diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Error.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Error.php
index 69662ab94c..6597d67a93 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Error.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Error.php
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ protected function saveError()
         $etrace = implode("\n", $data);
 
         $reportId = bin2hex(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(4));
-        SimpleSAML_Logger::error('Error report with id '.$reportId.' generated.');
+        SimpleSAML_Logger::notice('Error report with id '.$reportId.' generated.');
 
         $config = SimpleSAML_Configuration::getInstance();
         $session = SimpleSAML_Session::getSessionFromRequest();
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Exception.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Exception.php
index 2872b335a9..07ca22508c 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Exception.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Error/Exception.php
@@ -182,10 +182,7 @@ public function format()
     public function logError()
     {
 
-        $lines = $this->format();
-        foreach ($lines as $line) {
-            SimpleSAML_Logger::error($line);
-        }
+        $this->log('error');
     }
 
 
@@ -197,10 +194,7 @@ public function logError()
     public function logWarning()
     {
 
-        $lines = $this->format();
-        foreach ($lines as $line) {
-            SimpleSAML_Logger::warning($line);
-        }
+        $this->log('warning');
     }
 
 
@@ -212,10 +206,18 @@ public function logWarning()
     public function logInfo()
     {
 
-        $lines = $this->format();
-        foreach ($lines as $line) {
-            SimpleSAML_Logger::debug($line);
-        }
+        $this->log('debug');
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Abstracted logging method.
+     *
+     * @param string $level The log level (method to be called.)
+     */
+    private function log($level) {
+
+        SimpleSAML_Logger::$level($this->format());
     }
 
 
@@ -227,10 +229,7 @@ public function logInfo()
     public function logDebug()
     {
 
-        $lines = $this->format();
-        foreach ($lines as $line) {
-            SimpleSAML_Logger::debug($line);
-        }
+        $this->log('debug');
     }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
index 11d275dd69..47cb4ee5a6 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
@@ -350,9 +350,14 @@ private static function log($level, $string, $statsLog = false)
         }
 
         if (self::$logLevel >= $level || $statsLog) {
+            $raw_input = array($string);
             if (is_array($string)) {
+                $raw_input = $string;
                 $string = implode(",", $string);
             }
+            if ((self::$format == 'json') && method_exists(self::$loggingHandler, 'setArray')) {
+                self::$loggingHandler->setArray($raw_input);
+            }
 
             $formats = array('%trackid', '%msg', '%srcip', '%stat');
             $replacements = array(self::$trackid, $string, $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger/LoggingHandlerSyslog.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger/LoggingHandlerSyslog.php
index c0a94ea22c..ca576ecd3a 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger/LoggingHandlerSyslog.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger/LoggingHandlerSyslog.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_Logger_LoggingHandlerSyslog implements SimpleSAML_Logger_Loggin
 {
     private $isWindows = FALSE;
     private $format;
+    private $arrayData;
 
 
     /**
@@ -36,6 +37,16 @@ public function __construct()
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Set the Array data for use when logging JSON.
+     *
+     * @param array $array Array of data to log with JSON.
+     */
+    public function setArray($array) {
+        $this->arrayData = $array;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Set the format desired for the logs.
      *
@@ -64,12 +75,21 @@ public function log($level, $string)
             }
         }
 
-        $formats = array('%process', '%level');
-        $replacements = array('', $level);
-        $string = str_replace($formats, $replacements, $string);
-        $string = preg_replace('/%\w+(\{[^\}]+\})?/', '', $string);
-        $string = trim($string);
+        if ($this->format == 'json') {
+            $data = $this->arrayData;
+            // Send a single line as text, not an array.
+            if (count($this->arrayData) == 1) {
+                $data = reset($this->arrayData);
+            }
+            $message = json_encode(array('message' => $data));
+        } else {
+            $formats = array('%process', '%level');
+            $replacements = array('', $level);
+            $string = str_replace($formats, $replacements, $string);
+            $string = preg_replace('/%\w+(\{[^\}]+\})?/', '', $string);
+            $message = trim($string);
+        }
 
-        syslog($level, $string);
+        syslog($level, $message);
     }
 }