diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0dca5e3cc..cf6f09052 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ impl FromStr for Level {
 
 impl fmt::Display for Level {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        fmt.pad(LOG_LEVEL_NAMES[*self as usize])
+        fmt.pad(self.as_str())
     }
 }
 
@@ -506,6 +506,13 @@ impl Level {
     pub fn to_level_filter(&self) -> LevelFilter {
         LevelFilter::from_usize(*self as usize).unwrap()
     }
+
+    /// Returns the string representation of the `Level`.
+    ///
+    /// This returns the same string as the `fmt::Display` implementation.
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
+        LOG_LEVEL_NAMES[*self as usize]
+    }
 }
 
 /// An enum representing the available verbosity level filters of the logger.
@@ -632,7 +639,7 @@ impl FromStr for LevelFilter {
 
 impl fmt::Display for LevelFilter {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        fmt.pad(LOG_LEVEL_NAMES[*self as usize])
+        fmt.pad(self.as_str())
     }
 }
 
@@ -661,6 +668,13 @@ impl LevelFilter {
     pub fn to_level(&self) -> Option<Level> {
         Level::from_usize(*self as usize)
     }
+
+    /// Returns the string representation of the `LevelFilter`.
+    ///
+    /// This returns the same string as the `fmt::Display` implementation.
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
+        LOG_LEVEL_NAMES[*self as usize]
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash, Debug)]
@@ -1496,6 +1510,20 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_level_as_str() {
+        let tests = &[
+            (Level::Error, "ERROR"),
+            (Level::Warn, "WARN"),
+            (Level::Info, "INFO"),
+            (Level::Debug, "DEBUG"),
+            (Level::Trace, "TRACE"),
+        ];
+        for (input, expected) in tests {
+            assert_eq!(*expected, input.as_str());
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_level_show() {
         assert_eq!("INFO", Level::Info.to_string());
@@ -1535,6 +1563,21 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(LevelFilter::Trace, Level::Trace.to_level_filter());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_level_filter_as_str() {
+        let tests = &[
+            (LevelFilter::Off, "OFF"),
+            (LevelFilter::Error, "ERROR"),
+            (LevelFilter::Warn, "WARN"),
+            (LevelFilter::Info, "INFO"),
+            (LevelFilter::Debug, "DEBUG"),
+            (LevelFilter::Trace, "TRACE"),
+        ];
+        for (input, expected) in tests {
+            assert_eq!(*expected, input.as_str());
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
     fn test_error_trait() {