diff --git a/doc/09-object-types.md b/doc/09-object-types.md
index ca69cdb74..a4123a9e2 100644
--- a/doc/09-object-types.md
+++ b/doc/09-object-types.md
@@ -1754,6 +1754,33 @@ to InfluxDB. Experiment with the setting, if you are processing more than 1024 m
 or similar.
 
 
+### JournaldLogger <a id="objecttype-journaldlogger"></a>
+
+Specifies Icinga 2 logging to the systemd journal using its native interface.
+This configuration object is available as `journald` [logging feature](14-features.md#logging).
+
+Resulting journal records have fields as described in
+[journal fields](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.journal-fields.html),
+and an additional custom field `ICINGA2_FACILITY` with the detailed message origin (e.g. "ApiListener").
+
+Example:
+
+```
+object JournaldLogger "journald" {
+  severity = "warning"
+}
+```
+
+Configuration Attributes:
+
+Name                      | Type                  | Description
+--------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------
+severity                  | String                | **Optional.** The minimum syslog compatible severity for this log. Can be "debug", "notice", "information", "warning" or "critical". Defaults to "information".
+facility                  | String                | **Optional.** Defines the syslog compatible facility to use for journal entries. This can be a facility constant like `FacilityDaemon`. Defaults to `FacilityUser`.
+identifier                | String                | **Optional.** Defines the syslog compatible identifier (also known as "tag") to use for journal entries. If not given, systemd's default behavior is used and usually results in "icinga2".
+
+Facility Constants are the same as for [SyslogLogger](09-object-types.md#objecttype-sysloglogger).
+
 
 ### LiveStatusListener <a id="objecttype-livestatuslistener"></a>
 
diff --git a/doc/14-features.md b/doc/14-features.md
index 5e5eea0a7..392f98aa6 100644
--- a/doc/14-features.md
+++ b/doc/14-features.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and `icinga2 feature disable` commands to configure loggers:
 Feature         | Description
 ----------------|------------
 debuglog        | Debug log (path: `/var/log/icinga2/debug.log`, severity: `debug` or higher)
+journald        | Systemd Journal (severity: `warning` or higher)
 mainlog         | Main log (path: `/var/log/icinga2/icinga2.log`, severity: `information` or higher)
 syslog          | Syslog (severity: `warning` or higher)
 windowseventlog | Windows Event Log (severity: `information` or higher)
diff --git a/etc/CMakeLists.txt b/etc/CMakeLists.txt
index ff138bd4c..40e181a0a 100644
--- a/etc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/etc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ install_if_not_exists(icinga2/features-available/debuglog.conf ${ICINGA2_CONFIGD
 install_if_not_exists(icinga2/features-available/mainlog.conf ${ICINGA2_CONFIGDIR}/features-available)
 if(NOT WIN32)
   install_if_not_exists(icinga2/features-available/syslog.conf ${ICINGA2_CONFIGDIR}/features-available)
+  if(HAVE_SYSTEMD)
+    install_if_not_exists(icinga2/features-available/journald.conf ${ICINGA2_CONFIGDIR}/features-available)
+  endif()
 else()
   install_if_not_exists(icinga2/features-available/windowseventlog.conf ${ICINGA2_CONFIGDIR}/features-available)
 endif()
diff --git a/etc/icinga2/features-available/journald.conf b/etc/icinga2/features-available/journald.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0b36f7cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/icinga2/features-available/journald.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * The JournaldLogger type writes log information to the systemd journal.
+ */
+
+object JournaldLogger "journald" {
+    severity = "warning"
+}
diff --git a/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt
index 9707d2935..4ffadb7a0 100644
--- a/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mkclass_target(configuration.ti configuration-ti.cpp configuration-ti.hpp)
 mkclass_target(datetime.ti datetime-ti.cpp datetime-ti.hpp)
 mkclass_target(filelogger.ti filelogger-ti.cpp filelogger-ti.hpp)
 mkclass_target(function.ti function-ti.cpp function-ti.hpp)
+mkclass_target(journaldlogger.ti journaldlogger-ti.cpp journaldlogger-ti.hpp)
 mkclass_target(logger.ti logger-ti.cpp logger-ti.hpp)
 mkclass_target(perfdatavalue.ti perfdatavalue-ti.cpp perfdatavalue-ti.hpp)
 mkclass_target(streamlogger.ti streamlogger-ti.cpp streamlogger-ti.hpp)
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ set(base_SOURCES
   function.cpp function.hpp function-ti.hpp function-script.cpp functionwrapper.hpp
   initialize.cpp initialize.hpp
   io-engine.cpp io-engine.hpp
+  journaldlogger.cpp journaldlogger.hpp journaldlogger-ti.hpp
   json.cpp json.hpp json-script.cpp
   lazy-init.hpp
   library.cpp library.hpp
@@ -112,7 +114,10 @@ if(WIN32)
   install(TARGETS eventprovider LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SBINDIR})
 endif()
 
-set_property(SOURCE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/application-version.cpp PROPERTY EXCLUDE_UNITY_BUILD TRUE)
+set_property(
+  SOURCE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/application-version.cpp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/journaldlogger.cpp
+  PROPERTY EXCLUDE_UNITY_BUILD TRUE
+)
 
 if(ICINGA2_UNITY_BUILD)
   mkunity_target(base base base_SOURCES)
@@ -123,6 +128,11 @@ if(HAVE_SYSTEMD)
     NAMES systemd/sd-daemon.h
     HINTS ${SYSTEMD_ROOT_DIR})
   include_directories(${SYSTEMD_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  set_property(
+    SOURCE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/journaldlogger.cpp
+    APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS
+    SD_JOURNAL_SUPPRESS_LOCATION
+  )
 endif()
 
 add_library(base OBJECT ${base_SOURCES})
diff --git a/lib/base/journaldlogger.cpp b/lib/base/journaldlogger.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92d6af7a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/base/journaldlogger.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* Icinga 2 | (c) 2021 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2+ */
+
+#include "base/i2-base.hpp"
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && defined(HAVE_SYSTEMD)
+#include "base/journaldlogger.hpp"
+#include "base/journaldlogger-ti.cpp"
+#include "base/configtype.hpp"
+#include "base/statsfunction.hpp"
+#include "base/sysloglogger.hpp"
+#include <systemd/sd-journal.h>
+
+using namespace icinga;
+
+REGISTER_TYPE(JournaldLogger);
+
+REGISTER_STATSFUNCTION(JournaldLogger, &JournaldLogger::StatsFunc);
+
+void JournaldLogger::StatsFunc(const Dictionary::Ptr& status, const Array::Ptr&)
+{
+	DictionaryData nodes;
+
+	for (const JournaldLogger::Ptr& journaldlogger : ConfigType::GetObjectsByType<JournaldLogger>()) {
+		nodes.emplace_back(journaldlogger->GetName(), 1); //add more stats
+	}
+
+	status->Set("journaldlogger", new Dictionary(std::move(nodes)));
+}
+
+void JournaldLogger::OnConfigLoaded()
+{
+	ObjectImpl<JournaldLogger>::OnConfigLoaded();
+	m_ConfiguredJournalFields.clear();
+	m_ConfiguredJournalFields.push_back(
+		String("SYSLOG_FACILITY=") + Value(SyslogHelper::FacilityToNumber(GetFacility())));
+	const String identifier = GetIdentifier();
+	if (!identifier.IsEmpty()) {
+		m_ConfiguredJournalFields.push_back(String("SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=" + identifier));
+	}
+}
+
+void JournaldLogger::ValidateFacility(const Lazy<String>& lvalue, const ValidationUtils& utils)
+{
+	ObjectImpl<JournaldLogger>::ValidateFacility(lvalue, utils);
+	if (!SyslogHelper::ValidateFacility(lvalue()))
+		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(ValidationError(this, { "facility" }, "Invalid facility specified."));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Processes a log entry and outputs it to journald.
+ *
+ * @param entry The log entry.
+ */
+void JournaldLogger::ProcessLogEntry(const LogEntry& entry)
+{
+	const std::vector<String> sdFields {
+		String("MESSAGE=") + entry.Message.GetData(),
+		String("PRIORITY=") + Value(SyslogHelper::SeverityToNumber(entry.Severity)),
+		String("ICINGA2_FACILITY=") + entry.Facility,
+	};
+	SystemdJournalSend(sdFields);
+}
+
+void JournaldLogger::Flush()
+{
+	/* Nothing to do here. */
+}
+
+void JournaldLogger::SystemdJournalSend(const std::vector<String>& varJournalFields) const
+{
+	struct iovec iovec[m_ConfiguredJournalFields.size() + varJournalFields.size()];
+	int iovecCount = 0;
+
+	for (const String& journalField: m_ConfiguredJournalFields) {
+		iovec[iovecCount] = IovecFromString(journalField);
+		iovecCount++;
+	}
+	for (const String& journalField: varJournalFields) {
+		iovec[iovecCount] = IovecFromString(journalField);
+		iovecCount++;
+	}
+	sd_journal_sendv(iovec, iovecCount);
+}
+
+struct iovec JournaldLogger::IovecFromString(const String& s) {
+	return { const_cast<char *>(s.CStr()), s.GetLength() };
+}
+#endif /* !_WIN32 && HAVE_SYSTEMD */
diff --git a/lib/base/journaldlogger.hpp b/lib/base/journaldlogger.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..373dd1a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/base/journaldlogger.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* Icinga 2 | (c) 2021 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2+ */
+
+#ifndef JOURNALDLOGGER_H
+#define JOURNALDLOGGER_H
+
+#include "base/i2-base.hpp"
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && defined(HAVE_SYSTEMD)
+#include "base/journaldlogger-ti.hpp"
+#include <sys/uio.h>
+
+namespace icinga
+{
+
+/**
+ * A logger that logs to systemd journald.
+ *
+ * @ingroup base
+ */
+class JournaldLogger final : public ObjectImpl<JournaldLogger>
+{
+public:
+	DECLARE_OBJECT(JournaldLogger);
+	DECLARE_OBJECTNAME(JournaldLogger);
+
+	static void StaticInitialize();
+	static void StatsFunc(const Dictionary::Ptr& status, const Array::Ptr& perfdata);
+
+	void OnConfigLoaded() override;
+	void ValidateFacility(const Lazy<String>& lvalue, const ValidationUtils& utils) override;
+
+protected:
+	void SystemdJournalSend(const std::vector<String>& varJournalFields) const;
+	static struct iovec IovecFromString(const String& s);
+
+	std::vector<String> m_ConfiguredJournalFields;
+
+	void ProcessLogEntry(const LogEntry& entry) override;
+	void Flush() override;
+};
+
+}
+#endif /* !_WIN32 && HAVE_SYSTEMD */
+
+#endif /* JOURNALDLOGGER_H */
diff --git a/lib/base/journaldlogger.ti b/lib/base/journaldlogger.ti
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88e9ca1e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/base/journaldlogger.ti
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* Icinga 2 | (c) 2021 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2+ */
+
+#include "base/logger.hpp"
+
+library base;
+
+namespace icinga
+{
+
+class JournaldLogger : Logger
+{
+	activation_priority -100;
+
+	[config] String facility {
+		default {{{ return "LOG_USER"; }}}
+	};
+
+	[config] String identifier;
+};
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/base/sysloglogger.cpp b/lib/base/sysloglogger.cpp
index 44babc31c..c21445eca 100644
--- a/lib/base/sysloglogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/sysloglogger.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "base/sysloglogger-ti.cpp"
 #include "base/configtype.hpp"
 #include "base/statsfunction.hpp"
+#include <syslog.h>
 
 using namespace icinga;
 
@@ -12,11 +13,11 @@ REGISTER_TYPE(SyslogLogger);
 
 REGISTER_STATSFUNCTION(SyslogLogger, &SyslogLogger::StatsFunc);
 
-INITIALIZE_ONCE(&SyslogLogger::StaticInitialize);
+INITIALIZE_ONCE(&SyslogHelper::StaticInitialize);
 
-std::map<String, int> SyslogLogger::m_FacilityMap;
+std::map<String, int> SyslogHelper::m_FacilityMap;
 
-void SyslogLogger::StaticInitialize()
+void SyslogHelper::StaticInitialize()
 {
 	ScriptGlobal::Set("System.FacilityAuth", "LOG_AUTH", true);
 	ScriptGlobal::Set("System.FacilityAuthPriv", "LOG_AUTHPRIV", true);
@@ -61,6 +62,44 @@ void SyslogLogger::StaticInitialize()
 	m_FacilityMap["LOG_UUCP"] = LOG_UUCP;
 }
 
+bool SyslogHelper::ValidateFacility(const String& facility)
+{
+	if (m_FacilityMap.find(facility) == m_FacilityMap.end()) {
+		try {
+			Convert::ToLong(facility);
+		} catch (const std::exception&) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+int SyslogHelper::SeverityToNumber(LogSeverity severity)
+{
+	switch (severity) {
+	case LogDebug:
+		return LOG_DEBUG;
+	case LogNotice:
+		return LOG_NOTICE;
+	case LogWarning:
+		return LOG_WARNING;
+	case LogCritical:
+		return LOG_CRIT;
+	case LogInformation:
+	default:
+		return LOG_INFO;
+	}
+}
+
+int SyslogHelper::FacilityToNumber(const String& facility)
+{
+	auto it = m_FacilityMap.find(facility);
+	if (it != m_FacilityMap.end())
+		return it->second;
+	else
+		return Convert::ToLong(facility);
+}
+
 void SyslogLogger::StatsFunc(const Dictionary::Ptr& status, const Array::Ptr&)
 {
 	DictionaryData nodes;
@@ -75,28 +114,14 @@ void SyslogLogger::StatsFunc(const Dictionary::Ptr& status, const Array::Ptr&)
 void SyslogLogger::OnConfigLoaded()
 {
 	ObjectImpl<SyslogLogger>::OnConfigLoaded();
-
-	String facilityString = GetFacility();
-
-	auto it = m_FacilityMap.find(facilityString);
-
-	if (it != m_FacilityMap.end())
-		m_Facility = it->second;
-	else
-		m_Facility = Convert::ToLong(facilityString);
+	m_Facility = SyslogHelper::FacilityToNumber(GetFacility());
 }
 
 void SyslogLogger::ValidateFacility(const Lazy<String>& lvalue, const ValidationUtils& utils)
 {
 	ObjectImpl<SyslogLogger>::ValidateFacility(lvalue, utils);
-
-	if (m_FacilityMap.find(lvalue()) == m_FacilityMap.end()) {
-		try {
-			Convert::ToLong(lvalue());
-		} catch (const std::exception&) {
-			BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(ValidationError(this, { "facility" }, "Invalid facility specified."));
-		}
-	}
+	if (!SyslogHelper::ValidateFacility(lvalue()))
+		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(ValidationError(this, { "facility" }, "Invalid facility specified."));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -106,27 +131,8 @@ void SyslogLogger::ValidateFacility(const Lazy<String>& lvalue, const Validation
  */
 void SyslogLogger::ProcessLogEntry(const LogEntry& entry)
 {
-	int severity;
-	switch (entry.Severity) {
-		case LogDebug:
-			severity = LOG_DEBUG;
-			break;
-		case LogNotice:
-			severity = LOG_NOTICE;
-			break;
-		case LogWarning:
-			severity = LOG_WARNING;
-			break;
-		case LogCritical:
-			severity = LOG_CRIT;
-			break;
-		case LogInformation:
-		default:
-			severity = LOG_INFO;
-			break;
-	}
-
-	syslog(severity | m_Facility, "%s", entry.Message.CStr());
+	syslog(SyslogHelper::SeverityToNumber(entry.Severity) | m_Facility,
+		"%s", entry.Message.CStr());
 }
 
 void SyslogLogger::Flush()
diff --git a/lib/base/sysloglogger.hpp b/lib/base/sysloglogger.hpp
index 168c5d9a5..d1d685907 100644
--- a/lib/base/sysloglogger.hpp
+++ b/lib/base/sysloglogger.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,23 @@
 namespace icinga
 {
 
+/**
+ * Helper class to handle syslog facility strings and numbers.
+ *
+ * @ingroup base
+ */
+class SyslogHelper final
+{
+public:
+    static void StaticInitialize();
+    static bool ValidateFacility(const String& facility);
+    static int SeverityToNumber(LogSeverity severity);
+    static int FacilityToNumber(const String& facility);
+
+private:
+    static std::map<String, int> m_FacilityMap;
+};
+
 /**
  * A logger that logs to syslog.
  *
@@ -21,14 +38,12 @@ public:
 	DECLARE_OBJECT(SyslogLogger);
 	DECLARE_OBJECTNAME(SyslogLogger);
 
-	static void StaticInitialize();
 	static void StatsFunc(const Dictionary::Ptr& status, const Array::Ptr& perfdata);
 
 	void OnConfigLoaded() override;
 	void ValidateFacility(const Lazy<String>& lvalue, const ValidationUtils& utils) override;
 
 protected:
-	static std::map<String, int> m_FacilityMap;
 	int m_Facility;
 
 	void ProcessLogEntry(const LogEntry& entry) override;
diff --git a/tools/syntax/nano/icinga2.nanorc b/tools/syntax/nano/icinga2.nanorc
index cbc743b10..359790e9c 100644
--- a/tools/syntax/nano/icinga2.nanorc
+++ b/tools/syntax/nano/icinga2.nanorc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ icolor brightgreen 		"object[ \t]+(timeperiod|scheduleddowntime|dependency|perfd
 icolor brightgreen 		"object[ \t]+(graphitewriter|idomysqlconnection|idomysqlconnection)"
 icolor brightgreen 		"object[ \t]+(livestatuslistener|statusdatawriter|externalcommandlistener)"
 icolor brightgreen 		"object[ \t]+(compatlogger|checkresultreader|checkcomponent|notificationcomponent)"
-icolor brightgreen 		"object[ \t]+(filelogger|sysloglogger|apilistener|endpoint|zone)"
+icolor brightgreen 		"object[ \t]+(filelogger|sysloglogger|journaldlogger|apilistener|endpoint|zone)"
 
 ## apply def
 icolor brightgreen 		"apply[ \t]+(Service|Dependency|Notification|ScheduledDowntime)"
diff --git a/tools/syntax/vim/syntax/icinga2.vim b/tools/syntax/vim/syntax/icinga2.vim
index 3cbb8e632..5201d6fc8 100644
--- a/tools/syntax/vim/syntax/icinga2.vim
+++ b/tools/syntax/vim/syntax/icinga2.vim
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ syn keyword		icinga2ObjType		Comment Dependency Downtime ElasticsearchWriter
 syn keyword		icinga2ObjType		Endpoint EventCommand ExternalCommandListener
 syn keyword		icinga2ObjType		FileLogger GelfWriter GraphiteWriter Host HostGroup
 syn keyword		icinga2ObjType		IcingaApplication IdoMysqlConnection IdoPgsqlConnection
-syn keyword		icinga2ObjType		InfluxdbWriter Influxdb2Writer LivestatusListener Notification NotificationCommand
+syn keyword		icinga2ObjType		InfluxdbWriter Influxdb2Writer JournaldLogger
+syn keyword		icinga2ObjType		LivestatusListener Notification NotificationCommand
 syn keyword		icinga2ObjType		NotificationComponent OpenTsdbWriter PerfdataWriter
 syn keyword		icinga2ObjType		ScheduledDowntime Service ServiceGroup SyslogLogger
 syn keyword		icinga2ObjType		TimePeriod User UserGroup WindowsEventLogLogger Zone