diff --git a/agent-inject/agent/agent.go b/agent-inject/agent/agent.go
index f523c247..d5b85be5 100644
--- a/agent-inject/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent-inject/agent/agent.go
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ type Vault struct {
 	// LogLevel sets the Vault Agent log level.  Defaults to info.
 	LogLevel string
 
+	// LogFormat sets the Vault Agent log format.  Defaults to standard.
+	LogFormat string
+
 	// Namespace is the Vault namespace to prepend to secret paths.
 	Namespace string
 
@@ -249,6 +252,7 @@ func New(pod *corev1.Pod, patches []*jsonpatch.JsonPatchOperation) (*Agent, erro
 			ClientMaxRetries: pod.Annotations[AnnotationVaultClientMaxRetries],
 			ClientTimeout:    pod.Annotations[AnnotationVaultClientTimeout],
 			LogLevel:         pod.Annotations[AnnotationVaultLogLevel],
+			LogFormat:        pod.Annotations[AnnotationVaultLogFormat],
 			Namespace:        pod.Annotations[AnnotationVaultNamespace],
 			Role:             pod.Annotations[AnnotationVaultRole],
 			TLSSecret:        pod.Annotations[AnnotationVaultTLSSecret],
diff --git a/agent-inject/agent/annotations.go b/agent-inject/agent/annotations.go
index 238f79c6..fc153c71 100644
--- a/agent-inject/agent/annotations.go
+++ b/agent-inject/agent/annotations.go
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ const (
 	// AnnotationVaultLogLevel sets the Vault Agent log level.
 	AnnotationVaultLogLevel = "vault.hashicorp.com/log-level"
 
+	// AnnotationVaultLogFormat sets the Vault Agent log format.
+	AnnotationVaultLogFormat = "vault.hashicorp.com/log-format"
+
 	// AnnotationVaultRole specifies the role to be used for the Kubernetes auto-auth
 	// method.
 	AnnotationVaultRole = "vault.hashicorp.com/role"
@@ -290,6 +293,10 @@ func Init(pod *corev1.Pod, cfg AgentConfig) error {
 		pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[AnnotationVaultLogLevel] = DefaultAgentLogLevel
 	}
 
+	if _, ok := pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[AnnotationVaultLogFormat]; !ok {
+		pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[AnnotationVaultLogFormat] = DefaultAgentLogFormat
+	}
+
 	if _, securityContextIsSet = pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[AnnotationAgentSetSecurityContext]; !securityContextIsSet {
 		pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[AnnotationAgentSetSecurityContext] = strconv.FormatBool(cfg.SetSecurityContext)
 	}
diff --git a/agent-inject/agent/container_env.go b/agent-inject/agent/container_env.go
index 21493f86..18b07796 100644
--- a/agent-inject/agent/container_env.go
+++ b/agent-inject/agent/container_env.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package agent
 
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
+
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@ func (a *Agent) ContainerEnvVars(init bool) ([]corev1.EnvVar, error) {
 		})
 	}
 
+	if a.Vault.LogFormat != "" {
+		envs = append(envs, corev1.EnvVar{
+			Name:  "VAULT_LOG_FORMAT",
+			Value: a.Vault.LogFormat,
+		})
+	}
+
 	if a.ConfigMapName == "" {
 		config, err := a.newConfig(init)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/agent-inject/agent/container_sidecar.go b/agent-inject/agent/container_sidecar.go
index dac2f9ce..fdd6bf1b 100644
--- a/agent-inject/agent/container_sidecar.go
+++ b/agent-inject/agent/container_sidecar.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultContainerArg       = "echo ${VAULT_CONFIG?} | base64 -d > /home/vault/config.json && vault agent -config=/home/vault/config.json"
 	DefaultRevokeGrace        = 5
 	DefaultAgentLogLevel      = "info"
+	DefaultAgentLogFormat     = "standard"
 )
 
 // ContainerSidecar creates a new container to be added