diff --git a/apps/swh-graphql/entrypoint.sh b/apps/swh-graphql/entrypoint.sh
index 2c70de5f8d71af109625a10576759a36066f91fd..e52e44425cea29c849ebb7bbf47a69f0719f9bdd 100644
--- a/apps/swh-graphql/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/apps/swh-graphql/entrypoint.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ case "$1" in
         exec bash -i
         ;;
     *)
+        EXTRA_CLI_FLAGS=""
+        if [ ! -z "${SWH_LOG_CONFIG_JSON}" ]; then
+            EXTRA_CLI_FLAGS="--log-config-json ${SWH_LOG_CONFIG_JSON}"
+        fi
         echo Starting the swh-graphql API server
         exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:${PORT} \
              --log-level ${SWH_LOG_LEVEL:-INFO} \
+             ${EXTRA_CLI_FLAGS} \
              --threads ${THREADS} \
              --workers ${WORKERS} \
              --timeout ${TIMEOUT} \
diff --git a/apps/swh-graphql/requirements.txt b/apps/swh-graphql/requirements.txt
index 61104e2c166d67a93a6aeb9378a1b985d556de58..4bd3f0f788d0a206bf3e46db1927a9b73c1eb09d 100644
--- a/apps/swh-graphql/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/swh-graphql/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ h11
 starlette
 typing-extensions
 swh-graphql
+python-json-logger