diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.nix b/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.nix
index 1354a8cb58b4..10534ea23521 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.nix
@@ -70,13 +70,12 @@ let
     inherit (cfg) plugins;
   };
 
-  logConfig = logName: {
+  defaultCommonLogConfig = {
     version = 1;
     formatters.journal_fmt.format = "%(name)s: [%(request)s] %(message)s";
     handlers.journal = {
       class = "systemd.journal.JournalHandler";
       formatter = "journal_fmt";
-      SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER = logName;
     };
     root = {
       level = "INFO";
@@ -84,33 +83,27 @@ let
     };
     disable_existing_loggers = false;
   };
+
+  defaultCommonLogConfigText = generators.toPretty { } defaultCommonLogConfig;
+
   logConfigText = logName:
-    let
-      expr = ''
-        {
-          version = 1;
-          formatters.journal_fmt.format = "%(name)s: [%(request)s] %(message)s";
-          handlers.journal = {
-            class = "systemd.journal.JournalHandler";
-            formatter = "journal_fmt";
-            SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER = "${logName}";
-          };
-          root = {
-            level = "INFO";
-            handlers = [ "journal" ];
-          };
-          disable_existing_loggers = false;
-        };
-      '';
-    in
     lib.literalMD ''
       Path to a yaml file generated from this Nix expression:
 
       ```
-      ${expr}
+      ${generators.toPretty { } (
+        recursiveUpdate defaultCommonLogConfig { handlers.journal.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER = logName; }
+      )}
       ```
     '';
-  genLogConfigFile = logName: format.generate "synapse-log-${logName}.yaml" (logConfig logName);
+
+  genLogConfigFile = logName: format.generate
+    "synapse-log-${logName}.yaml"
+    (cfg.log // optionalAttrs (cfg.log?handlers.journal) {
+      handlers.journal = cfg.log.handlers.journal // {
+        SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER = logName;
+      };
+    });
 in {
 
   imports = [
@@ -394,6 +387,47 @@ in {
         '';
       };
 
+      log = mkOption {
+        type = types.attrsOf format.type;
+        defaultText = literalExpression defaultCommonLogConfigText;
+        description = mdDoc ''
+          Default configuration for the loggers used by `matrix-synapse` and its workers.
+          The defaults are added with the default priority which means that
+          these will be merged with additional declarations. For instance
+          the log-level for synapse and its workers can be changed like this:
+
+          ```nix
+          { lib, ... }: {
+            services.matrix-synapse.log.root.level = lib.mkForce "WARNING";
+          }
+          ```
+
+          And another field can be added like this:
+
+          ```nix
+          {
+            services.matrix-synapse.log = {
+              loggers."synapse.http.matrixfederationclient".level = "DEBUG";
+            };
+          }
+          ```
+
+          Additionally, the field `handlers.journal.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER` will be added to
+          each log config, i.e.
+          * `synapse` for `matrix-synapse.service`
+          * `synapse-<worker name>` for `matrix-synapse-worker-<worker name>.service`
+
+          This is only done if this option has a `handlers.journal` field declared.
+
+          To discard all settings declared by this option for each worker and synapse,
+          `lib.mkForce` can be used.
+
+          To discard all settings declared by this option for a single worker or synapse only,
+          [](#opt-services.matrix-synapse.workers._name_.worker_log_config) or
+          [](#opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.log_config) can be used.
+        '';
+      };
+
       settings = mkOption {
         default = { };
         description = mdDoc ''
@@ -1008,6 +1042,8 @@ in {
     # default them, so they are additive
     services.matrix-synapse.extras = defaultExtras;
 
+    services.matrix-synapse.log = defaultCommonLogConfig;
+
     users.users.matrix-synapse = {
       group = "matrix-synapse";
       home = cfg.dataDir;