diff --git a/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/NLog.config b/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/NLog.config
index 6ee74312..0a62c3a0 100644
--- a/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/NLog.config	
+++ b/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/NLog.config	
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             layout="${longdate}|${event-properties:item=EventId_Id:whenEmpty=0}|${uppercase:${level}}|${logger}|${message} ${exception:format=tostring}|url: ${aspnet-request-url}|action: ${aspnet-mvc-action}" />
 
     <!--Console Target for hosting lifetime messages to improve Docker / Visual Studio startup detection -->
-    <target xsi:type="Console" name="lifetimeConsole" layout="${level:truncate=4:lowercase=true}\: ${logger}[0]${newline}      ${message}${exception:format=tostring}" />
+    <target xsi:type="Console" name="lifetimeConsole" layout="${MicrosoftConsoleLayout}" />
   </targets>
 
   <!-- rules to map from logger name to target -->
diff --git a/examples/ASP.NET Core 5/ASP.NET Core 5 NLog Example/nlog.config b/examples/ASP.NET Core 5/ASP.NET Core 5 NLog Example/nlog.config
index 26d58d4c..0b7abe44 100644
--- a/examples/ASP.NET Core 5/ASP.NET Core 5 NLog Example/nlog.config	
+++ b/examples/ASP.NET Core 5/ASP.NET Core 5 NLog Example/nlog.config	
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             layout="${longdate}|${event-properties:item=EventId_Id:whenEmpty=0}|${uppercase:${level}}|${logger}|${message} ${exception:format=tostring}|url: ${aspnet-request-url}|action: ${aspnet-mvc-action}|${callsite}| body: ${aspnet-request-posted-body}" />
 
     <!--Console Target for hosting lifetime messages to improve Docker / Visual Studio startup detection -->
-    <target xsi:type="Console" name="lifetimeConsole" layout="${level:truncate=4:lowercase=true}\: ${logger}[0]${newline}      ${message}${exception:format=tostring}" />
+    <target xsi:type="Console" name="lifetimeConsole" layout="${MicrosoftConsoleLayout}" />
   </targets>
 
   <!-- rules to map from logger name to target -->
diff --git a/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Config/SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Config/SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions.cs
index f8a95c75..b4f58637 100644
--- a/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Config/SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Config/SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 using System.Reflection;
 using NLog.Config;
 using NLog.Web.DependencyInjection;
+using NLog.Web.LayoutRenderers;
+using HttpContextBase = Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext;
 
 namespace NLog.Web
 {
@@ -25,5 +27,18 @@ public static ISetupExtensionsBuilder RegisterNLogWeb(this ISetupExtensionsBuild
 
