diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44f9568..e6cfb85 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 async-trait = "0.1.52"
 futures = "0.3.19"
 libc = "0.2.112"
-log = "0.4"
+log = {version = "0.4.2", features=["kv_unstable"]}
 nix = "0.27"
 oci-spec = "0.6"
 os_pipe = "1.1"
diff --git a/crates/shim/Cargo.toml b/crates/shim/Cargo.toml
index ca00dc3..e0c0ca5 100644
--- a/crates/shim/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/shim/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ containerd-shim-protos = { path = "../shim-protos", version = "0.5.0" }
 go-flag = "0.1.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 libc.workspace = true
-log = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
+log = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "kv_unstable" ] }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = [
   "ioctl",
   "fs",
diff --git a/crates/shim/src/logger.rs b/crates/shim/src/logger.rs
index 0d0becc..ecb757b 100644
--- a/crates/shim/src/logger.rs
+++ b/crates/shim/src/logger.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 use std::{
     borrow::BorrowMut,
+    fmt::Write as fmtwrite,
     fs::{File, OpenOptions},
     io,
     io::Write,
@@ -23,7 +24,10 @@ use std::{
     sync::Mutex,
 };
 
-use log::{Metadata, Record};
+use log::{
+    kv::{self, Visitor},
+    Metadata, Record,
+};
 use time::{format_description::well_known::Rfc3339, OffsetDateTime};
 
 use crate::error::Error;
@@ -54,6 +58,23 @@ impl FifoLogger {
     }
 }
 
+pub(crate) struct SimpleWriteVistor {
+    key_values: String,
+}
+
+impl<'kvs> Visitor<'kvs> for SimpleWriteVistor {
+    fn visit_pair(&mut self, k: kv::Key<'kvs>, v: kv::Value<'kvs>) -> Result<(), kv::Error> {
+        write!(&mut self.key_values, " {}=\"{}\"", k, v)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl SimpleWriteVistor {
+    fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.key_values
+    }
+}
+
 impl log::Log for FifoLogger {
     fn enabled(&self, metadata: &Metadata) -> bool {
         metadata.level() <= log::max_level()
@@ -62,6 +83,13 @@ impl log::Log for FifoLogger {
     fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
         if self.enabled(record.metadata()) {
             let mut guard = self.file.lock().unwrap();
+
+            // collect key_values but don't fail if error parsing
+            let mut writer = SimpleWriteVistor {
+                key_values: String::new(),
+            };
+            let _ = record.key_values().visit(&mut writer);
+
             // The logger server may have temporarily shutdown, ignore the error instead of panic.
             //
             // Manual for pipe/FIFO: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/pipe.7.html
@@ -71,9 +99,10 @@ impl log::Log for FifoLogger {
             // EPIPE.
             let _ = writeln!(
                 guard.borrow_mut(),
-                "time=\"{}\" level={} {}\n",
+                "time=\"{}\" level={}{} msg=\"{}\"\n",
                 rfc3339_formated(),
                 record.level().as_str().to_lowercase(),
+                writer.as_str(),
                 record.args()
             );
         }
@@ -118,6 +147,8 @@ pub(crate) fn rfc3339_formated() -> String {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::fs;
+
     use log::{Log, Record};
 
     use super::*;
@@ -151,12 +182,46 @@ mod tests {
         log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Info);
         thread.join().unwrap();
 
+        let kvs: &[(&str, i32)] = &[("a", 1), ("b", 2)];
         let record = Record::builder()
             .level(log::Level::Error)
             .line(Some(1))
             .file(Some("sample file"))
+            .key_values(&kvs)
             .build();
         logger.log(&record);
         logger.flush();
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_supports_structured_logging() {
+        let tmpdir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let path = tmpdir.path().to_str().unwrap().to_owned() + "/log";
+        File::create(path.clone()).unwrap();
+
+        let logger = FifoLogger::with_path(&path).unwrap();
+        log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Info);
+
+        let record = Record::builder()
+            .level(log::Level::Info)
+            .args(format_args!("no keys"))
+            .build();
+        logger.log(&record);
+        logger.flush();
+
+        let contents = fs::read_to_string(path.clone()).unwrap();
+        assert!(contents.contains("level=info msg=\"no keys\""));
+
+        let kvs: &[(&str, i32)] = &[("key", 1), ("b", 2)];
+        let record = Record::builder()
+            .level(log::Level::Error)
+            .key_values(&kvs)
+            .args(format_args!("structured!"))
+            .build();
+        logger.log(&record);
+        logger.flush();
+
+        let contents = fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap();
+        assert!(contents.contains("level=error key=\"1\" b=\"2\" msg=\"structured!\""));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/shim/src/sys/windows/named_pipe_logger.rs b/crates/shim/src/sys/windows/named_pipe_logger.rs
index 64b7ea2..48f4595 100644
--- a/crates/shim/src/sys/windows/named_pipe_logger.rs
+++ b/crates/shim/src/sys/windows/named_pipe_logger.rs
@@ -84,10 +84,17 @@ impl log::Log for NamedPipeLogger {
 
     fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
         if self.enabled(record.metadata()) {
+            // collect key_values but don't fail if error parsing
+            let mut writer = logger::SimpleWriteVistor {
+                keyvalues: String::new(),
+            };
+            let _ = record.key_values().visit(&mut writer);
+
             let message = format!(
-                "time=\"{}\" level={} {}\n",
+                "time=\"{}\" level={}{} {}\n",
                 logger::rfc3339_formated(),
                 record.level().as_str().to_lowercase(),
+                writer.as_str(),
                 record.args()
             );
 
@@ -173,10 +180,11 @@ mod tests {
         let mut client = create_client(pipe_name.as_str());
 
         log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Info);
+        let kvs: &[(&str, i32)] = &[("key", 1), ("b", 2)];
         let record = Record::builder()
             .level(log::Level::Info)
             .line(Some(1))
-            .file(Some("sample file"))
+            .key_values(&kvs)
             .args(format_args!("hello"))
             .build();
         logger.log(&record);
@@ -186,7 +194,7 @@ mod tests {
         let message = std::str::from_utf8(&buf).unwrap();
         assert!(message.starts_with("time=\""), "message was: {:?}", message);
         assert!(
-            message.ends_with("level=info hello\n"),
+            message.ends_with("level=info key=\"1\" b=\"2\" msg=\"hello\"\n"),
             "message was: {:?}",
             message
         );