diff --git a/apps/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh b/apps/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
index 3bfd6aec8f88b05bfd6eaa148f8694eb5d484561..a92dcc52781c675eb333156562e7886d057ee5f1 100644
--- a/apps/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/apps/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@ case "$1" in
         exec swh $@
         ;;
     *)
+        EXTRA_CLI_FLAGS=""
+        if [ ! -z "${SWH_LOG_CONFIG_JSON}" ]; then
+            EXTRA_CLI_FLAGS="--log-config-json ${SWH_LOG_CONFIG_JSON}"
+        fi
         echo Starting the swh-deposit API server
         exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:${PORT} \
              --log-level ${SWH_LOG_LEVEL:-INFO} \
+             ${EXTRA_CLI_FLAGS} \
              --threads ${THREADS} \
              --workers ${WORKERS} \
              --timeout ${TIMEOUT} \
diff --git a/apps/swh-deposit/requirements.txt b/apps/swh-deposit/requirements.txt
index 6ec4bb7dd7f48b81805eeeb1aa13a71dbbe6ca70..67b260eab202e0ee866f9055f189bb6533106a40 100644
--- a/apps/swh-deposit/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/swh-deposit/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 swh.deposit[server]
 django-storages[azure]
+python-json-logger