             return setupBuilder.RegisterAssembly(typeof(NLogAspNetCoreOptions).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
         }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Register a custom layout renderer using custom delegate-method <paramref name="layoutMethod" />
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="setupBuilder">Fluent style</param>
+        /// <param name="name">Name of the layout renderer - without ${}.</param>
+        /// <param name="layoutMethod">Delegate method that returns layout renderer output.</param>
+        public static ISetupExtensionsBuilder RegisterAspNetLayoutRenderer(this ISetupExtensionsBuilder setupBuilder, string name, Func<LogEventInfo, HttpContextBase, LoggingConfiguration, object> layoutMethod)
+        {
+            AspNetLayoutRendererBase.Register(name, layoutMethod);
+            return setupBuilder;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NLog.Web/Config/SetupBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/NLog.Web/Config/SetupBuilderExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4234b803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NLog.Web/Config/SetupBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using NLog.Config;
+
+namespace NLog.Web
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extension methods to setup LogFactory options
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class SetupBuilderExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Register the NLog.Web LayoutRenderers before loading NLog config
+        /// </summary>
+        public static ISetupBuilder RegisterNLogWeb(this ISetupBuilder setupBuilder)
+        {
+            setupBuilder.SetupExtensions(e => e.RegisterNLogWeb());
+            return setupBuilder;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NLog.Web/Config/SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/NLog.Web/Config/SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a6ff3f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NLog.Web/Config/SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using System;
+using System.Web;
+using NLog.Config;
+using NLog.Web.LayoutRenderers;
+
+namespace NLog.Web
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extension methods to setup NLog extensions, so they are known when loading NLog LoggingConfiguration
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Register the NLog.Web LayoutRenderers
+        /// </summary>
+        public static ISetupExtensionsBuilder RegisterNLogWeb(this ISetupExtensionsBuilder setupBuilder)
+        {
+            return setupBuilder.RegisterAssembly(typeof(SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions).Assembly);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Register a custom layout renderer using custom delegate-method <paramref name="layoutMethod" />
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="setupBuilder">Fluent style</param>
+        /// <param name="name">Name of the layout renderer - without ${}.</param>
+        /// <param name="layoutMethod">Delegate method that returns layout renderer output.</param>
+        public static ISetupExtensionsBuilder RegisterAspNetLayoutRenderer(this ISetupExtensionsBuilder setupBuilder, string name, Func<LogEventInfo, HttpContextBase, LoggingConfiguration, object> layoutMethod)
+        {
+            AspNetLayoutRendererBase.Register(name, layoutMethod);
+            return setupBuilder;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/NLog.Web.Tests/AspNetTests.cs b/tests/NLog.Web.Tests/AspNetTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3298fc0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/NLog.Web.Tests/AspNetTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using NLog.Web.Targets.Wrappers;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace NLog.Web.Tests
+{
+    public sealed class AspNetTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void RegisterNLogWebTest()
+        {
+            // Act
+            var logFactory = new NLog.LogFactory().Setup().RegisterNLogWeb().LoadConfigurationFromXml(
+                @"<nlog throwConfigExceptions='true'>
+                    <targets>
+                        <target type='AspNetBufferingWrapper' name='hello'>
+                            <target type='Memory' name='hello_wrapped' />
+                        </target>
+                    </targets>
+                    <rules>
+                        <logger name='*' writeTo='hello' />
+                    </rules>
+                </nlog>").LogFactory;
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(logFactory?.Configuration?.FindTargetByName<AspNetBufferingTargetWrapper>("hello"));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Shared/RegisterCustomLayoutRenderer.cs b/tests/Shared/RegisterCustomLayoutRenderer.cs
index ab993798..a68639c3 100644
--- a/tests/Shared/RegisterCustomLayoutRenderer.cs
+++ b/tests/Shared/RegisterCustomLayoutRenderer.cs
@@ -26,19 +26,28 @@ public void RegisterLayoutRendererTest()
 #endif
 
             // Act
-            AspNetLayoutRendererBase.Register("test-web",
+            var logFactory = new LogFactory().Setup().RegisterNLogWeb().SetupExtensions(ext =>
+                ext.RegisterAspNetLayoutRenderer("test-web",
                 (logEventInfo, httpContext, loggingConfiguration) =>
 #if ASP_NET_CORE
-                    httpContext.Connection.LocalPort);
+                    httpContext.Connection.LocalPort)
 #else
-                    httpContext.Request.RawUrl);
+                    httpContext.Request.RawUrl)
 #endif
-            SimpleLayout l = "${test-web}";
-            (l.Renderers.FirstOrDefault() as NLogWebFuncLayoutRenderer).HttpContextAccessor = httpContextMock;
-            var result = l.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent());
+            ).LoadConfiguration(builder =>
+            {
+                builder.ForLogger().WriteTo(new NLog.Targets.MemoryTarget("hello") { Layout = "${test-web}" });
+            }).LogFactory;
+
+            var target = logFactory.Configuration.FindTargetByName<NLog.Targets.MemoryTarget>("hello");
+            var layoutRenderer = (target.Layout as NLog.Layouts.SimpleLayout).Renderers.FirstOrDefault() as NLogWebFuncLayoutRenderer;
+            layoutRenderer.HttpContextAccessor = httpContextMock;
+
+            logFactory.GetCurrentClassLogger().Info("Hello World");
 
             // Assert
-            Assert.Equal("123", result);
+            Assert.Single(target.Logs);
+            Assert.Equal("123", target.Logs[0]);
         }
     }
 }