diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/jit/xla_activity_logging_listener.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/jit/xla_activity_logging_listener.cc
index 84b36ea0fa8..f68c429cb70 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/jit/xla_activity_logging_listener.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/jit/xla_activity_logging_listener.cc
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@ class XlaActivityLoggingListener final : public XlaActivityListener {
       VLOG(3) << "Logging XlaAutoClusteringActivity disabled";
       return Status::OK();
     }
-    VLOG(2) << "Logging XlaAutoClusteringActivity";
-    VLOG(3) << auto_clustering_activity.DebugString();
-    Logger::Singleton()->LogProto(auto_clustering_activity);
+
+    if (Logger* logger = Logger::GetSingletonAsync()) {
+      VLOG(2) << "Logging XlaAutoClusteringActivity";
+      VLOG(3) << auto_clustering_activity.DebugString();
+      logger->LogProto(auto_clustering_activity);
+    } else {
+      VLOG(2) << "Not logging: logger not ready yet.";
+    }
+
     return Status::OK();
   }
 
@@ -41,9 +47,15 @@ class XlaActivityLoggingListener final : public XlaActivityListener {
       VLOG(3) << "Logging XlaJitCompilationActivity disabled";
       return Status::OK();
     }
-    VLOG(2) << "Logging XlaJitCompilationActivity";
-    VLOG(3) << jit_compilation_activity.DebugString();
-    Logger::Singleton()->LogProto(jit_compilation_activity);
+
+    if (Logger* logger = Logger::GetSingletonAsync()) {
+      VLOG(2) << "Logging XlaJitCompilationActivity";
+      VLOG(3) << jit_compilation_activity.DebugString();
+      logger->LogProto(jit_compilation_activity);
+    } else {
+      VLOG(2) << "Not logging: logger not ready yet.";
+    }
+
     return Status::OK();
   }
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/gpu/cudnn_conv_algorithm_picker.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/gpu/cudnn_conv_algorithm_picker.cc
index 6519900b61d..1eae7c4b688 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/gpu/cudnn_conv_algorithm_picker.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/gpu/cudnn_conv_algorithm_picker.cc
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ StatusOr<AutotuneResult> CudnnConvAlgorithmPicker::PickBestAlgorithmNoCache(
     // If we crash on checking failure, we are in a testing/benchmark mode, thus
     // omitting logging through the logger.
     if (!crash_on_checking_failure) {
-      tensorflow::Logger::Singleton()->LogProto(log);
+      tensorflow::Logger::GetSingleton()->LogProto(log);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/gpu/gemm_algorithm_picker.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/gpu/gemm_algorithm_picker.cc
index 193fcff4eca..4fcec93f79e 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/gpu/gemm_algorithm_picker.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/gpu/gemm_algorithm_picker.cc
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static StatusOr<absl::optional<se::blas::AlgorithmType>> DoUncachedGemmAutotune(
     *log.add_results() = profile;
   }
   if (!crash_on_checking_failure) {
-    tensorflow::Logger::Singleton()->LogProto(log);
+    tensorflow::Logger::GetSingleton()->LogProto(log);
   }
 
   // Choose fastest correct GEMM, but allow for incorrect results (since the
diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/fused_conv/kernels/fused_conv2d_bias_activation_op.cc b/tensorflow/contrib/fused_conv/kernels/fused_conv2d_bias_activation_op.cc
index 2f7ab780918..c26fdb1f0a2 100644
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/fused_conv/kernels/fused_conv2d_bias_activation_op.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/fused_conv/kernels/fused_conv2d_bias_activation_op.cc
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ void LogFusedConvForwardAutotuneResults(
   for (const auto& result : results) {
     *log.add_results() = result;
   }
-  Logger::Singleton()->LogProto(log);
+  Logger::GetSingleton()->LogProto(log);
 }
 
 Status BestCudnnConvAlgorithm(absl::Span<const AutotuneResult> results,
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/BUILD b/tensorflow/core/BUILD
index 539a6b69685..c0cb57a6499 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/core/BUILD
@@ -498,7 +498,12 @@ cc_library(
     hdrs = ["platform/logger.h"],
     copts = tf_copts(),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-    deps = [":lib_proto_parsing"],
+    deps = [
+        ":lib",
+        ":lib_proto_parsing",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/base",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/synchronization",
+    ],
 )
 
 filegroup(
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/gpu_utils.cc b/tensorflow/core/kernels/gpu_utils.cc
index ee3807dea67..318a9176ebb 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/kernels/gpu_utils.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/kernels/gpu_utils.cc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void LogConvAutotuneResults(se::dnn::ConvolutionKind kind,
   for (const auto& result : results) {
     *log.add_results() = result;
   }
-  Logger::Singleton()->LogProto(log);
+  Logger::GetSingleton()->LogProto(log);
 }
 
 void LogFusedConvForwardAutotuneResults(
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void LogFusedConvForwardAutotuneResults(
   for (const auto& result : results) {
     *log.add_results() = result;
   }
-  Logger::Singleton()->LogProto(log);
+  Logger::GetSingleton()->LogProto(log);
 }
 
