diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_log_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_log_module.c
index 917ed55f..b769dfd3 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_log_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_log_module.c
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ typedef struct {
     time_t                      open_file_cache_valid;
     ngx_uint_t                  open_file_cache_min_uses;
 
+    ngx_flag_t                  escape_non_ascii;
+
     ngx_uint_t                  off;        /* unsigned  off:1 */
 } ngx_http_log_loc_conf_t;
 
@@ -131,7 +133,8 @@ static size_t ngx_http_log_variable_getlen(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     uintptr_t data);
 static u_char *ngx_http_log_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r, u_char *buf,
     ngx_http_log_op_t *op);
-static uintptr_t ngx_http_log_escape(u_char *dst, u_char *src, size_t size);
+static uintptr_t ngx_http_log_escape(ngx_http_log_loc_conf_t *lcf, u_char *dst,
+    u_char *src, size_t size);
 static size_t ngx_http_log_json_variable_getlen(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     uintptr_t data);
 static u_char *ngx_http_log_json_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r, u_char *buf,
@@ -177,6 +180,13 @@ static ngx_command_t  ngx_http_log_commands[] = {
       0,
       NULL },
 
+    { ngx_string("log_escape_non_ascii"),
+      NGX_HTTP_MAIN_CONF|NGX_HTTP_SRV_CONF|NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF|NGX_CONF_FLAG,
+      ngx_conf_set_flag_slot,
+      NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF_OFFSET,
+      offsetof(ngx_http_log_loc_conf_t, escape_non_ascii),
+      NULL },
+
       ngx_null_command
 };
 
@@ -935,6 +945,7 @@ static size_t
 ngx_http_log_variable_getlen(ngx_http_request_t *r, uintptr_t data)
 {
     uintptr_t                   len;
+    ngx_http_log_loc_conf_t    *lcf;
     ngx_http_variable_value_t  *value;
 
     value = ngx_http_get_indexed_variable(r, data);
@@ -943,7 +954,9 @@ ngx_http_log_variable_getlen(ngx_http_request_t *r, uintptr_t data)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    len = ngx_http_log_escape(NULL, value->data, value->len);
+    lcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_log_module);
+
+    len = ngx_http_log_escape(lcf, NULL, value->data, value->len);
 
     value->escape = len ? 1 : 0;
 
@@ -954,6 +967,7 @@ ngx_http_log_variable_getlen(ngx_http_request_t *r, uintptr_t data)
 static u_char *
 ngx_http_log_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r, u_char *buf, ngx_http_log_op_t *op)
 {
+    ngx_http_log_loc_conf_t    *lcf;
     ngx_http_variable_value_t  *value;
 
     value = ngx_http_get_indexed_variable(r, op->data);
@@ -967,16 +981,18 @@ ngx_http_log_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r, u_char *buf, ngx_http_log_op_t *op)
         return ngx_cpymem(buf, value->data, value->len);
 
     } else {
-        return (u_char *) ngx_http_log_escape(buf, value->data, value->len);
+        lcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_log_module);
+        return (u_char *) ngx_http_log_escape(lcf, buf, value->data, value->len);
     }
 }
 
 
 static uintptr_t
-ngx_http_log_escape(u_char *dst, u_char *src, size_t size)
+ngx_http_log_escape(ngx_http_log_loc_conf_t *lcf, u_char *dst, u_char *src,
+    size_t size)
 {
-    ngx_uint_t      n;
-    static u_char   hex[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+    ngx_uint_t                   n;
+    static u_char                hex[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
 
     static uint32_t   escape[] = {
         0xffffffff, /* 1111 1111 1111 1111  1111 1111 1111 1111 */
@@ -996,6 +1012,12 @@ ngx_http_log_escape(u_char *dst, u_char *src, size_t size)
         0xffffffff, /* 1111 1111 1111 1111  1111 1111 1111 1111 */
     };
 
+    if (lcf->escape_non_ascii) {
+        ngx_memset(&escape[4], 0xff, sizeof(uint32_t) * 4);
+
+    } else {
+        ngx_memzero(&escape[4], sizeof(uint32_t) * 4);
+    }
 
     if (dst == NULL) {
 
@@ -1120,6 +1142,7 @@ ngx_http_log_create_loc_conf(ngx_conf_t *cf)
     }
 
     conf->open_file_cache = NGX_CONF_UNSET_PTR;
+    conf->escape_non_ascii = NGX_CONF_UNSET;
 
     return conf;
 }
@@ -1135,6 +1158,8 @@ ngx_http_log_merge_loc_conf(ngx_conf_t *cf, void *parent, void *child)
     ngx_http_log_fmt_t        *fmt;
     ngx_http_log_main_conf_t  *lmcf;
 
+    ngx_conf_merge_value(conf->escape_non_ascii, prev->escape_non_ascii, 1);
+
     if (conf->open_file_cache == NGX_CONF_UNSET_PTR) {
 
         conf->open_file_cache = prev->open_file_cache;