diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging.hpp
index 0cffed11d6..9694bf377a 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging.hpp
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ class NodeLogging : public NodeLoggingInterface
   rclcpp::Logger
   get_logger() const;
 
+  RCLCPP_PUBLIC
+  virtual
+  const char *
+  get_logger_name() const;
+
 private:
   RCLCPP_DISABLE_COPY(NodeLogging)
 
diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging_interface.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging_interface.hpp
index c549ca28be..16790dbd08 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging_interface.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging_interface.hpp
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ class NodeLoggingInterface
   virtual
   rclcpp::Logger
   get_logger() const = 0;
+
+  /// Return the logger name associated with the node.
+  /** \return The logger name associated with the node. */
+  RCLCPP_PUBLIC
+  virtual
+  const char *
+  get_logger_name() const = 0;
 };
 
 }  // namespace node_interfaces
diff --git a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging.cpp b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging.cpp
index bba4d49cfd..269f14dac1 100644
--- a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_interfaces/node_logging.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ using rclcpp::node_interfaces::NodeLogging;
 NodeLogging::NodeLogging(rclcpp::node_interfaces::NodeBaseInterface * node_base)
 : node_base_(node_base)
 {
-  // TODO(dhood): use the namespace (slashes converted to dots)
-  logger_ = rclcpp::get_logger(node_base_->get_name());
+  logger_ = rclcpp::get_logger(this->get_logger_name());
 }
 
 NodeLogging::~NodeLogging()
@@ -32,3 +31,9 @@ NodeLogging::get_logger() const
 {
   return logger_;
 }
+
+const char *
+NodeLogging::get_logger_name() const
+{
+  return rcl_node_get_logger_name(node_base_->get_rcl_node_handle());
+}
diff --git a/rclcpp/test/test_node.cpp b/rclcpp/test/test_node.cpp
index 8ee9aa77f6..23032b1adc 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/test_node.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/test/test_node.cpp
@@ -75,14 +75,25 @@ TEST_F(TestNode, get_name_and_namespace) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(TestNode, get_logger) {
-  // Currently the namespace is not taken into account with the node logger name
   {
     auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("my_node");
     EXPECT_STREQ("my_node", node->get_logger().get_name());
   }
   {
     auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("my_node", "/ns");
-    EXPECT_STREQ("my_node", node->get_logger().get_name());
+    EXPECT_STREQ("ns.my_node", node->get_logger().get_name());
+  }
+  {
+    auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("my_node", "ns");
+    EXPECT_STREQ("ns.my_node", node->get_logger().get_name());
+  }
+  {
+    auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("my_node", "/my/ns");
+    EXPECT_STREQ("my.ns.my_node", node->get_logger().get_name());
+  }
+  {
+    auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("my_node", "my/ns");
+    EXPECT_STREQ("my.ns.my_node", node->get_logger().get_name());
   }
 }