diff --git a/packages/logging-bunyan/README.md b/packages/logging-bunyan/README.md
index 7fa101183f2..300e85a3aae 100644
--- a/packages/logging-bunyan/README.md
+++ b/packages/logging-bunyan/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,29 @@ var loggingBunyan = require('@google-cloud/logging-bunyan')({
 // ...you're good to go!
 ```
 
+## Formatting Request Logs
+
+To format your request logs you can provide a `httpRequest` property on the bunyan metadata you provide along with the log message. We will treat this as the [`HttpRequest`][http-request-message] message and Stackdriver logging will show this as a request log. Example:
+
+![Request Log Example](/doc/images/request-log.png)
+
+```js
+logger.info({ 
+  httpRequest: {
+    status: res.statusCode,
+    requestUrl: req.url,
+    requestMethod: req.method,
+    remoteIp: req.connection.remoteAddress,
+    // etc.
+  }
+}, req.path);
+```
+
+The `httpRequest` proprety must be a properly formatted [`HttpRequest`][http-request-message] message.
+
+
 [bunyan]: https://github.com/trentm/node-bunyan
 [@google-cloud/logging]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@google-cloud/logging
 [gce-how-to]: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/authentication#using
+[http-request-message]: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/LogEntry#HttpRequest
 [dev-console]: https://console.developers.google.com/project
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diff --git a/packages/logging-bunyan/src/index.js b/packages/logging-bunyan/src/index.js
index 11bf4691be0..8723898a053 100644
--- a/packages/logging-bunyan/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/logging-bunyan/src/index.js
@@ -141,13 +141,12 @@ LoggingBunyan.prototype.formatEntry_ = function(record) {
     );
   }
 
+  record = extend({}, record);
+
   // Stackdriver Log Viewer picks up the summary line from the 'message' field
   // of the payload. Unless the user has provided a 'message' property also,
   // move the 'msg' to 'message'.
   if (!record.message) {
-    // Clone the object before modifying it.
-    record = extend({}, record);
-
     // If this is an error, report the full stack trace. This allows Stackdriver
     // Error Reporting to pick up errors automatically (for severity 'error' or
     // higher). In this case we leave the 'msg' property intact.
@@ -171,6 +170,17 @@ LoggingBunyan.prototype.formatEntry_ = function(record) {
     severity: BUNYAN_TO_STACKDRIVER[record.level]
   };
 
+  // If the record contains a httpRequest property, provide it on the entry
+  // metadata. This allows Stackdriver to use request log formatting.
+  // https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/LogEntry#HttpRequest
+  // Note that the httpRequest field must properly validate as a HttpRequest
+  // proto message, or the log entry would be rejected by the API. We do no
+  // validation here.
+  if (record.httpRequest) {
+    entryMetadata.httpRequest = record.httpRequest;
+    delete record.httpRequest;
+  }
+
   return this.log_.entry(entryMetadata, record);
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/logging-bunyan/test/index.js b/packages/logging-bunyan/test/index.js
index bb16ddd9334..3a27c364558 100644
--- a/packages/logging-bunyan/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/logging-bunyan/test/index.js
@@ -201,6 +201,28 @@ describe('logging-bunyan', function() {
 
       loggingBunyan.formatEntry_(record);
     });
+
+    it('should promote the httpRequest property to metadata', function(done) {
+      var HTTP_REQUEST = {
+        statusCode: 418
+      };
+      var recordWithRequest = extend({
+        httpRequest: HTTP_REQUEST,
+      }, RECORD);
+
+      loggingBunyan.log_.entry = function(entryMetadata, record) {
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(entryMetadata, {
+          resource: loggingBunyan.resource_,
+          timestamp: RECORD.time,
+          severity: LoggingBunyan.BUNYAN_TO_STACKDRIVER[RECORD.level],
+          httpRequest: HTTP_REQUEST
+        });
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(record, RECORD);
+        done();
+      };
+
+      loggingBunyan.formatEntry_(recordWithRequest);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('_write', function() {