diff --git a/src/connection_string.ts b/src/connection_string.ts
index 54dec09765f..a1dd0614251 100644
--- a/src/connection_string.ts
+++ b/src/connection_string.ts
@@ -1224,7 +1224,10 @@ export const OPTIONS = {
       'useUnifiedTopology has no effect since Node.js Driver version 4.0.0 and will be removed in the next major version'
   } as OptionDescriptor,
   // MongoLogger
-  // TODO(NODE-4849): Tighten the type of mongodbLogPath
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   * TODO: NODE-5671 - remove internal flag
+   */
   mongodbLogPath: { type: 'any' }
 } as Record<keyof MongoClientOptions, OptionDescriptor>;
 
diff --git a/src/mongo_client.ts b/src/mongo_client.ts
index 3e9a4c504b8..2122530c7f4 100644
--- a/src/mongo_client.ts
+++ b/src/mongo_client.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { MONGO_CLIENT_EVENTS } from './constants';
 import { Db, type DbOptions } from './db';
 import type { Encrypter } from './encrypter';
 import { MongoInvalidArgumentError } from './error';
-import { MongoLogger, type MongoLoggerOptions } from './mongo_logger';
+import { type MongoDBLogWritable, MongoLogger, type MongoLoggerOptions } from './mongo_logger';
 import { TypedEventEmitter } from './mongo_types';
 import { executeOperation } from './operations/execute_operation';
 import { RunAdminCommandOperation } from './operations/run_command';
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ export interface MongoClientOptions extends BSONSerializeOptions, SupportedNodeC
   srvPoller?: SrvPoller;
   /** @internal */
   connectionType?: typeof Connection;
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   * TODO: NODE-5671 - remove internal flag
+   */
+  mongodbLogPath?: 'stderr' | 'stdout' | MongoDBLogWritable;
 
   /** @internal */
   [featureFlag: symbol]: any;
@@ -825,6 +830,14 @@ export interface MongoOptions
   /** @internal */
   [featureFlag: symbol]: any;
 
-  /** @internal */
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   * TODO: NODE-5671 - remove internal flag
+   */
   mongoLoggerOptions: MongoLoggerOptions;
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   * TODO: NODE-5671 - remove internal flag
+   */
+  mongodbLogPath?: 'stderr' | 'stdout' | MongoDBLogWritable;
 }
diff --git a/src/mongo_logger.ts b/src/mongo_logger.ts
index ab75388d7fe..d5704655eb2 100644
--- a/src/mongo_logger.ts
+++ b/src/mongo_logger.ts
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export function createStdioLogger(stream: {
  */
 function resolveLogPath(
   { MONGODB_LOG_PATH }: MongoLoggerEnvOptions,
-  { mongodbLogPath }: { mongodbLogPath?: string | Writable | MongoDBLogWritable }
+  { mongodbLogPath }: MongoLoggerMongoClientOptions
 ): MongoDBLogWritable {
   if (typeof mongodbLogPath === 'string' && /^stderr$/i.test(mongodbLogPath)) {
     return createStdioLogger(process.stderr);
diff --git a/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/entities.ts b/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/entities.ts
index 623b2ffe82a..f6058a3d8e6 100644
--- a/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/entities.ts
+++ b/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/entities.ts
@@ -189,10 +189,9 @@ export class UnifiedMongoClient extends MongoClient {
       [Symbol.for('@@mdb.skipPingOnConnect')]: true,
       [Symbol.for('@@mdb.enableMongoLogger')]: true,
       [Symbol.for('@@mdb.internalLoggerConfig')]: componentSeverities,
-      // @ts-expect-error TODO(NODE-4849): Remove this once we have support for mongodbLogPath
-      mongodbLogPath: logCollector,
       ...getEnvironmentalOptions(),
-      ...(description.serverApi ? { serverApi: description.serverApi } : {})
+      ...(description.serverApi ? { serverApi: description.serverApi } : {}),
+      mongodbLogPath: logCollector
     } as any);
     this.logCollector = logCollector;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/connection_string.test.ts b/test/unit/connection_string.test.ts
index 01baa184e1c..372e9f27b54 100644
--- a/test/unit/connection_string.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/connection_string.test.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import * as process from 'node:process';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as dns from 'dns';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
+import { inspect } from 'util';
 