 Status BestCudnnConvAlgorithm(absl::Span<const AutotuneResult> results,
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/platform/logger.cc b/tensorflow/core/platform/logger.cc
index f5a961e4d31..32fdaa58cf9 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/platform/logger.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/platform/logger.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/logger.h"
 
+#include "absl/base/call_once.h"
+#include "absl/synchronization/notification.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/platform/env.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/logging.h"
 
 namespace tensorflow {
@@ -34,4 +37,70 @@ Logger::FactoryFunc Logger::singleton_factory_ = []() -> Logger* {
   return new DefaultLogger();
 };
 
+struct LoggerSingletonContainer {
+  // Used to kick off the construction of a new thread that will asynchronously
+  // construct a Logger.
+  absl::once_flag start_initialization_thread_flag;
+
+  // The constructed logger, if there is one.
+  Logger* logger;
+
+  // The initializing thread notifies `logger_initialized` after storing the
+  // constructed logger to `logger`.
+  absl::Notification logger_initialized;
+
+  // The thread used to construct the Logger instance asynchronously.
+  std::unique_ptr<Thread> initialization_thread;
+
+  // Used to kick off the joining and destruction of `initialization_thread`.
+  absl::once_flag delete_initialization_thread_flag;
+};
+
+LoggerSingletonContainer* GetLoggerSingletonContainer() {
+  static LoggerSingletonContainer* container = new LoggerSingletonContainer;
+  return container;
+}
+
+struct AsyncSingletonImpl {
+  static void InitializationThreadFn() {
+    LoggerSingletonContainer* container = GetLoggerSingletonContainer();
+    container->logger = Logger::singleton_factory_();
+    container->logger_initialized.Notify();
+  }
+
+  static void StartInitializationThread(LoggerSingletonContainer* container) {
+    Thread* thread =
+        Env::Default()->StartThread(ThreadOptions{}, "logger-init-thread",
+                                    AsyncSingletonImpl::InitializationThreadFn);
+    container->initialization_thread.reset(thread);
+  }
+};
+
+/*static*/ Logger* Logger::GetSingleton() {
+  // Call the async version to kick off the initialization thread if necessary.
+  (void)Logger::GetSingletonAsync();
+
+  // And wait for the thread to finish.
+  LoggerSingletonContainer* container = GetLoggerSingletonContainer();
+  absl::call_once(container->delete_initialization_thread_flag,
+                  [container]() { container->initialization_thread.reset(); });
+
+  return container->logger;
+}
+
+/*static*/ Logger* Logger::GetSingletonAsync() {
+  LoggerSingletonContainer* container = GetLoggerSingletonContainer();
+  absl::call_once(container->start_initialization_thread_flag,
+                  AsyncSingletonImpl::StartInitializationThread, container);
+
+  if (container->logger_initialized.HasBeenNotified()) {
+    // Wait for the initializing thread to finish to reclaim resources.
+    absl::call_once(
+        container->delete_initialization_thread_flag,
+        [container]() { container->initialization_thread.reset(); });
+    return container->logger;
+  } else {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+}
 }  // namespace tensorflow
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/platform/logger.h b/tensorflow/core/platform/logger.h
index fe814c39026..1802e4fb889 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/platform/logger.h
+++ b/tensorflow/core/platform/logger.h
@@ -38,10 +38,16 @@ class Logger {
     singleton_factory_ = factory;
   }
 
-  static Logger* Singleton() {
-    static Logger* instance = singleton_factory_();
-    return instance;
-  }
+  // Returns the per-process Logger instance, constructing synchronously it if
+  // necessary.
+  static Logger* GetSingleton();
+
+  // Like GetSingleton, except that this does not wait for the construction of
+  // Logger to finish before returning.
+  //
+  // Returns the constructed instance of Logger if it has been constructed,
+  // otherwise returns nullptr (if the logger is not ready yet).
+  static Logger* GetSingletonAsync();
 
   virtual ~Logger() = default;
 
@@ -61,6 +67,8 @@ class Logger {
   virtual void DoFlush() = 0;
 
   static FactoryFunc singleton_factory_;
+
+  friend struct AsyncSingletonImpl;
 };
 
 }  // namespace tensorflow