diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/logging-protocol-a4cf0f786f21e4ee.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/logging-protocol-a4cf0f786f21e4ee.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad8206d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/logging-protocol-a4cf0f786f21e4ee.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    Accept non-standard logger in helpers logging something (eg: structlog, loguru...)
+
diff --git a/tenacity/_utils.py b/tenacity/_utils.py
index f11a088..be14871 100644
--- a/tenacity/_utils.py
+++ b/tenacity/_utils.py
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@
 MAX_WAIT = sys.maxsize / 2
 
 
+class LoggerProtocol(typing.Protocol):
+    """
+    Protocol used by utils expecting a logger (eg: before_log).
+
+    Compatible with logging, structlog, loguru, etc...
+    """
+
+    def log(
+        self, level: int, msg: str, /, *args: typing.Any, **kwargs: typing.Any
+    ) -> typing.Any: ...
+
+
 def find_ordinal(pos_num: int) -> str:
     # See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_numerals#Ordinal_numbers
     if pos_num == 0:
diff --git a/tenacity/after.py b/tenacity/after.py
index 1735b0b..a4b8922 100644
--- a/tenacity/after.py
+++ b/tenacity/after.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 from tenacity import _utils
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    import logging
-
     from tenacity import RetryCallState
 
 
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ def after_nothing(retry_state: "RetryCallState") -> None:
 
 
 def after_log(
-    logger: "logging.Logger",
+    logger: _utils.LoggerProtocol,
     log_level: int,
     sec_format: str = "%.3g",
 ) -> typing.Callable[["RetryCallState"], None]:
diff --git a/tenacity/before.py b/tenacity/before.py
index 366235a..5d9aa24 100644
--- a/tenacity/before.py
+++ b/tenacity/before.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 from tenacity import _utils
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    import logging
-
     from tenacity import RetryCallState
 
 
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ def before_nothing(retry_state: "RetryCallState") -> None:
 
 
 def before_log(
-    logger: "logging.Logger", log_level: int
+    logger: _utils.LoggerProtocol, log_level: int
 ) -> typing.Callable[["RetryCallState"], None]:
     """Before call strategy that logs to some logger the attempt."""
 
diff --git a/tenacity/before_sleep.py b/tenacity/before_sleep.py
index d71ea8e..a822cb8 100644
--- a/tenacity/before_sleep.py
+++ b/tenacity/before_sleep.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 from tenacity import _utils
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    import logging
-
     from tenacity import RetryCallState
 
 
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ def before_sleep_nothing(retry_state: "RetryCallState") -> None:
 
 
 def before_sleep_log(
-    logger: "logging.Logger",
+    logger: _utils.LoggerProtocol,
     log_level: int,
     exc_info: bool = False,
     sec_format: str = "%.3g",