 import {
   AUTH_MECHS_AUTH_SRC_EXTERNAL,
   AuthMechanism,
   DEFAULT_ALLOWED_HOSTS,
   FEATURE_FLAGS,
+  type Log,
   MongoAPIError,
   MongoClient,
   MongoCredentials,
@@ -832,4 +834,53 @@ describe('Connection String', function () {
         .that.matches(/useUnifiedTopology has no effect/);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('when mongodbLogPath is in options', function () {
+    const loggerFeatureFlag = Symbol.for('@@mdb.enableMongoLogger');
+
+    let stderrStub;
+    let stdoutStub;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      stdoutStub = sinon.stub(process.stdout);
+      stderrStub = sinon.stub(process.stderr);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      sinon.restore();
+    });
+
+    context('when option is `stderr`', function () {
+      it('it is accessible through mongoLogger.logDestination', function () {
+        const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://a/?mongodbLogPath=stderr', {
+          [loggerFeatureFlag]: true
+        });
+        const log: Log = { t: new Date(), c: 'ConnectionStringStdErr', s: 'error' };
+        client.options.mongoLoggerOptions.logDestination.write(log);
+        expect(stderrStub.write).calledWith(inspect(log, { breakLength: Infinity, compact: true }));
+      });
+    });
+
+    context('when option is `stdout`', function () {
+      it('it is accessible through mongoLogger.logDestination', function () {
+        const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://a/?mongodbLogPath=stdout', {
+          [loggerFeatureFlag]: true
+        });
+        const log: Log = { t: new Date(), c: 'ConnectionStringStdOut', s: 'error' };
+        client.options.mongoLoggerOptions.logDestination.write(log);
+        expect(stdoutStub.write).calledWith(inspect(log, { breakLength: Infinity, compact: true }));
+      });
+    });
+
+    context('when option is invalid', function () {
+      it('it defaults to stderr', function () {
+        const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://a/?mongodbLogPath=stdnothing', {
+          [loggerFeatureFlag]: true
+        });
+        const log: Log = { t: new Date(), c: 'ConnectionStringInvalidOption', s: 'error' };
+        client.options.mongoLoggerOptions.logDestination.write(log);
+        expect(stderrStub.write).calledWith(inspect(log, { breakLength: Infinity, compact: true }));
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/mongo_client.test.js b/test/unit/mongo_client.test.js
index ad18d944a85..8757146baf3 100644
--- a/test/unit/mongo_client.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/mongo_client.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-'use strict';
+('use strict');
+
+import { inspect } from 'util';
+
 const os = require('os');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const { expect } = require('chai');
@@ -813,4 +816,73 @@ describe('MongoOptions', function () {
       expect(client.options).to.have.property('mongoLoggerOptions').to.equal(expectedLoggingObject);
     });
   });
+
+  context('when mongodbLogPath is in options', function () {
+    const loggerFeatureFlag = Symbol.for('@@mdb.enableMongoLogger');
+
+    let stderrStub;
+    let stdoutStub;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      stdoutStub = sinon.stub(process.stdout);
+      stderrStub = sinon.stub(process.stderr);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      sinon.restore();
+    });
+
+    context('when option is `stderr`', function () {
+      it('it is accessible through mongoLogger.logDestination', function () {
+        const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://a/', {
+          [loggerFeatureFlag]: true,
+          mongodbLogPath: 'stderr'
+        });
+        const log = { t: new Date(), c: 'constructorStdErr', s: 'error' };
+        client.options.mongoLoggerOptions.logDestination.write(log);
+        expect(stderrStub.write).calledWith(inspect(log, { breakLength: Infinity, compact: true }));
+      });
+    });
+
+    context('when option is a MongoDBLogWritable stream', function () {
+      it('it is accessible through mongoLogger.logDestination', function () {
+        const writable = {
+          buffer: [],
+          write(log) {
+            this.buffer.push(log);
+          }
+        };
+        const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://a/', {
+          [loggerFeatureFlag]: true,
+          mongodbLogPath: writable
+        });
+        expect(client.options.mongoLoggerOptions.logDestination).to.deep.equal(writable);
+      });
+    });
+
+    context('when option is `stdout`', function () {
+      it('it is accessible through mongoLogger.logDestination', function () {
+        const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://a/', {
+          [loggerFeatureFlag]: true,
+          mongodbLogPath: 'stdout'
+        });
+        const log = { t: new Date(), c: 'constructorStdOut', s: 'error' };
+        client.options.mongoLoggerOptions.logDestination.write(log);
+        expect(stdoutStub.write).calledWith(inspect(log, { breakLength: Infinity, compact: true }));
+      });
+    });
+
+    context('when option is invalid', function () {
+      it('it defaults to stderr', function () {
+        const invalidOption = 'stdnothing';
+        const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://a/', {
+          [loggerFeatureFlag]: true,
+          mongodbLogPath: invalidOption
+        });
+        const log = { t: new Date(), c: 'constructorInvalidOption', s: 'error' };
+        client.options.mongoLoggerOptions.logDestination.write(log);
+        expect(stderrStub.write).calledWith(inspect(log, { breakLength: Infinity, compact: true }));
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });