diff --git a/apps/swh-search/entrypoint.sh b/apps/swh-search/entrypoint.sh
index db2c4a1d437c22e6b383362f7307ce43332c47f2..6322315c046a3383e1c8c9b96ec21be885e459b6 100644
--- a/apps/swh-search/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/apps/swh-search/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 ${SWH_LOG_CONFIG_JSON}"
+        fi
         echo Starting the swh-search API server
         exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:${PORT} \
              --log-level ${SWH_LOG_LEVEL:-INFO} \
+             ${EXTRA_CLI_FLAGS} \
              --threads ${THREADS} \
              --workers ${WORKERS} \
              --timeout ${TIMEOUT} \
diff --git a/apps/swh-search/requirements.txt b/apps/swh-search/requirements.txt
index b66204c5c18a564ec5a6b45bf660631a51693989..95589712712a659507b568cd9b6bbded5fd5054f 100644
--- a/apps/swh-search/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/swh-search/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 swh.search
+python-json-logger