diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
index 07729e12..90b07e80 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ fun Any.log(level: Int, text: CharSequence, newLine : Boolean = true) {
 }
 
 fun Any.kobaltLog(level: Int, text: CharSequence, newLine : Boolean = true) = log(level, text, newLine)
+fun Any.kobaltWarn(text: CharSequence) = warn(text)
+fun Any.kobaltError(text: CharSequence) = error(text)
 
 fun Any.logWrap(level: Int, text1: CharSequence, text2: CharSequence, function: () -> Unit) {
     if (level <= KobaltLogger.LOG_LEVEL) {