diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 872f216..f6679fd 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -575,7 +575,9 @@
 function setup_logging {
     local conf_file=$1
     local other_cond=${2:-"False"}
-    if [ "$LOG_COLOR" == "True" ] && [ "$SYSLOG" == "False" ] && [ "$other_cond" == "False" ]; then
+    if [[ "$USE_SYSTEMD" == "True" ]]; then
+        setup_systemd_logging $conf_file
+    elif [ "$LOG_COLOR" == "True" ] && [ "$SYSLOG" == "False" ] && [ "$other_cond" == "False" ]; then
         setup_colorized_logging $conf_file
     else
         setup_standard_logging_identity $conf_file
@@ -601,6 +603,17 @@
     iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_exception_prefix "%(color)s%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d TRACE %(name)s [01;35m%(instance)s[00m"
 }
 
+function setup_systemd_logging {
+    local conf_file=$1
+    local conf_section="DEFAULT"
+    local project_var="project_name"
+    local user_var="user_name"
+    iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_context_format_string "%(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %("$project_var")s %("$user_var")s] %(instance)s%(message)s"
+    iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_default_format_string "%(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(color)s%(message)s"
+    iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_debug_format_suffix "from (pid=%(process)d) %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d"
+    iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_exception_prefix "ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s"
+}
+
 function setup_standard_logging_identity {
     local conf_file=$1
     iniset $conf_file DEFAULT logging_user_identity_format "%(project_name)s %(user_name)s"