diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Updater/SquirrelUpdateManager.cs b/osu.Desktop/Updater/SquirrelUpdateManager.cs
index 1f8bff74f4..5215bf9e87 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Updater/SquirrelUpdateManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Updater/SquirrelUpdateManager.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
 using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ using osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications;
 using OpenTK;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
 using Squirrel;
+using LogLevel = Splat.LogLevel;
 
 namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
 {
@@ -35,7 +38,10 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
             notificationOverlay = notification;
 
             if (game.IsDeployedBuild)
+            {
+                Splat.Locator.CurrentMutable.Register(() => new SquirrelLogger(), typeof(Splat.ILogger));
                 Schedule(() => Task.Run(() => checkForUpdateAsync()));
+            }
         }
 
         private async void checkForUpdateAsync(bool useDeltaPatching = true, UpdateProgressNotification notification = null)
@@ -93,6 +99,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
             {
                 // we'll ignore this and retry later. can be triggered by no internet connection or thread abortion.
             }
+
             finally
             {
                 if (scheduleRetry)
@@ -159,5 +166,31 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
                 });
             }
         }
+
+        private class SquirrelLogger : Splat.ILogger, IDisposable
+        {
+            private readonly string path;
+            private readonly object locker = new object();
+            public LogLevel Level { get; set; } = LogLevel.Info;
+
+            public SquirrelLogger()
+            {
+                var file = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location), "SquirrelSetupUpdater.log");
+                if (File.Exists(file)) File.Delete(file);
+                path = file;
+            }
+
+            public void Write(string message, LogLevel logLevel)
+            {
+                if (logLevel < Level)
+                    return;
+
+                lock (locker) File.AppendAllText(path, message + "\r\n");
+            }
+
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
index e1e59804e5..09bfdc67d4 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Packaging" Version="4.5.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="ppy.squirrel.windows" Version="1.9.0.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ppy.squirrel.windows" Version="1.9.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.1.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="2.1.4" />
   </ItemGroup>