diff --git a/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/AspNetExtensions.cs b/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/AspNetExtensions.cs
index 6a6bcc393..cffcfb278 100644
--- a/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/AspNetExtensions.cs
+++ b/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/AspNetExtensions.cs
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ public static class AspNetExtensions
 #endif
         public static void AddNLogWeb(this IApplicationBuilder app)
         {
-            ServiceLocator.ServiceProvider = app.ApplicationServices;
-            ConfigurationItemFactory.Default.RegisterItemsFromAssembly(typeof(AspNetExtensions).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
-            LogManager.AddHiddenAssembly(typeof(AspNetExtensions).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
+            app.ApplicationServices.SetupNLogServiceLocator();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -104,14 +102,12 @@ public static IWebHostBuilder UseNLog(this IWebHostBuilder builder, NLogAspNetCo
             if (builder == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(builder));
             options = options ?? NLogAspNetCoreOptions.Default;
 
-            ConfigurationItemFactory.Default.RegisterItemsFromAssembly(typeof(AspNetExtensions).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
-
             builder.ConfigureServices(services =>
             {
                 //note: when registering ILoggerFactory, all non NLog stuff and stuff before this will be removed
                 services.AddSingleton<ILoggerProvider>(serviceProvider =>
                 {
-                    ServiceLocator.ServiceProvider = serviceProvider;
+                    serviceProvider.SetupNLogServiceLocator();
                     return new NLogLoggerProvider(options);
                 });
 
@@ -125,5 +121,20 @@ public static IWebHostBuilder UseNLog(this IWebHostBuilder builder, NLogAspNetCo
         }
 #endif
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Override the default <see cref="IServiceProvider"/> used by the NLog ServiceLocator.
+        /// NLog ServiceLocator uses the <see cref="IServiceProvider"/> to access context specific services (Ex. <see cref="IHttpContextAccessor"/>)
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Should only be used if the standard approach for configuring NLog is not enough
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <param name="serviceProvider"></param>
+        public static IServiceProvider SetupNLogServiceLocator(this IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
+        {
+            ServiceLocator.ServiceProvider = serviceProvider;
+            ConfigurationItemFactory.Default.RegisterItemsFromAssembly(typeof(AspNetExtensions).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
+            LogManager.AddHiddenAssembly(typeof(AspNetExtensions).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
+            return serviceProvider;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/DependencyInjection/ServiceLocator.cs b/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Internal/ServiceLocator.cs
similarity index 99%
rename from NLog.Web.AspNetCore/DependencyInjection/ServiceLocator.cs
rename to NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Internal/ServiceLocator.cs
index a834485f8..630096a9a 100644
--- a/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/DependencyInjection/ServiceLocator.cs
+++ b/NLog.Web.AspNetCore/Internal/ServiceLocator.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@ internal static class ServiceLocator
         /// The current service provider for reading ASP.NET Core session, request etc.
         /// </summary>
         public static IServiceProvider ServiceProvider { get; set; }
-
-   
     }
 }