diff --git a/doc/admin/config.rst b/doc/admin/config.rst
index b26ed7ae30..c5e6f84093 100644
--- a/doc/admin/config.rst
+++ b/doc/admin/config.rst
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ Example::
 ``loglevel``
     Set console and file log level (``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR`` or ``CRITICAL``). Defaults to ``INFO``.
 
+``request_id_header``
+    Specifies the name of a header that should be used for logging request IDs. Off by default.
+
 Locale settings
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/src/pretix/helpers/logs.py b/src/pretix/helpers/logs.py
index b3fc9fcdb3..e1e322322f 100644
--- a/src/pretix/helpers/logs.py
+++ b/src/pretix/helpers/logs.py
@@ -21,9 +21,49 @@
 #
 import logging
 
+import sentry_sdk
+from django.core.signals import request_finished
+from django.dispatch import receiver
+
+try:
+    from asgiref.local import Local
+except ImportError:
+    from threading import local as Local
+
 from django.conf import settings
 
 
 class AdminExistsFilter(logging.Filter):
     def filter(self, record):
         return not settings.DEBUG and len(settings.ADMINS) > 0
+
+
+local = Local()
+
+
+class RequestIdFilter(logging.Filter):
+    def filter(self, record):
+        record.request_id = getattr(local, 'request_id', None)
+        return True
+
+
+class RequestIdMiddleware:
+    def __init__(self, get_response):
+        self.get_response = get_response
+
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        if settings.REQUEST_ID_HEADER and settings.REQUEST_ID_HEADER in request.headers:
+            local.request_id = request.request_id = request.headers[settings.REQUEST_ID_HEADER]
+
+            if settings.SENTRY_ENABLED:
+                sentry_sdk.set_tag("request_id", request.request_id)
+        else:
+            local.request_id = request.request_id = None
+
+        return self.get_response(request)
+
+
+@receiver(request_finished)
+def on_request_finished(sender, **kwargs):
+    # not part of middleware, since things could be logged after the middleware stack is finished
+    local.request_id = None
diff --git a/src/pretix/settings.py b/src/pretix/settings.py
index f58bd0d532..ce2041ec3d 100644
--- a/src/pretix/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/settings.py
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = [urlparse(SITE_URL).hostname]
 
 TRUST_X_FORWARDED_FOR = config.get('pretix', 'trust_x_forwarded_for', fallback=False)
 
+REQUEST_ID_HEADER = config.get('pretix', 'request_id_header', fallback=False)
+
 if config.get('pretix', 'trust_x_forwarded_proto', fallback=False):
     SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')
 
@@ -439,6 +441,7 @@ CORE_MODULES = {
 }
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'pretix.helpers.logs.RequestIdMiddleware',
     'pretix.api.middleware.IdempotencyMiddleware',
     'pretix.multidomain.middlewares.MultiDomainMiddleware',
     'pretix.base.middleware.CustomCommonMiddleware',
@@ -684,31 +687,41 @@ LOGGING = {
     'disable_existing_loggers': False,
     'formatters': {
         'default': {
-            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(name)s %(module)s %(message)s'
+            'format': (
+                '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s RequestId=%(request_id)s %(name)s %(module)s %(message)s'
+                if REQUEST_ID_HEADER
+                else '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(name)s %(module)s %(message)s'
+            )
         },
     },
     'filters': {
         'require_admin_enabled': {
             '()': 'pretix.helpers.logs.AdminExistsFilter',
-        }
+        },
+        'request_id': {
+            '()': 'pretix.helpers.logs.RequestIdFilter'
+        },
     },
     'handlers': {
         'console': {
             'level': loglevel,
             'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'formatter': 'default'
+            'formatter': 'default',
+            'filters': ['request_id'],
         },
         'csp_file': {
             'level': loglevel,
             'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
             'filename': os.path.join(LOG_DIR, 'csp.log'),
-            'formatter': 'default'
+            'formatter': 'default',
+            'filters': ['request_id'],
         },
         'file': {
             'level': loglevel,
             'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
             'filename': os.path.join(LOG_DIR, 'pretix.log'),
-            'formatter': 'default'
+            'formatter': 'default',
+            'filters': ['request_id'],
         },
         'mail_admins': {
             'level': 'ERROR',