diff --git a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go
index 99e03278ce..088a31eb5e 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go
@@ -76,9 +76,20 @@ func rfc5424formatterWithAppNameAsTag(p syslog.Priority, hostname, tag, content
 	return msg
 }
 
+// The timestamp field in rfc5424 is derived from rfc3339. Whereas rfc3339 makes allowances
+// for multiple syntaxes, there are further restrictions in rfc5424, i.e., the maximium
+// resolution is limited to "TIME-SECFRAC" which is 6 (microsecond resolution)
+func rfc5424microformatterWithAppNameAsTag(p syslog.Priority, hostname, tag, content string) string {
+	timestamp := time.Now().Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z07:00")
+	pid := os.Getpid()
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("<%d>%d %s %s %s %d %s %s",
+		p, 1, timestamp, hostname, tag, pid, tag, content)
+	return msg
+}
+
 // New creates a syslog logger using the configuration passed in on
 // the context. Supported context configuration variables are
-// syslog-address, syslog-facility, & syslog-tag.
+// syslog-address, syslog-facility, syslog-format,  syslog-tag.
 func New(ctx logger.Context) (logger.Logger, error) {
 	tag, err := loggerutils.ParseLogTag(ctx, "{{.ID}}")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -240,6 +251,8 @@ func parseLogFormat(logFormat string) (syslog.Formatter, syslog.Framer, error) {
 		return syslog.RFC3164Formatter, syslog.DefaultFramer, nil
 	case "rfc5424":
 		return rfc5424formatterWithAppNameAsTag, syslog.RFC5425MessageLengthFramer, nil
+	case "rfc5424micro":
+		return rfc5424microformatterWithAppNameAsTag, syslog.RFC5425MessageLengthFramer, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, nil, errors.New("Invalid syslog format")
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_test.go b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_test.go
index c18494be10..f083030b70 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_test.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ func TestParseLogFormat(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Failed to parse rfc5424 format", err, formatter, framer)
 	}
 
+	formatter, framer, err = parseLogFormat("rfc5424micro")
+	if err != nil || !functionMatches(rfc5424microformatterWithAppNameAsTag, formatter) ||
+		!functionMatches(syslog.RFC5425MessageLengthFramer, framer) {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to parse rfc5424 (microsecond) format", err, formatter, framer)
+	}
+
 	formatter, framer, err = parseLogFormat("rfc3164")
 	if err != nil || !functionMatches(syslog.RFC3164Formatter, formatter) ||
 		!functionMatches(syslog.DefaultFramer, framer) {
diff --git a/docs/admin/logging/overview.md b/docs/admin/logging/overview.md
index 8a7cd12ffb..c3c6e15f8e 100644
--- a/docs/admin/logging/overview.md
+++ b/docs/admin/logging/overview.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The following logging options are supported for the `syslog` logging driver:
     --log-opt syslog-tls-key=/etc/ca-certificates/custom/key.pem
     --log-opt syslog-tls-skip-verify=true
     --log-opt tag="mailer"
-    --log-opt syslog-format=[rfc5424|rfc3164] 
+    --log-opt syslog-format=[rfc5424|rfc5424micro|rfc3164]
 
 `syslog-address` specifies the remote syslog server address where the driver connects to.
 If not specified it defaults to the local unix socket of the running system.
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ the log tag format.
 `syslog-format` specifies syslog message format to use when logging.
 If not specified it defaults to the local unix syslog format without hostname specification.
 Specify rfc3164 to perform logging in RFC-3164 compatible format. Specify rfc5424 to perform 
-logging in RFC-5424 compatible format
+logging in RFC-5424 compatible format. Specify rfc5424micro to perform logging in RFC-5424
+compatible format with microsecond timestamp resolution.
 
 
 ## journald options