diff --git a/drivers/syslog/Kconfig b/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
index b79fdd3106..93651f189a 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
@@ -111,6 +111,37 @@ config SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_REALTIME
 		CLOCK_MONOTONIC, if enabled, will be used or the system timer
 		is not.
 
+config SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTED
+	bool "Formatted syslog time"
+	default n
+	depends on SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_REALTIME
+	---help---
+		Syslog timestamp will be formatted according to the
+		SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT format string.		
+
+config SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_LOCALTIME
+	bool "Use local-time timestamp"
+	default n
+	depends on SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTED
+	---help---
+		If selected local time will be used for the timestamps.
+		Else, timestamps will be in UTC.
+
+config SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT
+	string "Time format"
+	default "%e/%m/%y %H:%M:%S"
+	depends on SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTED
+	---help---
+		Formatter string for syslog timestamp printing.
+		Uses the standard "strftime" format specifiers.
+
+config SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_BUFFER
+	int "Formatted timestamp buffer size"
+	default 64
+	depends on SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTED
+	---help---
+		Buffer size to store syslog formatted timestamps.
+
 config SYSLOG_PREFIX
 	bool "Prepend prefix to syslog message"
 	default n
diff --git a/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c b/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
index e6cf91716c..893a79ab47 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
+++ b/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ int nx_vsyslog(int priority, FAR const IPTR char *fmt, FAR va_list *ap)
 {
   struct lib_syslogstream_s stream;
   int ret;
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTED)
+  time_t time;
+  struct tm tm;
+  char date_buf[CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_BUFFER];
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP
   struct timespec ts;
@@ -132,8 +137,25 @@ int nx_vsyslog(int priority, FAR const IPTR char *fmt, FAR va_list *ap)
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP)
   /* Pre-pend the message with the current time, if available */
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTED)
+  time = ts.tv_sec;
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_LOCALTIME)
+  localtime_r(&time, &tm);
+#else
+  gmtime_r(&time, &tm);
+#endif
+
+  ret = strftime(date_buf, CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_BUFFER,
+                 CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, &tm);
+
+  if (ret > 0)
+    {
+      ret = lib_sprintf(&stream.public, "[%s] ", date_buf);
+    }
+#else
   ret = lib_sprintf(&stream.public, "[%5jd.%06ld] ",
                     (uintmax_t)ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec / 1000);
+#endif
 #else
   ret = 0;
 #endif