW, 1);
+	sink_new_fd("stderr", "standard output (fd#2)", SINK_FMT_RAW, 2);
+}
+
+INITCALL0(STG_REGISTER, sink_init);
+
 /*
  * Local variables:
  *  c-indent-level: 8