diff --git a/lib/roqua/logging/roqua_logging_railtie.rb b/lib/roqua/logging/roqua_logging_railtie.rb
index 6881646da9d31f823689525ec6488851ad5e80d4..62b84c519410fafb64e2f11e1f9cc65e66a782cc 100644
--- a/lib/roqua/logging/roqua_logging_railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/roqua/logging/roqua_logging_railtie.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ class RoquaLoggingRailtie < Rails::Railtie
     def configure
       Roqua.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(output_stream).tap do |logger|
         logger.formatter = Logger::Formatter.new
+        # Set the datetime_format to include timezone and use milliseconds instead of microseconds
+        logger.formatter.datetime_format = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%L%z '
       end
 
       require 'roqua/support/request_logger'
diff --git a/spec/roqua/logging/roqua_logging_railtie_spec.rb b/spec/roqua/logging/roqua_logging_railtie_spec.rb
index eaa9e43a88cc353204e51071e76c262f1f1ebd7a..5f12ee2b180e60fad6d2af6e752332e4efb76ff6 100644
--- a/spec/roqua/logging/roqua_logging_railtie_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/roqua/logging/roqua_logging_railtie_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ Rspec.describe RoquaLoggingRailtie do
         ActiveSupport::Logger.logger_outputs_to?(Roqua.logger.logger, STDOUT)
       ).to be_truthy
     end
+
+    it 'logs using a datetimeformat including timezone' do
+      time = Time.zone.local(2021,10,10,16,13)
+      got = Roqua.logger.logger.formatter.call 'INFO', time, 'progname', '{}'
+      expect(got).to match(/I, \[2021-10-10T16:13:00.000\+0000 #\d+]  INFO -- progname: {}/)
+    end
   end
 
   context 'when RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT_USING_ROQUA_LOGGER is blank' do