diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKInstance.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKInstance.mm
index 6c4d71d06..f4f2abb9a 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKInstance.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKInstance.mm
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 			.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSENGER_CALLBACK_DATA_EXT,
 			.pNext = nullptr,
 			.flags = 0,
-			.pMessageIdName = nullptr,
+			.pMessageIdName = mvkGetReportingLevelString(logLevel),
 			.messageIdNumber = 0,
 			.pMessage = pMessage,
 			.queueLabelCount = 0,
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.h b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.h
index 073da3a16..84fb292e0 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.h
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.h
@@ -224,3 +224,14 @@ class MVKConfigurableMixin {
 static inline const MVKConfiguration& mvkGetMVKConfig(MVKBaseObject* mvkObj) {
 	return mvkObj ? mvkObj->getMVKConfig() : getGlobalMVKConfig();
 }
+
+/** Returns the reporting level string associated with the specified MoltenVK log level. */
+static constexpr char* mvkGetReportingLevelString(MVKConfigLogLevel logLevel) {
+	switch (logLevel) {
+		case MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR:    return "mvk-error";
+		case MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING:  return "mvk-warn";
+		case MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL_INFO:     return "mvk-info";
+		case MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG:    return "mvk-debug";
+		default:                            return "mvk-unknown";
+	}
+}
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.mm
index 294444ff3..c00ccc600 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.mm
@@ -29,16 +29,6 @@
 #pragma mark -
 #pragma mark MVKBaseObject
 
-static const char* getReportingLevelString(MVKConfigLogLevel logLevel) {
-	switch (logLevel) {
-		case MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR:    return "mvk-error";
-		case MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING:  return "mvk-warn";
-		case MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL_INFO:     return "mvk-info";
-		case MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG:    return "mvk-debug";
-		default:                            return "mvk-unknown";
-	}
-}
-
 string MVKBaseObject::getClassName() { return mvk::getTypeName(this); }
 
 const MVKConfiguration& MVKBaseObject::getMVKConfig() {
@@ -95,7 +85,7 @@
 	va_end(origArgs);
 
 	// Log the message to the standard error stream
-	if (shouldLog) { fprintf(stderr, "[%s] %s\n", getReportingLevelString(logLevel), pMessage); }
+	if (shouldLog) { fprintf(stderr, "[%s] %s\n", mvkGetReportingLevelString(logLevel), pMessage); }
 
 	// Broadcast the message to any Vulkan debug report callbacks
 	if (hasDebugCallbacks) { mvkInst->debugReportMessage(mvkAPIObj, logLevel, pMessage); }