diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go
index 0627a116d8..1e7d54fe23 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ func getConfigFromServerConfig(serverConfig ServerConfig) (server.Config, error,
 	serverConf.TLSConfig = tlsConfig
 	serverConf.RequireSecureTransport = serverConfig.RequireSecureTransport()
 	serverConf.MaxLoggedQueryLen = serverConfig.MaxLoggedQueryLen()
+	serverConf.EncodeLoggedQuery = serverConfig.ShouldEncodeLoggedQuery()
 
 	return serverConf, nil, nil
 }
diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/serverconfig.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/serverconfig.go
index bed2f3dc02..d0dcdbb3b8 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/serverconfig.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/serverconfig.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const (
 	defaultAllowCleartextPasswords = false
 	defaultUnixSocketFilePath      = "/tmp/mysql.sock"
 	defaultMaxLoggedQueryLen       = 0
+	defaultEncodeLoggedQuery       = false
 )
 
 const (
@@ -129,6 +130,10 @@ type ServerConfig interface {
 	// If this value is 0 then the query is not truncated and will be written to the logs in its entirety.  If the value
 	// is less than 0 then the queries will be omitted from the logs completely
 	MaxLoggedQueryLen() int
+	// ShouldEncodeLoggedQuery determines if logged queries are base64 encoded.
+	// If true, queries will be logged as base64 encoded strings.
+	// If false (default behavior), queries will be logged as strings, but newlines and tabs will be replaced with spaces.
+	ShouldEncodeLoggedQuery() bool
 	// PersistenceBehavior is "load" if we include persisted system globals on server init
 	PersistenceBehavior() string
 	// DisableClientMultiStatements is true if we want the server to not
@@ -186,6 +191,7 @@ type commandLineServerConfig struct {
 	tlsCert                 string
 	requireSecureTransport  bool
 	maxLoggedQueryLen       int
+	shouldEncodeLoggedQuery bool
 	persistenceBehavior     string
 	privilegeFilePath       string
 	branchControlFilePath   string
@@ -279,6 +285,13 @@ func (cfg *commandLineServerConfig) MaxLoggedQueryLen() int {
 	return cfg.maxLoggedQueryLen
 }
 
+// ShouldEncodeLoggedQuery determines if logged queries are base64 encoded.
+// If true, queries will be logged as base64 encoded strings.
+// If false (default behavior), queries will be logged as strings, but newlines and tabs will be replaced with spaces.
+func (cfg *commandLineServerConfig) ShouldEncodeLoggedQuery() bool {
+	return cfg.shouldEncodeLoggedQuery
+}
+
 // DisableClientMultiStatements is true if we want the server to not
 // process incoming ComQuery packets as if they had multiple queries in
 // them, even if the client advertises support for MULTI_STATEMENTS.
diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/yaml_config.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/yaml_config.go
index b83954b9d0..86d10ae395 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/yaml_config.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/yaml_config.go
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ type UserSessionVars struct {
 type YAMLConfig struct {
 	LogLevelStr       *string               `yaml:"log_level"`
 	MaxQueryLenInLogs *int                  `yaml:"max_logged_query_len"`
+	EncodeLoggedQuery *bool                 `yaml:"encode_logged_query"`
 	BehaviorConfig    BehaviorYAMLConfig    `yaml:"behavior"`
 	UserConfig        UserYAMLConfig        `yaml:"user"`
 	ListenerConfig    ListenerYAMLConfig    `yaml:"listener"`
@@ -442,6 +443,14 @@ func (cfg YAMLConfig) MaxLoggedQueryLen() int {
 	return *cfg.MaxQueryLenInLogs
 }
 
+func (cfg YAMLConfig) ShouldEncodeLoggedQuery() bool {
+	if cfg.EncodeLoggedQuery == nil {
+		return defaultEncodeLoggedQuery
+	}
+
+	return *cfg.EncodeLoggedQuery
+}
+
 // PersistenceBehavior is "load" if we include persisted system globals on server init
 func (cfg YAMLConfig) PersistenceBehavior() string {
 	if cfg.BehaviorConfig.PersistenceBehavior == nil {