diff --git a/examples/dotnet/csintegerprogramming.cs b/examples/dotnet/csintegerprogramming.cs
index 2e44b304e9..0f2e4b3740 100644
--- a/examples/dotnet/csintegerprogramming.cs
+++ b/examples/dotnet/csintegerprogramming.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 using System;
+using Google.OrTools.Init;
 using Google.OrTools.LinearSolver;
 
 public class CsIntegerProgramming
@@ -100,7 +101,11 @@ public class CsIntegerProgramming
 
     static void Main()
     {
-        Google.OrTools.Init.Init.InitCppLogging("csintegerprogramming.cs", true, false);
+        CppBridge.InitLogging("csintegerprogramming.cs");
+        CppFlags flags = new CppFlags();
+        flags.logtostderr = true;
+        flags.log_prefix = false;
+        CppBridge.SetFlags(flags);
 
         Console.WriteLine("---- Integer programming example with GLPK ----");
         RunIntegerProgrammingExample("GLPK");
diff --git a/examples/python/integer_programming.py b/examples/python/integer_programming.py
index 3785a85669..1e39440953 100644
--- a/examples/python/integer_programming.py
+++ b/examples/python/integer_programming.py
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    init.Init.InitCppLogging('integer_programming.py',
-                             /*logtostderr=*/True, 
-                             /*log_prefix=*/False);
+    init.CppBridge.InitLogging('integer_programming.py')
+    cpp_flags = init.CppFlags()
+    cpp_flags.logtostderr = True
+    cpp_flags.log_prefix = False
+    init.CppBridge.SetFlags(cpp_flags)
     main()
diff --git a/ortools/init/csharp/init.i b/ortools/init/csharp/init.i
index 7771003116..afdbdcf65b 100644
--- a/ortools/init/csharp/init.i
+++ b/ortools/init/csharp/init.i
@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@
 
 %unignore operations_research;
 
-%unignore operations_research::Init;
-%unignore operations_research::Init::InitCppLogging;
-%unignore operations_research::Init::LoadGurobiSharedLibrary;
+// Expose the flags structure.
+%unignore operations_research::CppFlags;
+%unignore operations_research::CppFlags::logtostderr;
+%unignore operations_research::CppFlags::log_prefix;
+
+// Expose the static methods of the bridge class.
+%unignore operations_research::CppBridge;
+%unignore operations_research::CppBridge::InitLogging;
+%unignore operations_research::CppBridge::SetFlags;
+%unignore operations_research::CppBridge::LoadGurobiSharedLibrary;
 
 %include "ortools/init/init.h"
 
diff --git a/ortools/init/init.h b/ortools/init/init.h
index a8e0266414..61c4336272 100644
--- a/ortools/init/init.h
+++ b/ortools/init/init.h
@@ -8,19 +8,25 @@
 
 namespace operations_research {
 
+struct CppFlags {
+  bool logtostderr = false;
+  bool log_prefix = false;
+};
+
 // This class performs various C++ initialization.
 // It is meant to be used once at the start of a program.
-class Init {
+class CppBridge {
  public:
    // Initialize the C++ logging layer.
-   // If logtostderr is false, all C++ logging will be ignored.
-   // If true, all logging will the displayed on stderr.
-  static void InitCppLogging(const std::string& program_name, bool logtostderr,
-                             bool log_prefix) {
-    absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_logtostderr, logtostderr);
-    absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_log_prefix, log_prefix);
+  static void InitLogging(const std::string& program_name) {
     google::InitGoogleLogging(program_name.c_str());
   }
+  
+  // Sets all the C++ flags contained in the CppFlags structure.
+  static void SetFlags(const CppFlags& flags)  {
+    absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_logtostderr, flags.logtostderr);
+    absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_log_prefix, flags.log_prefix);
+  }
 
   // Load the gurobi shared library.
   // This is necessary if the library is installed in a non canonical
diff --git a/ortools/init/java/init.i b/ortools/init/java/init.i
index 9820e630ba..3be6a92eba 100644
--- a/ortools/init/java/init.i
+++ b/ortools/init/java/init.i
@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@
 
 %unignore operations_research;
 
-%unignore operations_research::Init;
-%rename (initCppLogging) operations_research::Init::InitCppLogging;
-%rename (logGurobiSharedLibrary) operations_research::Init::LoadGurobiSharedLibrary;
+// Expose the flags structure.
+%unignore operations_research::CppFlags;
+%unignore operations_research::CppFlags::logtostderr;
+%unignore operations_research::CppFlags::log_prefix;
+
+// Expose the static methods of the bridge class.
+%unignore operations_research::CppBridge;
+%rename (initLogging) operations_research::CppBridge::InitLogging;
+%rename (setFlags) operations_research::CppBridge::SetFlags;
+%rename (logGurobiSharedLibrary) operations_research::CppBridge::LoadGurobiSharedLibrary;
 
 %include "ortools/init/init.h"
 
diff --git a/ortools/init/python/init.i b/ortools/init/python/init.i
index 7771003116..afdbdcf65b 100644
--- a/ortools/init/python/init.i
+++ b/ortools/init/python/init.i
@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@
 
 %unignore operations_research;
 
-%unignore operations_research::Init;
-%unignore operations_research::Init::InitCppLogging;
-%unignore operations_research::Init::LoadGurobiSharedLibrary;
+// Expose the flags structure.
+%unignore operations_research::CppFlags;
+%unignore operations_research::CppFlags::logtostderr;
+%unignore operations_research::CppFlags::log_prefix;
+
+// Expose the static methods of the bridge class.
+%unignore operations_research::CppBridge;
+%unignore operations_research::CppBridge::InitLogging;
+%unignore operations_research::CppBridge::SetFlags;
+%unignore operations_research::CppBridge::LoadGurobiSharedLibrary;
 
 %include "ortools/init/init.h"