diff --git a/mlflow/models/model.py b/mlflow/models/model.py
index b4548ffce6c90..b34459f9b87d7 100644
--- a/mlflow/models/model.py
+++ b/mlflow/models/model.py
@@ -692,6 +692,21 @@ def log(
             ):
                 _logger.warning(_LOG_MODEL_MISSING_SIGNATURE_WARNING)
             mlflow.tracking.fluent.log_artifacts(local_path, mlflow_model.artifact_path, run_id)
+
+            # if the model_config kwarg is passed in, then log the model config as an params
+            if "model_config" in kwargs:
+                model_config = kwargs["model_config"]
+                if isinstance(model_config, str):
+                    try:
+                        with open(model_config) as f:
+                            model_config = json.load(f)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        _logger.warning("Failed to load model config from %s: %s", model_config, e)
+                try:
+                    mlflow.tracking.fluent.log_params(model_config)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    _logger.warning("Failed to log model config as params: %s", str(e))
+
             try:
                 mlflow.tracking.fluent._record_logged_model(mlflow_model, run_id)
             except MlflowException: