diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-composer/config.go b/cmd/osbuild-composer/config.go
index 30bfb21a0..d162cb9e3 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-composer/config.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-composer/config.go
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ComposerConfigFile struct {
-	Koji     KojiAPIConfig   `toml:"koji"`
-	Worker   WorkerAPIConfig `toml:"worker"`
-	WeldrAPI WeldrAPIConfig  `toml:"weldr_api"`
-	LogLevel string          `toml:"log_level"`
+	Koji      KojiAPIConfig   `toml:"koji"`
+	Worker    WorkerAPIConfig `toml:"worker"`
+	WeldrAPI  WeldrAPIConfig  `toml:"weldr_api"`
+	LogLevel  string          `toml:"log_level"`
+	LogFormat string          `toml:"log_format"`
 }
 
 type KojiAPIConfig struct {
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() *ComposerConfigFile {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		LogLevel:  "info",
+		LogFormat: "text",
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-composer/config_test.go b/cmd/osbuild-composer/config_test.go
index 159707d83..935a083c3 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-composer/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-composer/config_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func TestDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	require.Equal(t, expectedWeldrAPIConfig, defaultConfig.WeldrAPI)
+	require.Equal(t, "text", defaultConfig.LogFormat)
 }
 
 func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-composer/main.go b/cmd/osbuild-composer/main.go
index 53eb8b425..d54792525 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-composer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-composer/main.go
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ func main() {
 		logrus.Info("Failed to load loglevel from config:", err)
 	}
 
+	switch config.LogFormat {
+	case "text":
+		logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{})
+	case "json":
+		logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.JSONFormatter{})
+	default:
+		logrus.Infof("Failed to set logging format from config, '%s' is not a valid option", config.LogFormat)
+	}
+
 	logrus.Info("Loaded configuration:")
 	err = DumpConfig(*config, logrus.StandardLogger().WriterLevel(logrus.InfoLevel))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/docs/news/unreleased/log-options.md b/docs/news/unreleased/log-options.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5db0b445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/news/unreleased/log-options.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Configurable logging
+
+* Logging is now configurable via the config file, `log_level` can be set to one of `trace`, `debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error` or `fatal`.
+* JSON Logging is supported and configurable via the config file/env, `log_format` can be set to `text` or `json`.