diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c5eb4ab51ca..a022319ae2c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -407,3 +407,4 @@ gem 'flipper-active_record', '~> 0.10.2'
 
 # Structured logging
 gem 'lograge', '~> 0.5'
+gem 'grape_logging', '~> 1.6'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9fbf08d80e2..d7e1c7581d5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ GEM
       activesupport
       grape (>= 0.16.0)
       rake
+    grape_logging (1.6.0)
+      grape
     grpc (1.4.5)
       google-protobuf (~> 3.1)
       googleauth (~> 0.5.1)
@@ -1035,6 +1037,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   grape (~> 1.0)
   grape-entity (~> 0.6.0)
   grape-route-helpers (~> 2.1.0)
+  grape_logging (~> 1.6)
   haml_lint (~> 0.26.0)
   hamlit (~> 2.6.1)
   hashie-forbidden_attributes
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/sh-add-grape-logging.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-add-grape-logging.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eaf6cb045d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-add-grape-logging.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Add JSON logger in `log/api_json.log` for Grape API endpoints
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: added
diff --git a/lib/api/api.rb b/lib/api/api.rb
index d9a62bffb6d..ee4e1688e12 100644
--- a/lib/api/api.rb
+++ b/lib/api/api.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ module API
   class API < Grape::API
     include APIGuard
 
+    LOG_FILENAME = Rails.root.join("log", "api_json.log")
+
+    use GrapeLogging::Middleware::RequestLogger,
+        logger: Logger.new(LOG_FILENAME),
+        formatter: Gitlab::GrapeLogging::Formatters::LogrageWithTimestamp.new,
+        include: [
+          GrapeLogging::Loggers::Response.new,
+          GrapeLogging::Loggers::FilterParameters.new,
+          GrapeLogging::Loggers::ClientEnv.new
+        ]
+
     allow_access_with_scope :api
     prefix :api
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/grape_logging/formatters/lograge_with_timestamp.rb b/lib/gitlab/grape_logging/formatters/lograge_with_timestamp.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e1fdabca93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/grape_logging/formatters/lograge_with_timestamp.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module Gitlab
+  module GrapeLogging
+    module Formatters
+      class LogrageWithTimestamp
+        def call(severity, datetime, _, data)
+          time = data.delete :time
+          attributes = {
+            time: datetime.utc.iso8601(3),
+            severity: severity,
+            duration: time[:total],
+            db: time[:db],
+            view: time[:view]
+          }.merge(data)
+          ::Lograge.formatter.call(attributes) + "\n"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end