diff --git a/src/api/api_solver.cpp b/src/api/api_solver.cpp
index 94e91ae05..be03e5daf 100644
--- a/src/api/api_solver.cpp
+++ b/src/api/api_solver.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ extern "C" {
         LOG_Z3_solver_set_params(c, s, p);
         RESET_ERROR_CODE();
 
+        symbol logic = to_param_ref(p).get_sym("smt.logic", symbol::null);
+        if (logic != symbol::null) {
+            to_solver(s)->m_logic = logic;
+        }
+
         if (to_solver(s)->m_solver) {
             bool old_model = to_solver(s)->m_params.get_bool("model", true);
             bool new_model = to_param_ref(p).get_bool("model", true);
diff --git a/src/smt/params/smt_params_helper.pyg b/src/smt/params/smt_params_helper.pyg
index a1a38babf..a9f6ccc18 100644
--- a/src/smt/params/smt_params_helper.pyg
+++ b/src/smt/params/smt_params_helper.pyg
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ def_module_params(module_name='smt',
                   description='smt solver based on lazy smt',
                   export=True,
                   params=(('auto_config', BOOL, True, 'automatically configure solver'),
+                          ('logic', SYMBOL, '', 'logic used to setup the SMT solver'),
                           ('random_seed', UINT, 0, 'random seed for the smt solver'),
                           ('relevancy', UINT, 2, 'relevancy propagation heuristic: 0 - disabled, 1 - relevancy is tracked by only affects quantifier instantiation, 2 - relevancy is tracked, and an atom is only asserted if it is relevant'),
                           ('macro_finder', BOOL, False, 'try to find universally quantified formulas that can be viewed as macros'),