diff --git a/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php b/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php
index 206ec249..ac6f58c0 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php
@@ -20,18 +20,19 @@ namespace Monolog\Formatter;
  */
 class JsonFormatter implements FormatterInterface
 {
-
-    protected $batch_mode;
+    protected $batchMode;
+    protected $appendNewline;
 
     const BATCH_MODE_JSON = 1;
     const BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES = 2;
 
     /**
-     * @param int $batch_mode
+     * @param int $batchMode
      */
-    public function __construct($batch_mode = self::BATCH_MODE_JSON)
+    public function __construct($batchMode = self::BATCH_MODE_JSON, $appendNewline = true)
     {
-        $this->batch_mode = $batch_mode;
+        $this->batchMode = $batchMode;
+        $this->appendNewline = $appendNewline;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -45,7 +46,17 @@ class JsonFormatter implements FormatterInterface
      */
     public function getBatchMode()
     {
-        return $this->batch_mode;
+        return $this->batchMode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * True if newlines are appended to every formatted record
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isAppendingNewlines()
+    {
+        return $this->appendNewline;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -53,7 +64,7 @@ class JsonFormatter implements FormatterInterface
      */
     public function format(array $record)
     {
-        return json_encode($record);
+        return json_encode($record) . ($this->appendNewline ? "\n" : '');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -61,15 +72,13 @@ class JsonFormatter implements FormatterInterface
      */
     public function formatBatch(array $records)
     {
-        switch ($this->batch_mode) {
-
+        switch ($this->batchMode) {
             case static::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES:
                 return $this->formatBatchNewlines($records);
 
             case static::BATCH_MODE_JSON:
             default:
                 return $this->formatBatchJson($records);
-
         }
     }
 
@@ -95,11 +104,13 @@ class JsonFormatter implements FormatterInterface
     {
         $instance = $this;
 
+        $oldNewline = $this->appendNewline;
+        $this->appendNewline = false;
         array_walk($records, function (&$value, $key) use ($instance) {
             $value = $instance->format($value);
         });
+        $this->appendNewline = $oldNewline;
 
         return implode("\n", $records);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Formatter/LogglyFormatter.php b/src/Monolog/Formatter/LogglyFormatter.php
index 5f270985..5ef0d9fa 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Formatter/LogglyFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Formatter/LogglyFormatter.php
@@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ namespace Monolog\Formatter;
  */
 class LogglyFormatter extends JsonFormatter
 {
-
     /**
      * Overrides the default batch mode to new lines for compatibility with the
      * Loggly bulk API.
      *
-     * @param integer $batch_mode
+     * @param integer $batchMode
      */
-    public function __construct($batch_mode = self::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES)
+    public function __construct($batchMode = self::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES, $appendNewline = false)
     {
-        parent::__construct($batch_mode);
+        parent::__construct($batchMode, $appendNewline);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -40,10 +39,9 @@ class LogglyFormatter extends JsonFormatter
     {
         if (isset($record["datetime"]) && ($record["datetime"] instanceof \DateTime)) {
             $record["timestamp"] = $record["datetime"]->format("c");
-            // @todo unset the 'datetime' parameter, retained for BC
+            // TODO 2.0 unset the 'datetime' parameter, retained for BC
         }
 
         return parent::format($record);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/AmqpHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/AmqpHandler.php
index 00703436..2db0d08d 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/AmqpHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/AmqpHandler.php
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ class AmqpHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
      */
     protected function getDefaultFormatter()
     {
-        return new JsonFormatter();
+        return new JsonFormatter(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_JSON, false);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/CouchDBHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/CouchDBHandler.php
index 4877b345..b3687c3d 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/CouchDBHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/CouchDBHandler.php
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ class CouchDBHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
      */
     protected function getDefaultFormatter()
     {
-        return new JsonFormatter();
+        return new JsonFormatter(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_JSON, false);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php
index 39cb1c5f..d18c4763 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php
@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ class JsonFormatterTest extends TestCase
     /**
      * @covers Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::__construct
      * @covers Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::getBatchMode
+     * @covers Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::isAppendingNewlines
      */
     public function testConstruct()
     {
         $formatter = new JsonFormatter();
         $this->assertEquals(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_JSON, $formatter->getBatchMode());
-        $formatter = new JsonFormatter(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES);
+        $this->assertEquals(true, $formatter->isAppendingNewlines());
+        $formatter = new JsonFormatter(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES, false);
         $this->assertEquals(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES, $formatter->getBatchMode());
+        $this->assertEquals(false, $formatter->isAppendingNewlines());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -35,6 +38,10 @@ class JsonFormatterTest extends TestCase
     {
         $formatter = new JsonFormatter();
         $record = $this->getRecord();
+        $this->assertEquals(json_encode($record)."\n", $formatter->format($record));
+
+        $formatter = new JsonFormatter(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_JSON, false);
+        $record = $this->getRecord();
         $this->assertEquals(json_encode($record), $formatter->format($record));
     }