diff --git a/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/Program.cs b/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/Program.cs
index 01e13fb3f..8d00b15ed 100644
--- a/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/Program.cs	
+++ b/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/Program.cs	
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ public class Program
     {
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            var logger = NLog.Web.NLogBuilder.ConfigureNLog("nlog.config").GetCurrentClassLogger();
+            var logger = NLog.LogManager.Setup().LoadConfigurationFromAppSettings().LogFactory.GetCurrentClassLogger();
+
             try
             {
                 logger.Debug("init main");
diff --git a/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Config/SetupBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Config/SetupBuilderExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1822bef52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Config/SetupBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+using System;
+#if ASP_NET_CORE3
+using System.IO;
+#endif
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using NLog.Config;
+using NLog.Extensions.Logging;
+using NLog.Web.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace NLog.Web
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extension methods to setup LogFactory options
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class SetupBuilderExtensions
+    {
+#if ASP_NET_CORE3
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads NLog LoggingConfiguration from appsettings.json from the NLog-section
+        /// </summary>
+        public static ISetupBuilder LoadConfigurationFromAppSettings(this ISetupBuilder setupBuilder, string basePath = null, string environment = null, bool optional = true, bool reloadOnChange = false)
+        {
+            var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                .SetBasePath(basePath ?? Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
+                .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional, reloadOnChange)
+                .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{(environment ?? GetAspNetCoreEnvironment("DOTNET_ENVIRONMENT") ?? GetAspNetCoreEnvironment("ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT") ?? "Production")}.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: reloadOnChange)
+                .AddJsonFile("appsettings.local.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: reloadOnChange)
+                .AddEnvironmentVariables(prefix: "ASPNETCORE_")
+                .AddEnvironmentVariables(prefix: "DOTNET_");
+            var config = builder.Build();
+            return setupBuilder.RegisterNLogWeb().LoadConfigurationFromSection(config);
+        }
+
+        private static string GetAspNetCoreEnvironment(string variableName)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var environment = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(variableName);
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(environment))
+                    return null;
+
+                return environment.Trim();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                NLog.Common.InternalLogger.Error(ex, "Failed to lookup environment variable {0}", variableName);
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Convience method to register aspnet-layoutrenders in NLog.Web as one-liner before loading NLog.config
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// If not providing <paramref name="serviceProvider"/>, then output from aspnet-layoutrenderers will remain empty
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static ISetupBuilder RegisterNLogWeb(this ISetupBuilder setupBuilder, IServiceProvider serviceProvider = null)
+        {
+            setupBuilder.SetupExtensions(s => s.RegisterNLogWeb());
+            if (serviceProvider != null)
+                ServiceLocator.ServiceProvider = serviceProvider;
+            return setupBuilder;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Replace with version from NLog.Extension.Logging when it has been released with NLog 4.7
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static ISetupBuilder LoadConfigurationFromSection(this ISetupBuilder setupBuilder, IConfiguration configuration)
+        {
+            setupBuilder.SetupExtensions(e => e.RegisterConfigSettings(configuration));
+            var nlogConfig = configuration.GetSection("NLog");
+            if (nlogConfig != null && nlogConfig.GetChildren().Any())
+            {
+                setupBuilder.LogFactory.Configuration = new NLogLoggingConfiguration(nlogConfig, setupBuilder.LogFactory);
+            }
+            return setupBuilder;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Config/SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Config/SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..494105b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Config/SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using NLog.Config;
+using NLog.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace NLog.Web
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extension methods to setup NLog extensions, so they are known when loading NLog LoggingConfiguration
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class SetupExtensionsBuilderExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Replace with version from NLog.Extension.Logging when it has been released with NLog 4.7
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static ISetupExtensionsBuilder RegisterConfigSettings(this ISetupExtensionsBuilder setupBuilder, IConfiguration configuration)
+        {
+            ConfigSettingLayoutRenderer.DefaultConfiguration = configuration;
+            return setupBuilder.RegisterLayoutRenderer<ConfigSettingLayoutRenderer>("configsetting");
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Register the NLog.Web.AspNetCore LayoutRenderers
+        /// </summary>
+        public static ISetupExtensionsBuilder RegisterNLogWeb(this ISetupExtensionsBuilder setupBuilder)
+        {
+            return setupBuilder.RegisterAssembly(typeof(NLogAspNetCoreOptions).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/NLog.Web.AspNetCore.csproj b/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/NLog.Web.AspNetCore.csproj
index 40a1b4242..c169424d4 100644
--- a/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/NLog.Web.AspNetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/NLog.Web.AspNetCore.csproj
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Supported platforms:
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="NLog.Extensions.Logging" Version="1.6.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.7.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net451' ">
     <Reference Include="System" />