diff --git a/configuration/esapi/ESAPI.properties b/configuration/esapi/ESAPI.properties
index 030f61588..977c071f1 100644
--- a/configuration/esapi/ESAPI.properties
+++ b/configuration/esapi/ESAPI.properties
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ Logger.LogServerIP=true
 Logger.UserInfo=true
 # Determines whether ESAPI should log the session id and client IP.
 Logger.ClientInfo=true
+# Determines whether ESAPI should log the event type or not
+Logger.OmitEventTypeInLogs=false
 
 #===========================================================================
 # ESAPI Intrusion Detection
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/owasp/esapi/PropNames.java b/src/main/java/org/owasp/esapi/PropNames.java
index 2f3f8ee49..fd91db397 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/owasp/esapi/PropNames.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/owasp/esapi/PropNames.java
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ public final class PropNames {
     public static final String LOG_ENCODING_REQUIRED                                                            = "Logger.LogEncodingRequired";
     public static final String LOG_APPLICATION_NAME                                                             = "Logger.LogApplicationName";
     public static final String LOG_SERVER_IP                                                                    = "Logger.LogServerIP";
+    public static final String OMIT_EVENT_TYPE_IN_LOGS                                                          = "Logger.OmitEventTypeInLogs";
 
     public static final String VALIDATION_PROPERTIES                                                            = "Validator.ConfigurationFile";
     public static final String VALIDATION_PROPERTIES_MULTIVALUED                                                = "Validator.ConfigurationFile.MultiValued";
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppender.java b/src/main/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppender.java
index 20f692ebf..02f1962b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppender.java
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 
 package org.owasp.esapi.logging.appender;
 
+import org.owasp.esapi.ESAPI;
 import org.owasp.esapi.Logger.EventType;
+import org.owasp.esapi.errors.ConfigurationException;
+
+import static org.owasp.esapi.PropNames.OMIT_EVENT_TYPE_IN_LOGS;
 
 /**
  * LogAppender Implementation which can prefix the common logger information for
@@ -35,6 +39,18 @@ public class LogPrefixAppender implements LogAppender {
     private final boolean logApplicationName;
     /** Application Name to record. */
     private final String appName;
+    /** Whether to omit event type in logs or not. */
+    private static boolean omitEventTypeInLogs;
+
+    static {
+
+        try {
+            omitEventTypeInLogs =
+                    ESAPI.securityConfiguration().getBooleanProp(OMIT_EVENT_TYPE_IN_LOGS);
+        } catch (ConfigurationException ex) {
+            omitEventTypeInLogs = false;
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Ctr.
@@ -67,7 +83,7 @@ public String appendTo(String logName, EventType eventType, String message) {
         serverInfoSupplier.setLogServerIp(logServerIp);
         serverInfoSupplier.setLogApplicationName(logApplicationName, appName);
 
-        String eventTypeMsg = eventTypeSupplier.get().trim();
+        String eventTypeMsg = omitEventTypeInLogs ? "" : eventTypeSupplier.get().trim();
         String userInfoMsg = userInfoSupplier.get().trim();
         String clientInfoMsg = clientInfoSupplier.get().trim();
         String serverInfoMsg = serverInfoSupplier.get().trim();
@@ -81,7 +97,7 @@ public String appendTo(String logName, EventType eventType, String message) {
         String[] optionalPrefixContent = new String[] {userInfoMsg + clientInfoMsg, serverInfoMsg};
 
         StringBuilder logPrefix = new StringBuilder();
-        //EventType is always appended
+
         logPrefix.append(eventTypeMsg);
 
         for (String element : optionalPrefixContent) {
@@ -91,6 +107,7 @@ public String appendTo(String logName, EventType eventType, String message) {
             }
         }
 
