diff --git a/utils/log_util.h b/utils/log_util.h
index 460d6e7e..2fc04e2c 100644
--- a/utils/log_util.h
+++ b/utils/log_util.h
@@ -39,13 +39,32 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <cutils/log.h>
 
 #ifndef LOG_TAG
 #define LOG_TAG "GPS_UTILS"
 #endif /* LOG_TAG */
 
+// LE targets with no logcat support
+#define TS_PRINTF(format, x...)                                  \
+{                                                                \
+    struct timeval tv;                                           \
+    struct timezone tz;                                          \
+    int hh, mm, ss;                                              \
+    gettimeofday(&tv, &tz);                                      \
+    hh = tv.tv_sec/3600%24;                                      \
+    mm = (tv.tv_sec%3600)/60;                                    \
+    ss = tv.tv_sec%60;                                           \
+    fprintf(stdout,"%02d:%02d:%02d.%06ld]" format "\n", hh, mm, ss, tv.tv_usec, ##x);    \
+}
+
+#define ALOGE(format, x...) TS_PRINTF("E/%s (%d): " format , LOG_TAG, getpid(), ##x)
+#define ALOGW(format, x...) TS_PRINTF("W/%s (%d): " format , LOG_TAG, getpid(), ##x)
+#define ALOGI(format, x...) TS_PRINTF("I/%s (%d): " format , LOG_TAG, getpid(), ##x)
+#define ALOGD(format, x...) TS_PRINTF("D/%s (%d): " format , LOG_TAG, getpid(), ##x)
+#define ALOGV(format, x...) TS_PRINTF("V/%s (%d): " format , LOG_TAG, getpid(), ##x)
+
 #endif /* #if defined (USE_ANDROID_LOGGING) || defined (ANDROID) */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus