diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-ir/main.go b/cmd/frostfs-ir/main.go
index 2b39f78e3..9879342b7 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-ir/main.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-ir/main.go
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ func main() {
 		cfg.GetString("logger.level"),
 	)
 	exitErr(err)
+	err = logPrm.SetDestination(
+		cfg.GetString("logger.destination"),
+	)
+	exitErr(err)
 	logPrm.SamplingHook = metrics.LogMetrics().GetSamplingHook()
 	log, err = logger.NewLogger(logPrm)
 	exitErr(err)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
index c41863ecd..50219a8c7 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ type applicationConfiguration struct {
 	_read bool
 
 	LoggerCfg struct {
-		level string
+		level       string
+		destination string
 	}
 
 	EngineCfg struct {
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ func (a *applicationConfiguration) readConfig(c *config.Config) error {
 	// Logger
 
 	a.LoggerCfg.level = loggerconfig.Level(c)
+	a.LoggerCfg.destination = loggerconfig.Destination(c)
 
 	// Storage Engine
 
@@ -1004,6 +1006,11 @@ func (c *cfg) loggerPrm() (*logger.Prm, error) {
 		// not expected since validation should be performed before
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("incorrect log level format: %s", c.LoggerCfg.level))
 	}
+	err = c.dynamicConfiguration.logger.SetDestination(c.LoggerCfg.destination)
+	if err != nil {
+		// not expected since validation should be performed before
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("incorrect log destination format: %s", c.LoggerCfg.destination))
+	}
 
 	return c.dynamicConfiguration.logger, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/config/logger/config.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/config/logger/config.go
index 02645c543..378b9d793 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/config/logger/config.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/config/logger/config.go
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-node/config"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/util/logger"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-observability/logging/lokicore/loki"
 )
 
 const (
 	// LevelDefault is a default logger level.
 	LevelDefault              = "info"
+	DestinationDefault        = logger.DestinationStdout
 	subsection                = "logger"
 	lokiSubsection            = "loki"
 	AddressDefault            = "localhost:3100"
@@ -34,6 +36,22 @@ func Level(c *config.Config) string {
 	return LevelDefault
 }
 
+// Destination returns the value of "destination" config parameter
+// from "logger" section.
+//
+// Returns DestinationDefault if the value is not a non-empty string.
+func Destination(c *config.Config) string {
+	v := config.StringSafe(
+		c.Sub(subsection),
+		"destination",
+	)
+	if v != "" {
+		return v
+	}
+
+	return DestinationDefault
+}
+
 // ToLokiConfig extracts loki config.
 func ToLokiConfig(c *config.Config) loki.Config {
 	hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/config/logger/config_test.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/config/logger/config_test.go
index 8a0acbd85..3587a0ddb 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/config/logger/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/config/logger/config_test.go
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ import (
 
 func TestLoggerSection_Level(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("defaults", func(t *testing.T) {
-		v := loggerconfig.Level(configtest.EmptyConfig())
-		require.Equal(t, loggerconfig.LevelDefault, v)
+		require.Equal(t, loggerconfig.LevelDefault, loggerconfig.Level(configtest.EmptyConfig()))
+		require.Equal(t, loggerconfig.DestinationDefault, loggerconfig.Destination(configtest.EmptyConfig()))
 	})
 
 	const path = "../../../../config/example/node"
 
 	fileConfigTest := func(c *config.Config) {
-		v := loggerconfig.Level(c)
-		require.Equal(t, "debug", v)
+		require.Equal(t, "debug", loggerconfig.Level(c))
+		require.Equal(t, "journald", loggerconfig.Destination(c))
 	}
 
 	configtest.ForEachFileType(path, fileConfigTest)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/validate.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/validate.go
index 80c90ec44..ae52b9e4a 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/validate.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/validate.go
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ func validateConfig(c *config.Config) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid logger level: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	err = loggerPrm.SetDestination(loggerconfig.Destination(c))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid logger destination: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	// shard configuration validation
 
 	shardNum := 0
diff --git a/config/example/node.env b/config/example/node.env
index 2972f56e9..a1db0c876 100644
--- a/config/example/node.env
+++ b/config/example/node.env
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 FROSTFS_LOGGER_LEVEL=debug
+FROSTFS_LOGGER_DESTINATION=journald
 
 FROSTFS_PPROF_ENABLED=true
 FROSTFS_PPROF_ADDRESS=localhost:6060
diff --git a/config/example/node.json b/config/example/node.json
index 8dda5e606..a7d7a3651 100644
--- a/config/example/node.json
+++ b/config/example/node.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "logger": {
-    "level": "debug"
+    "level": "debug",
+    "destination": "journald"
   },
   "pprof": {
     "enabled": true,
diff --git a/config/example/node.yaml b/config/example/node.yaml
index 171515164..678ee1a87 100644
--- a/config/example/node.yaml
+++ b/config/example/node.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 logger:
   level: debug  # logger level: one of "debug", "info" (default), "warn", "error", "dpanic", "panic", "fatal"
+  destination: journald # logger destination: one of "stdout" (default), "journald"
 
 systemdnotify:
   enabled: true
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 06d2d3299..aa771f1e7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/hrw v1.2.1
 	git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine v0.0.0-20240129064140-8d21ab2d99d9
 	git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/tzhash v1.8.0
+	git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/zapjournald v0.0.0-20240124114243-cb2e66427d02
 	github.com/cheggaaa/pb v1.0.29
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1
 	github.com/flynn-archive/go-shlex v0.0.0-20150515145356-3f9db97f8568
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2
+	github.com/ssgreg/journald v1.0.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b9052efde..e15236331 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/rfc6979 v0.4.0 h1:M2KR3iBj7WpY3hP10IevfIB9MURr4O9m
 git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/rfc6979 v0.4.0/go.mod h1:okpbKfVYf/BpejtfFTfhZqFP+sZ8rsHrP8Rr/jYPNRc=
 git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/tzhash v1.8.0 h1:UFMnUIk0Zh17m8rjGHJMqku2hCgaXDqjqZzS4gsb4UA=
 git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/tzhash v1.8.0/go.mod h1:dhY+oy274hV8wGvGL4MwwMpdL3GYvaX1a8GQZQHvlF8=
+git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/zapjournald v0.0.0-20240124114243-cb2e66427d02 h1:HeY8n27VyPRQe49l/fzyVMkWEB2fsLJYKp64pwA7tz4=
+git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/zapjournald v0.0.0-20240124114243-cb2e66427d02/go.mod h1:rQFJJdEOV7KbbMtQYR2lNfiZk+ONRDJSbMCTWxKt8Fw=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.0 h1:lxCg3LAv+EUK6t1i0y1V6/SLeUi0eKEKdhQAlS8TVTI=
 github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.0/go.mod h1:pfChB/xh/Unjila75QW7+VU4TSnWnnk9UTnmpPaOR2g=
@@ -247,6 +249,8 @@ github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2 h1:LUXCnvUvSM6FXAsj6nnfc8Q2tp1dIgUfY9Kc8GsSOiQ=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2/go.mod h1:EKmWIqdnk5lOcmR72yw6hS+8OPYcwD0jteitLMVB+yk=
+github.com/ssgreg/journald v1.0.0 h1:0YmTDPJXxcWDPba12qNMdO6TxvfkFSYpFIJ31CwmLcU=
+github.com/ssgreg/journald v1.0.0/go.mod h1:RUckwmTM8ghGWPslq2+ZBZzbb9/2KgjzYZ4JEP+oRt0=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
diff --git a/pkg/util/logger/logger.go b/pkg/util/logger/logger.go
index f9a5fe38f..c6db04df9 100644
--- a/pkg/util/logger/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/util/logger/logger.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package logger
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/zapjournald"
+	"github.com/ssgreg/journald"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
@@ -35,8 +39,15 @@ type Prm struct {
 	SamplingHook func(e zapcore.Entry, sd zapcore.SamplingDecision)
 
 	// do not support runtime rereading
+	dest string
 }
 
+const (
+	DestinationUndefined = ""
+	DestinationStdout    = "stdout"
+	DestinationJournald  = "journald"
+)
+
 // SetLevelString sets the minimum logging level. Default is
 // "info".
 //
@@ -48,6 +59,16 @@ func (p *Prm) SetLevelString(s string) error {
 	return p.level.UnmarshalText([]byte(s))
 }
 
+func (p *Prm) SetDestination(d string) error {
+	if d != DestinationStdout && d != DestinationJournald {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid logger destination %s", d)
+	}
+	if p != nil {
+		p.dest = d
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Reload reloads configuration of a connected instance of the Logger.
 // Returns ErrLoggerNotConnected if no connection has been performed.
 // Returns any reconfiguration error from the Logger directly.
@@ -79,7 +100,17 @@ func NewLogger(prm *Prm) (*Logger, error) {
 	if prm == nil {
 		prm = defaultPrm()
 	}
+	switch prm.dest {
+	case DestinationUndefined, DestinationStdout:
+		return newConsoleLogger(prm)
+	case DestinationJournald:
+		return newJournaldLogger(prm)
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown destination %s", prm.dest)
+	}
+}
 
+func newConsoleLogger(prm *Prm) (*Logger, error) {
 	lvl := zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(prm.level)
 
 	c := zap.NewProductionConfig()
@@ -103,6 +134,34 @@ func NewLogger(prm *Prm) (*Logger, error) {
 	return l, nil
 }
 
+func newJournaldLogger(prm *Prm) (*Logger, error) {
+	lvl := zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(prm.level)
+
+	c := zap.NewProductionConfig()
+	c.Level = lvl
+	c.Encoding = "console"
+	c.EncoderConfig.EncodeTime = zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder
+	if prm.SamplingHook != nil {
+		c.Sampling.Hook = prm.SamplingHook
+	}
+
+	encoder := zapjournald.NewPartialEncoder(zapcore.NewConsoleEncoder(c.EncoderConfig), zapjournald.SyslogFields)
+
+	core := zapjournald.NewCore(zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(prm.level), encoder, &journald.Journal{}, zapjournald.SyslogFields)
+	coreWithContext := core.With([]zapcore.Field{
+		zapjournald.SyslogFacility(zapjournald.LogDaemon),
+		zapjournald.SyslogIdentifier(),
+		zapjournald.SyslogPid(),
+	})
+
+	lZap := zap.New(coreWithContext, zap.AddStacktrace(zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zap.FatalLevel)))
+
+	l := &Logger{Logger: lZap, lvl: lvl}
+	prm._log = l
+
+	return l, nil
+}
+
 func (l *Logger) reload(prm Prm) error {
 	l.lvl.SetLevel(prm.level)
 	return nil