A log splitter attachment is provided far splitting logs on a loader including a pair of lift arms for supporting a bucket. The attachment comprises a frame supporting a blade and a log pusher thereon for sliding movement relative to one another and an actuator acting between the blade and the log pusher. The frame mounts on respective free ends of the lift arms of the loader in place of the bucket of the loader so that the blade and log pusher can be manoeuvred overtop a log on the ground to split the log therebetween using the lift amp and bucke t controls of the loader.