diff --git a/src/robusta/runner/process_setup.py b/src/robusta/runner/process_setup.py
index 564d3a188..d7dd13d26 100644
--- a/src/robusta/runner/process_setup.py
+++ b/src/robusta/runner/process_setup.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
 from robusta.core.model.env_vars import RUN_AS_SUBPROCESS
 
+JSON_LOGGING = os.environ.get("ROBUSTA_JSON_LOGGING", "").lower() in ("true", "1", "yes")
+
 
 def process_setup():
     # Cache getLogger calls as we are seeing kubernetes-client locking on logging causing event processing to be extremely delayed
@@ -13,6 +15,14 @@ def process_setup():
     # Inspiration from Yelp - https://github.com/Yelp/Tron/blob/36337d92fa92bba3da8c5fcc65235697d009eb36/tron/trondaemon.py#L58
     logging.getLogger = lru_cache(maxsize=None)(logging.getLogger)
 
+    if JSON_LOGGING:
+        from pythonjsonlogger import jsonlogger
+        root_logger = logging.getLogger()
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+        formatter = jsonlogger.JsonFormatter()
+        handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+        root_logger.handlers = [handler]
+
     if RUN_AS_SUBPROCESS:
         if os.fork():
             # Parent process, pid 1 in our deployment scenario. Wait (blocking - doesn't