diff --git a/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php b/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php
index 10a62c19..28086e10 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ class JsonFormatter extends NormalizerFormatter
 
     protected $batchMode;
     protected $appendNewline;
-    protected $maxNormalizeDepth = 9;
-    protected $maxNormalizeItemCount = 1000;
 
     /**
      * @var bool
@@ -61,32 +59,6 @@ class JsonFormatter extends NormalizerFormatter
         return $this->appendNewline;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The maximum number of normalization levels to go through
-     */
-    public function getMaxNormalizeDepth(): int
-    {
-        return $this->maxNormalizeDepth;
-    }
-
-    public function setMaxNormalizeDepth(int $maxNormalizeDepth): void
-    {
-        $this->maxNormalizeDepth = $maxNormalizeDepth;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * The maximum number of items to normalize per level
-     */
-    public function getMaxNormalizeItemCount(): int
-    {
-        return $this->maxNormalizeItemCount;
-    }
-
-    public function setMaxNormalizeItemCount(int $maxNormalizeItemCount): void
-    {
-        $this->maxNormalizeItemCount = $maxNormalizeItemCount;
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatter.php b/src/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatter.php
index 857f9a0f..14d5e37e 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatter.php
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class NormalizerFormatter implements FormatterInterface
     const SIMPLE_DATE = "Y-m-d\TH:i:sP";
 
     protected $dateFormat;
+    protected $maxNormalizeDepth = 9;
+    protected $maxNormalizeItemCount = 1000;
 
     /**
      * @param string $dateFormat The format of the timestamp: one supported by DateTime::format
@@ -56,14 +58,40 @@ class NormalizerFormatter implements FormatterInterface
         return $records;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The maximum number of normalization levels to go through
+     */
+    public function getMaxNormalizeDepth(): int
+    {
+        return $this->maxNormalizeDepth;
+    }
+
+    public function setMaxNormalizeDepth(int $maxNormalizeDepth): void
+    {
+        $this->maxNormalizeDepth = $maxNormalizeDepth;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The maximum number of items to normalize per level
+     */
+    public function getMaxNormalizeItemCount(): int
+    {
+        return $this->maxNormalizeItemCount;
+    }
+
+    public function setMaxNormalizeItemCount(int $maxNormalizeItemCount): void
+    {
+        $this->maxNormalizeItemCount = $maxNormalizeItemCount;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param  mixed                      $data
      * @return int|bool|string|null|array
      */
     protected function normalize($data, int $depth = 0)
     {
-        if ($depth > 9) {
-            return 'Over 9 levels deep, aborting normalization';
+        if ($depth > $this->maxNormalizeDepth) {
+            return 'Over ' . $this->maxNormalizeDepth . ' levels deep, aborting normalization';
         }
 
         if (null === $data || is_scalar($data)) {
@@ -84,8 +112,8 @@ class NormalizerFormatter implements FormatterInterface
 
             $count = 1;
             foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
-                if ($count++ > 1000) {
-                    $normalized['...'] = 'Over 1000 items ('.count($data).' total), aborting normalization';
+                if ($count++ > $this->maxNormalizeItemCount) {
+                    $normalized['...'] = 'Over ' . $this->maxNormalizeItemCount . ' items ('.count($data).' total), aborting normalization';
                     break;
                 }
 
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php
index a8698343..eeb6b5bb 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ class JsonFormatterTest extends TestCase
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param JsonFormatter         $formatter
-     * @param \Exception|\Throwable $exception
+     * @param JsonFormatter $formatter
+     * @param \Throwable    $exception
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    private function formatRecordWithExceptionInContext(JsonFormatter $formatter, $exception)
+    private function formatRecordWithExceptionInContext(JsonFormatter $formatter, \Throwable $exception)
     {
         $message = $formatter->format([
             'level_name' => 'CRITICAL',
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatterTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatterTest.php
index 1275e254..b1878797 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatterTest.php
@@ -289,6 +289,48 @@ class NormalizerFormatterTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         $this->assertSame('{"message":"€ŠšŽžŒœŸ"}', $res);
     }
 
+    public function testMaxNormalizeDepth()
+    {
+        $formatter = new NormalizerFormatter();
+        $formatter->setMaxNormalizeDepth(1);
+        $throwable = new \Error('Foo');
+
+        $message = $this->formatRecordWithExceptionInContext($formatter, $throwable);
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'Over 1 levels deep, aborting normalization',
+            $message['context']['exception']
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testMaxNormalizeItemCountWith0ItemsMax()
+    {
+        $formatter = new NormalizerFormatter();
+        $formatter->setMaxNormalizeDepth(9);
+        $formatter->setMaxNormalizeItemCount(0);
+        $throwable = new \Error('Foo');
+
+        $message = $this->formatRecordWithExceptionInContext($formatter, $throwable);
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            ["..." => "Over 0 items (6 total), aborting normalization"],
+            $message
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testMaxNormalizeItemCountWith3ItemsMax()
+    {
+        $formatter = new NormalizerFormatter();
+        $formatter->setMaxNormalizeDepth(9);
+        $formatter->setMaxNormalizeItemCount(2);
+        $throwable = new \Error('Foo');
+
+        $message = $this->formatRecordWithExceptionInContext($formatter, $throwable);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            ["level_name" => "CRITICAL", "channel" => "core", "..." => "Over 2 items (6 total), aborting normalization"],
+            $message
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param mixed $in     Input
      * @param mixed $expect Expected output
@@ -387,6 +429,26 @@ class NormalizerFormatterTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
             $result['context']['exception']['trace'][0]
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param NormalizerFormatter $formatter
+     * @param \Throwable          $exception
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function formatRecordWithExceptionInContext(NormalizerFormatter $formatter, \Throwable $exception)
+    {
+        $message = $formatter->format([
+            'level_name' => 'CRITICAL',
+            'channel' => 'core',
+            'context' => ['exception' => $exception],
+            'datetime' => null,
+            'extra' => [],
+            'message' => 'foobar',
+        ]);
+
+        return $message;
+    }
 }
 
 class TestFooNorm