diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 882e1fb13..824821136 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.apps.photos.permission.GOOGLE_PHOTOS"/>
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_LOGS"/>
 
     <application
         android:name=".CommonsApplication"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/Utils.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/Utils.java
index 0ccdaf724..7274c5319 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/Utils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/Utils.java
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
@@ -281,4 +283,37 @@ public class Utils {
     public static boolean isDarkTheme(Context context) {
         return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).getBoolean("theme", false);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Will be used to fetch the logs generated by the app ever since the beginning of times....
+     * i.e. since the time the app started.
+     *
+     * @return String containing all the logs since the time the app started
+     */
+    public static String getAppLogs() {
+        final String processId = Integer.toString(android.os.Process.myPid());
+
+        StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+
+        try {
+            String[] command = new String[] {"logcat","-d","-v","threadtime"};
+
+            Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
+
+            BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(
+                    new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream())
+            );
+
+            String line;
+            while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
+                if (line.contains(processId)) {
+                    stringBuilder.append(line);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            Timber.e("getAppLogs failed", ioe);
+        }
+
+        return stringBuilder.toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/settings/SettingsFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/settings/SettingsFragment.java
index 0640ea444..de408712d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/settings/SettingsFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/settings/SettingsFragment.java
@@ -1,19 +1,37 @@
 package fr.free.nrw.commons.settings;
 
+import android.Manifest;
 import android.app.AlertDialog;
+import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
+import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.preference.CheckBoxPreference;
 import android.preference.EditTextPreference;
 import android.preference.ListPreference;
+import android.preference.Preference;
 import android.preference.PreferenceFragment;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
+import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
+import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
+import android.widget.Toast;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.BuildConfig;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.CommonsApplication;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.R;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.Utils;
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.utils.FileUtils;
 
 public class SettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment {
+
+    private static final int REQUEST_CODE_WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE = 100;
+
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
@@ -66,6 +84,57 @@ public class SettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment {
             return true;
         });
 
+        Preference sendLogsPreference = findPreference("sendLogs");
+        sendLogsPreference.setOnPreferenceClickListener(preference -> {
+            //first we need to check if we have the necessary permissions
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
+                if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(
+                        getActivity(),
+                        Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
+                        ==
+                        PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
+                    sendAppLogsViaEmail();
+                } else {
+                    //first get the necessary permission
+                    requestPermissions(new String[]{Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE},
+                            REQUEST_CODE_WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);
+                }
+            } else {
+                sendAppLogsViaEmail();
+            }
 
+            return true;
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions, @NonNull int[] grantResults) {
+        super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
+        if (requestCode == REQUEST_CODE_WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) {
+            if (grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
+                sendAppLogsViaEmail();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void sendAppLogsViaEmail() {
+        String appLogs = Utils.getAppLogs();
+        File appLogsFile = FileUtils.createAndGetAppLogsFile(appLogs);
+        Uri appLogsFilePath = Uri.fromFile(appLogsFile);
+
+        Intent feedbackIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
+        feedbackIntent.setType("message/rfc822");
+        feedbackIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,
+                new String[]{CommonsApplication.FEEDBACK_EMAIL});
+        feedbackIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,
+                String.format(CommonsApplication.FEEDBACK_EMAIL_SUBJECT,
+                        BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME));
+        feedbackIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,appLogsFilePath);
+
+        try {
+            startActivity(feedbackIntent);
+        } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
+            Toast.makeText(getActivity(), R.string.no_email_client, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/FileUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/FileUtils.java
index 1c816b9e1..6c3fc9a90 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/FileUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/FileUtils.java
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 package fr.free.nrw.commons.utils;
 
+import android.os.Environment;
+
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.CommonsApplication;
+import timber.log.Timber;
 
 public class FileUtils {
     /**
@@ -53,5 +59,32 @@ public class FileUtils {
         return deletedAll;
     }
 
+    public static File createAndGetAppLogsFile(String logs) {
+        try {
+            File commonsAppDirectory = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/CommonsApp");
+            if (!commonsAppDirectory.exists()) {
+                commonsAppDirectory.mkdir();
+            }
 
+            File logsFile = new File(commonsAppDirectory,"logs.txt");
+            if (logsFile.exists()) {
+                //old logs file is useless
+                logsFile.delete();
+            }
+
+            logsFile.createNewFile();
+
+            FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(logsFile);
+            OutputStreamWriter outputStreamWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream);
+            outputStreamWriter.append(logs);
+            outputStreamWriter.close();
+            outputStream.flush();
+            outputStream.close();
+
+            return logsFile;
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            Timber.e(ioe);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 9e7825b6b..b1d580a34 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -207,4 +207,6 @@ Tap this message (or hit back) to skip this step.</string>
   <string name="give_permission">Give permission</string>
   <string name="use_external_storage">Use external storage</string>
   <string name="use_external_storage_summary">Save pictures taken with the in-app camera on your device</string>
+    <string name="send_logs">Send Logs</string>
+  <string name="send_logs_description">Send logs to developers via email</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index fab5c93e7..2ceffcb8c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -53,4 +53,9 @@
         android:summary="@string/use_external_storage_summary"
         />
 
+    <Preference
+        android:key="sendLogs"
+        android:title="@string/send_logs"
+        android:summary="@string/send_logs_description"/>
+
 </PreferenceScreen>
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