diff --git a/charts/matrix-synapse/templates/configuration.yaml b/charts/matrix-synapse/templates/configuration.yaml
index 7f04dee..2afb12d 100644
--- a/charts/matrix-synapse/templates/configuration.yaml
+++ b/charts/matrix-synapse/templates/configuration.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ data:
   log.yaml: |
     version: 1
     formatters:
+      {{- if .Values.config.useStructuredLogging }}
+      structured:
+        class: synapse.logging.TerseJsonFormatter
+      {{- else }}
       precise:
-       format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s- %(message)s'
+        format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s- %(message)s'
+      {{- end }}
     filters:
       context:
         (): synapse.util.logcontext.LoggingContextFilter
@@ -18,12 +23,15 @@ data:
     handlers:
       console:
         class: logging.StreamHandler
-        formatter: precise
+        formatter: {{ if .Values.config.useStructuredLogging }}structured{{ else }}precise{{ end }}
         filters: [context]
         level: {{ .Values.config.logLevel | default "INFO" }}
     loggers:
         synapse:
-            level: {{ .Values.config.logLevel | default "INFO" }}
+          level: {{ .Values.config.logLevel | default "INFO" }}
+        {{- with .Values.extraLoggers -}}
+        {{ . | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
     root:
         level: {{ .Values.config.logLevel | default "INFO" }}
         handlers: [console]
diff --git a/charts/matrix-synapse/values.yaml b/charts/matrix-synapse/values.yaml
index 392244e..c2467f4 100644
--- a/charts/matrix-synapse/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/matrix-synapse/values.yaml
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ config:
   extraMainListenerTypes: []
   #  - consent
 
+  ## Logging
+  # use TerseJsonFormatter structured logging
+  # Ref: https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/structured_logging.html
+  useStructuredLogging: false
+
 ## Specify arbitrary Synapse configuration here;
 ## Ref: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/sample_config.yaml
 ##
@@ -154,6 +159,12 @@ extraConfig: {}
 #    - syd.example.com
 #  dynamic_thumbnails: true
 
+## Specify additional loggers configutation here;
+## Ref: https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/structured_logging.html
+extraLoggers: {}
+#  synapse.storage.SQL:
+#    level: WARNING
+
 ## Specify arbitrary - secret - Synapse configuration here;
 ## These values will be stored in secrets instead of configmaps
 ## Ref: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/sample_config.yaml