-        return String.format(RESULT_FORMAT, logPrefix.toString(), message);
+        String prefix = logPrefix.toString().trim();
+        return prefix.isEmpty() ? message : String.format(RESULT_FORMAT, prefix, message);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppenderOmitEventTypeInLogsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppenderOmitEventTypeInLogsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3b79fb63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppenderOmitEventTypeInLogsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package org.owasp.esapi.logging.appender;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TestName;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.owasp.esapi.ESAPI;
+import org.owasp.esapi.Logger;
+import org.owasp.esapi.Logger.EventType;
+import org.owasp.esapi.SecurityConfiguration;
+import org.owasp.esapi.SecurityConfigurationWrapper;
+import org.powermock.core.classloader.annotations.PrepareForTest;
+import org.powermock.modules.junit4.PowerMockRunner;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.owasp.esapi.PropNames.OMIT_EVENT_TYPE_IN_LOGS;
+import static org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito.whenNew;
+
+@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
+@PrepareForTest(LogPrefixAppender.class)
+public class LogPrefixAppenderOmitEventTypeInLogsTest {
+    private static final String EMPTY_RESULT = "   ";
+    private static final String ETL_RESULT = "EVENT_TYPE";
+    private static final String CIS_RESULT = "CLIENT_INFO";
+    private static final String UIS_RESULT = "USER_INFO";
+    private static final String SIS_RESULT = "SERVER_INFO";
+
+    @Rule
+    public TestName testName = new TestName();
+
+    private String testLoggerName = testName.getMethodName() + "-LOGGER";
+    private String testLogMessage =  testName.getMethodName() + "-MESSAGE";
+    private String testApplicationName = testName.getMethodName() + "-APPLICATION_NAME";
+    private EventType testEventType = Logger.EVENT_UNSPECIFIED;
+
+    private EventTypeLogSupplier etlsSpy;
+    private ClientInfoSupplier cisSpy;
+    private UserInfoSupplier uisSpy;
+    private ServerInfoSupplier sisSpy;
+
+    private static class ConfOverride extends SecurityConfigurationWrapper {
+        private final boolean desiredReturn;
+
+        ConfOverride(SecurityConfiguration orig, boolean desiredReturn) {
+            super(orig);
+            this.desiredReturn = desiredReturn;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Boolean getBooleanProp(String propName) {
+            // Would it be better making this file a static import?
+            if (propName.equals(OMIT_EVENT_TYPE_IN_LOGS)) {
+                return desiredReturn;
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void buildSupplierSpies() {
+        etlsSpy = spy(new EventTypeLogSupplier(Logger.EVENT_UNSPECIFIED));
+        uisSpy = spy(new UserInfoSupplier());
+        cisSpy = spy(new ClientInfoSupplier());
+        sisSpy = spy(new ServerInfoSupplier(testName.getMethodName()));
+
+        testLoggerName = testName.getMethodName() + "-LOGGER";
+        testLogMessage =  testName.getMethodName() + "-MESSAGE";
+        testApplicationName =  testName.getMethodName() + "-APPLICATION_NAME";
+
+        ESAPI.override(
+                new LogPrefixAppenderOmitEventTypeInLogsTest.ConfOverride(ESAPI.securityConfiguration(), true)
+        );
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void testLongContentWithOmitEventTypeInLogs() throws Exception {
+        runTest(ETL_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, "");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLongContentWithOmitEventTypeInLogsAndUserInfo() throws Exception {
+        runTest(ETL_RESULT, UIS_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, "[USER_INFO]");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLongContentWithOmitEventTypeInLogsAndClientInfo() throws Exception {
+        runTest(ETL_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, CIS_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, "[CLIENT_INFO]");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLongContentWithOmitEventTypeInLogsAndServerInfo() throws Exception {
+        runTest(ETL_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, SIS_RESULT, "[-> SERVER_INFO]");
+    }
+
+    private void runTest(String typeResult, String userResult, String clientResult, String serverResult, String exResult) throws Exception{
+        when(etlsSpy.get()).thenReturn(typeResult);
+        when(uisSpy.get()).thenReturn(userResult);
+        when(cisSpy.get()).thenReturn(clientResult);
+        when(sisSpy.get()).thenReturn(serverResult);
+
+        whenNew(EventTypeLogSupplier.class).withArguments(testEventType).thenReturn(etlsSpy);
+        whenNew(UserInfoSupplier.class).withNoArguments().thenReturn(uisSpy);
+        whenNew(ClientInfoSupplier.class).withNoArguments().thenReturn(cisSpy);
+        whenNew(ServerInfoSupplier.class).withArguments(testLoggerName).thenReturn(sisSpy);
+
+        //Since everything is mocked these booleans don't much matter aside from the later verifies
+        LogPrefixAppender lpa = new LogPrefixAppender(false, false, false, false, null);
+
+        String actualResult =   lpa.appendTo(testLoggerName, testEventType, testLogMessage);
+
+        StringBuilder expectedResult = new StringBuilder();
+        if (!exResult.isEmpty()) {
+            expectedResult.append(exResult);
+            expectedResult.append(" ");
+        }
+        expectedResult.append(testName.getMethodName());
+        expectedResult.append("-MESSAGE");
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult.toString() , actualResult);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppenderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppenderTest.java
index bc733ec2e..4e188e9fc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppenderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/owasp/esapi/logging/appender/LogPrefixAppenderTest.java
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ public void testLogContentWhenUserInfoEmptyAndClientInfoEmptyAndServerInfoEmpty(
         runTest(ETL_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, "[EVENT_TYPE]");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testLongContentWithoutOmitEventTypeInLogs() throws Exception {
+        runTest(ETL_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, EMPTY_RESULT, "[EVENT_TYPE]");
+    }
+
 
     private void runTest(String typeResult, String userResult, String clientResult, String serverResult, String exResult) throws Exception{
         when(etlsSpy.get()).thenReturn(typeResult);
diff --git a/src/test/resources/esapi/ESAPI.properties b/src/test/resources/esapi/ESAPI.properties
index 9ab844622..cf38c7633 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/esapi/ESAPI.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/esapi/ESAPI.properties
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ Logger.LogServerIP=true
 Logger.UserInfo=true
 # Determines whether ESAPI should log the session id and client IP.
 Logger.ClientInfo=true
+# Determines whether ESAPI should log the event type or not
+Logger.OmitEventTypeInLogs=false
 
 #===========================================================================
 # ESAPI Intrusion Detection