diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/debug_adapters/flutter_adapter.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/debug_adapters/flutter_adapter.dart
index 8ebdcf7e7cd6..e89f39dcff0f 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/debug_adapters/flutter_adapter.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/debug_adapters/flutter_adapter.dart
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ class FlutterDebugAdapter extends FlutterBaseDebugAdapter {
     final String messageString = jsonEncode(message);
     // Flutter requests are always wrapped in brackets as an array.
     final String payload = '[$messageString]\n';
+    _logTraffic('==> [Flutter] $payload');
     process.stdin.writeln(payload);
   }
 
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ class FlutterDebugAdapter extends FlutterBaseDebugAdapter {
   @override
   void handleExitCode(int code) {
     final String codeSuffix = code == 0 ? '' : ' ($code)';
-    logger?.call('Process exited ($code)');
+    _logTraffic('<== [Flutter] Process exited ($code)');
     handleSessionTerminate(codeSuffix);
   }
 
@@ -559,7 +560,7 @@ class FlutterDebugAdapter extends FlutterBaseDebugAdapter {
 
   @override
   void handleStderr(List<int> data) {
-    logger?.call('stderr: $data');
+    _logTraffic('<== [Flutter] [stderr] $data');
     sendOutput('stderr', utf8.decode(data));
   }
 
@@ -575,7 +576,7 @@ class FlutterDebugAdapter extends FlutterBaseDebugAdapter {
     // - the item has an "event" field that is a String
     // - the item has a "params" field that is a Map<String, Object?>?
 
-    logger?.call('stdout: $data');
+    _logTraffic('<== [Flutter] $data');
 
     // Output is sent as console (eg. output from tooling) until the app has
     // started, then stdout (users output). This is so info like
@@ -639,6 +640,22 @@ class FlutterDebugAdapter extends FlutterBaseDebugAdapter {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Logs JSON traffic to aid debugging.
+  ///
+  /// If `sendLogsToClient` was `true` in the launch/attach config, logs will
+  /// also be sent back to the client in a "dart.log" event to simplify
+  /// capturing logs from the IDE (such as using the **Dart: Capture Logs**
+  /// command in VS Code).
+  void _logTraffic(String message) {
+    logger?.call(message);
+    if (sendLogsToClient) {
+      sendEvent(
+        RawEventBody(<String, String>{'message': message}),
+        eventType: 'dart.log',
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   /// Performs a restart/reload by sending the `app.restart` message to the `flutter run --machine` process.
   Future<void> _performRestart(
     bool fullRestart, [
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/dap/mocks.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/dap/mocks.dart
index fba7f22cf6e3..31022580ae7d 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/dap/mocks.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/dap/mocks.dart
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ class MockFlutterDebugAdapter extends FlutterDebugAdapter {
   late List<String> processArgs;
   late Map<String, String>? env;
 
+  /// Overrides base implementation of [sendLogsToClient] which requires valid
+  /// `args` to have been set which may not be the case for mocks.
+  @override
+  bool get sendLogsToClient => false;
+
   final StreamController<Map<String, Object?>> _dapToClientMessagesController = StreamController<Map<String, Object?>>.broadcast();
 
   /// A stream of all messages sent from the adapter back to the client.
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/flutter_adapter_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/flutter_adapter_test.dart
index f92ee3ad09f7..9384e0e7aebd 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/flutter_adapter_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/flutter_adapter_test.dart
@@ -70,6 +70,39 @@ void main() {
       ]);
     });
 
+    testWithoutContext('logs to client when sendLogsToClient=true', () async {
+      final BasicProject project = BasicProject();
+      await project.setUpIn(tempDir);
+
+      // Launch the app and wait for it to print "topLevelFunction".
+      await Future.wait(<Future<void>>[
+        dap.client.stdoutOutput.firstWhere((String output) => output.startsWith('topLevelFunction')),
+        dap.client.start(
+          launch: () => dap.client.launch(
+            cwd: project.dir.path,
+            noDebug: true,
+            toolArgs: <String>['-d', 'flutter-tester'],
+            sendLogsToClient: true,
+          ),
+        ),
+      ], eagerError: true);
+
+      // Capture events while terminating.
+      final Future<List<Event>> logEventsFuture = dap.client.events('dart.log').toList();
+      await dap.client.terminate();
+
+      // Ensure logs contain both the app.stop request and the result.
+      final List<Event> logEvents = await logEventsFuture;
+      final List<String> logMessages = logEvents.map((Event l) => (l.body! as Map<String, Object?>)['message']! as String).toList();
+      expect(
+        logMessages,
+        containsAll(<Matcher>[
+          startsWith('==> [Flutter] [{"id":1,"method":"app.stop"'),
+          startsWith('<== [Flutter] [{"id":1,"result":true}]'),
+        ]),
+      );
+    });
+
     testWithoutContext('can run and terminate a Flutter app in noDebug mode', () async {
       final BasicProject project = BasicProject();
       await project.setUpIn(tempDir);
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_client.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_client.dart
index 1bb15b3c97db..47a0df502c8f 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_client.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/debug_adapter/test_client.dart
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class DapTestClient {
     bool? debugExternalPackageLibraries,
     bool? evaluateGettersInDebugViews,
     bool? evaluateToStringInDebugViews,
+    bool sendLogsToClient = false,
   }) {
     return sendRequest(
       FlutterLaunchRequestArguments(
@@ -167,9 +168,9 @@ class DapTestClient {
         evaluateGettersInDebugViews: evaluateGettersInDebugViews,
         evaluateToStringInDebugViews: evaluateToStringInDebugViews,
         // When running out of process, VM Service traffic won't be available
-        // to the client-side logger, so force logging on which sends VM Service
-        // traffic in a custom event.
-        sendLogsToClient: captureVmServiceTraffic,
+        // to the client-side logger, so force logging regardless of
+        // `sendLogsToClient` which sends VM Service traffic in a custom event.
+        sendLogsToClient: sendLogsToClient || captureVmServiceTraffic,
       ),
       // We can't automatically pick the command when using a custom type
       // (FlutterLaunchRequestArguments).