diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteLog.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteLog.java
index 5382067..57d40e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteLog.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteLog.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.AuditEvent;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.IdentifiedUser;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.audit.AuditService;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.LogConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.PluginLogFile;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.SystemLog;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.time.TimeUtil;
@@ -46,8 +47,18 @@
   private final AuditService auditService;
 
   @Inject
-  public DeleteLog(SystemLog systemLog, ServerInformation serverInfo, AuditService auditService) {
-    super(systemLog, serverInfo, DELETE_LOG_NAME, new DeleteLogLayout());
+  public DeleteLog(
+      SystemLog systemLog,
+      ServerInformation serverInfo,
+      AuditService auditService,
+      LogConfig config) {
+    super(
+        systemLog,
+        serverInfo,
+        DELETE_LOG_NAME,
+        new DeleteLogLayout(),
+        new DeleteLogJsonLayout(),
+        config);
     this.auditService = auditService;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteLogJsonLayout.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteLogJsonLayout.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..368568d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteLogJsonLayout.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2025 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.util.logging.JsonLayout;
+import com.google.gerrit.util.logging.JsonLogEntry;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
+
+/** Layout for formatting error log events in the JSON format. */
+public class DeleteLogJsonLayout extends JsonLayout {
+  @Override
+  public JsonLogEntry toJsonLogEntry(LoggingEvent event) {
+    return new DeleteJsonLogEntry(event);
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+  private class DeleteJsonLogEntry extends JsonLogEntry {
+    /** Timestamp of when the log entry was created. */
+    @SerializedName("@timestamp")
+    public final String timestamp;
+
+    /** Logging level/severity. */
+    public final String level;
+
+    /** Account ID of the user deleting the project. */
+    public final String accountId;
+
+    /** Username of the user deleting the project. */
+    public final String user;
+
+    /** Status of the project deletion. */
+    public final String status;
+
+    /** Deleted project. */
+    public final String project;
+
+    /** Options used in the project deletion. */
+    public final JsonObject options;
+
+    /** Optional error message. */
+    public final String error;
+
+    /** Version of log format. */
+    @SerializedName("@version")
+    public final int version = 1;
+
+    public DeleteJsonLogEntry(LoggingEvent event) {
+      this.timestamp = timestampFormatter.format(event.getTimeStamp());
+      this.level = event.getLevel().toString();
+      this.accountId = (String) event.getMDC(DeleteLog.ACCOUNT_ID);
+      this.user = (String) event.getMDC(DeleteLog.USER_NAME);
+      this.status = (String) event.getMessage();
+      this.project = (String) event.getMDC(DeleteLog.PROJECT_NAME);
+      this.options =
+          JsonParser.parseString((String) event.getMDC(DeleteLog.OPTIONS)).getAsJsonObject();
+      this.error = (String) event.getMDC(DeleteLog.ERROR);
+    }
+  }
+}