diff --git a/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php b/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php
index 822af0ea..62c70026 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatter.php
@@ -20,6 +20,34 @@ namespace Monolog\Formatter;
  */
 class JsonFormatter implements FormatterInterface
 {
+
+    protected $batch_mode;
+
+    const BATCH_MODE_JSON = 1;
+    const BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES = 2;
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $batch_mode
+     */
+    public function __construct($batch_mode = self::BATCH_MODE_JSON)
+    {
+        $this->batch_mode = $batch_mode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The batch mode option configures the formatting style for
+     * multiple records. By default, multiple records will be
+     * formatted as a JSON-encoded array. However, for
+     * compatibility with some API endpoints, alternive styles
+     * are available.
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getBatchMode()
+    {
+        return $this->batch_mode;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -32,7 +60,46 @@ class JsonFormatter implements FormatterInterface
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
     public function formatBatch(array $records)
+    {
+        switch ($this->batch_mode) {
+
+            case static::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES:
+                return $this->formatBatchNewlines($records);
+
+            case static::BATCH_MODE_JSON:
+            default:
+                return $this->formatBatchJson($records);
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a JSON-encoded array of records.
+     *
+     * @param  array $records
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function formatBatchJson(array $records)
     {
         return json_encode($records);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Use new lines to separate records instead of a
+     * JSON-encoded array.
+     *
+     * @param  array $records
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function formatBatchNewlines(array $records)
+    {
+        $instance = $this;
+
+        array_walk($records, function(&$value, $key) use ($instance) {
+            $value = $instance->format($value);
+        });
+
+        return implode("\n", $records);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Formatter/LogglyFormatter.php b/src/Monolog/Formatter/LogglyFormatter.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db9e7c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Monolog/Formatter/LogglyFormatter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Monolog package.
+ *
+ * (c) Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Monolog\Formatter;
+
+/**
+ * Encodes message information into JSON in a format compatible with Loggly.
+ *
+ * @author Adam Pancutt <adam@pancutt.com>
+ */
+class LogglyFormatter extends JsonFormatter
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Overrides the default batch mode to new lines for compatibility with the
+     * Loggly bulk API.
+     *
+     * @param integer $batch_mode
+     */
+    public function __construct($batch_mode = self::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($batch_mode);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Appends the 'timestamp' parameter for indexing by Loggly.
+     *
+     * @see https://www.loggly.com/docs/automated-parsing/#json
+     * @see \Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::format()
+     */
+    public function format(array $record)
+    {
+        if (isset($record["datetime"]) && ($record["datetime"] instanceof \DateTime)) {
+            $record["timestamp"] = $record["datetime"]->format("c");
+            // @todo unset the 'datetime' parameter, retained for BC
+        }
+        return parent::format($record);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/LogglyHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/LogglyHandler.php
index e0061a53..9a3de6e6 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/LogglyHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/LogglyHandler.php
@@ -12,16 +12,19 @@
 namespace Monolog\Handler;
 
 use Monolog\Logger;
-use Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter;
+use Monolog\Formatter\LogglyFormatter;
 
 /**
  * Sends errors to Loggly.
  *
  * @author Przemek Sobstel <przemek@sobstel.org>
+ * @author Adam Pancutt <adam@pancutt.com>
  */
 class LogglyHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
 {
     const HOST = 'logs-01.loggly.com';
+    const ENDPOINT_SINGLE = 'inputs';
+    const ENDPOINT_BATCH = 'bulk';
 
     protected $token;
 
@@ -45,17 +48,38 @@ class LogglyHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
 
     protected function write(array $record)
     {
-        $url = sprintf("http://%s/inputs/%s/", self::HOST, $this->token);
+        $this->send($record["formatted"], self::ENDPOINT_SINGLE);
+    }
+
+    public function handleBatch(array $records)
+    {
+        $level = $this->level;
+
+        $records = array_filter($records, function ($record) use ($level) {
+            return ($record['level'] >= $level);
+        });
+
+        if ($records) {
+            $this->send($this->getFormatter()->formatBatch($records), self::ENDPOINT_BATCH);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function send($data, $endpoint)
+    {
+        $url = sprintf("https://%s/%s/%s/", self::HOST, $endpoint, $this->token);
+
+        $headers = array('Content-Type: application/json');
+
         if ($this->tag) {
-            $url .= sprintf("tag/%s/", $this->tag);
+            $headers[] = "X-LOGGLY-TAG: {$this->tag}";
         }
 
         $ch = curl_init();
 
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $record["formatted"]);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json'));
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 
         curl_exec($ch);
@@ -64,6 +88,6 @@ class LogglyHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
 
     protected function getDefaultFormatter()
     {
-        return new JsonFormatter();
+        return new LogglyFormatter();
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php
index ba6152c9..bad19f73 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/JsonFormatterTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ use Monolog\TestCase;
 
 class JsonFormatterTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @covers Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::__construct
+     * @covers Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::getBatchMode
+     */
+    public function testConstruct()
+    {
+        $formatter = new JsonFormatter();
+        $this->assertEquals(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_JSON, $formatter->getBatchMode());
+        $formatter = new JsonFormatter(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES);
+        $this->assertEquals(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES, $formatter->getBatchMode());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @covers Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::format
      */
@@ -28,6 +40,7 @@ class JsonFormatterTest extends TestCase
 
     /**
      * @covers Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::formatBatch
+     * @covers Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::formatBatchJson
      */
     public function testFormatBatch()
     {
@@ -38,4 +51,22 @@ class JsonFormatterTest extends TestCase
         );
         $this->assertEquals(json_encode($records), $formatter->formatBatch($records));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::formatBatch
+     * @covers Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter::formatBatchNewlines
+     */
+    public function testFormatBatchNewlines()
+    {
+
+        $formatter = new JsonFormatter(JsonFormatter::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES);
+        $records = $expected = array(
+            $this->getRecord(Logger::WARNING),
+            $this->getRecord(Logger::DEBUG),
+        );
+        array_walk($expected, function(&$value, $key) {
+            $value = json_encode($value);
+        });
+        $this->assertEquals(implode("\n", $expected), $formatter->formatBatch($records));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/LogglyFormatterTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/LogglyFormatterTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ef0cb8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/LogglyFormatterTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Monolog package.
+ *
+ * (c) Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Monolog\Formatter;
+
+use Monolog\Logger;
+use Monolog\TestCase;
+
+class LogglyFormatterTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @covers Monolog\Formatter\LogglyFormatter::__construct
+     */
+    public function testConstruct()
+    {
+        $formatter = new LogglyFormatter();
+        $this->assertEquals(LogglyFormatter::BATCH_MODE_NEWLINES, $formatter->getBatchMode());
+        $formatter = new LogglyFormatter(LogglyFormatter::BATCH_MODE_JSON);
+        $this->assertEquals(LogglyFormatter::BATCH_MODE_JSON, $formatter->getBatchMode());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers Monolog\Formatter\LogglyFormatter::format
+     */
+    public function testFormat()
+    {
+        $formatter = new LogglyFormatter();
+        $record = $this->getRecord();
+        $formatted_decoded = json_decode($formatter->format($record), true);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey("timestamp", $formatted_decoded);
+        $this->assertEquals(new \DateTime($formatted_decoded["timestamp"]), $record["datetime"]);
+    }
+}