diff --git a/src/Filter/Sample.php b/src/Filter/Sample.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae0c8882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Filter/Sample.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\Log\Filter;
+
+use Zend\Log\Exception;
+use Zend\Log\Filter\FilterInterface;
+
+class Sample implements FilterInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Sample rate [0-1].
+     *
+     * @var float
+     */
+    protected $sampleRate;
+
+    /**
+     * Filters logging by sample rate.
+     *
+     * Sample rate must be a float number between 0 and 1 included.
+     * If 0.5, only half of the values will be logged.
+     * If 0.1 only 1 among 10 values will be logged.
+     *
+     * @param  float|int $samplerate Sample rate [0-1].
+     * @return Priority
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function __construct($sampleRate = 1)
+    {
+        if (! is_numeric($sampleRate)) {
+            throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                'Sample rate must be numeric, received "%s"',
+                gettype($sampleRate)
+            ));
+        }
+
+        $this->sampleRate = (float) $sampleRate;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns TRUE to accept the message, FALSE to block it.
+     *
+     * @param  array $event event data
+     * @return bool Accepted ?
+     */
+    public function filter(array $event)
+    {
+        return (mt_rand() / mt_getrandmax()) <= $this->sampleRate;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/LoggerAwareInterface.php b/src/LoggerAwareInterface.php
index f0c720f9..028c7f40 100644
--- a/src/LoggerAwareInterface.php
+++ b/src/LoggerAwareInterface.php
@@ -16,5 +16,19 @@
  */
 interface LoggerAwareInterface
 {
+    /**
+     * Set logger instance
+     *
+     * @param LoggerInterface
+     * @return void
+     */
     public function setLogger(LoggerInterface $logger);
+
+    /**
+     * Get logger instance. Currently commented out as this would possibly break
+     * existing implementations.
+     *
+     * @return null|LoggerInterface
+     */
+    // public function getLogger();
 }
diff --git a/src/LoggerAwareTrait.php b/src/LoggerAwareTrait.php
index 70152481..2ed7c00c 100644
--- a/src/LoggerAwareTrait.php
+++ b/src/LoggerAwareTrait.php
@@ -30,4 +30,14 @@ public function setLogger(LoggerInterface $logger)
 
         return $this;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get logger object
+     *
+     * @return null|LoggerInterface
+     */
+    public function getLogger()
+    {
+        return $this->logger;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Processor/Backtrace.php b/src/Processor/Backtrace.php
index e827bbfc..9a3cacb2 100644
--- a/src/Processor/Backtrace.php
+++ b/src/Processor/Backtrace.php
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ public function process(array $event)
      */
     protected function getBacktrace()
     {
-        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0') >= 0) {
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 50400) {
             return debug_backtrace(DEBUG_BACKTRACE_IGNORE_ARGS, $this->traceLimit);
         }
 
-        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.6') >= 0) {
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 50306) {
             return debug_backtrace(DEBUG_BACKTRACE_IGNORE_ARGS);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Processor/RequestId.php b/src/Processor/RequestId.php
index 61520b21..5cfcb927 100644
--- a/src/Processor/RequestId.php
+++ b/src/Processor/RequestId.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ protected function getIdentifier()
             return $this->identifier;
         }
 
-        $requestTime = (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0') >= 0)
+        $requestTime = (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 50400)
                      ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT']
                      : $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'];
 
diff --git a/test/Filter/SampleTest.php b/test/Filter/SampleTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56972288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Filter/SampleTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ * @package   Zend_Log
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Log\Filter;
+
+use Zend\Log\Filter\Sample;
+
+/**
+ * @category   Zend
+ * @package    Zend_Log
+ * @subpackage UnitTests
+ * @group      Zend_Log
+ */
+class SampleTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testConstructorThrowsOnInvalidSampleRate()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('Zend\Log\Exception\InvalidArgumentException', 'must be numeric');
+        new Sample('bar');
+    }
+
+    public function testSampleLimit0()
+    {
+        // Should log nothing.
+        $filter = new Sample(0);
+
+        // Since sampling is a random process, let's test several times.
+        $ret = false;
+        for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i ++) {
+            if ($filter->filter(array())) {
+                break;
+                $ret = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->assertFalse($ret);
+    }
+
+    public function testSampleLimit1()
+    {
+        // Should log all events.
+        $filter = new Sample(1);
+
+        // Since sampling is a random process, let's test several times.
+        $ret = true;
+        for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i ++) {
+            if (! $filter->filter(array())) {
+                break;
+                $ret = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->assertTrue($ret);
+    }
+}