diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index c71f95e..f30ab42 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -14072,6 +14072,7 @@
   |   | %H   | hostname                                      | string      |
   | H | %HM  | HTTP method (ex: POST)                        | string      |
   | H | %HP  | HTTP request URI without query string (path)  | string      |
+  | H | %HQ  | HTTP request URI query string (ex: ?bar=baz)  | string      |
   | H | %HU  | HTTP request URI (ex: /foo?bar=baz)           | string      |
   | H | %HV  | HTTP version (ex: HTTP/1.0)                   | string      |
   |   | %ID  | unique-id                                     | string      |
diff --git a/include/types/log.h b/include/types/log.h
index bbfe020..d0fb966 100644
--- a/include/types/log.h
+++ b/include/types/log.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 	LOG_FMT_HTTP_METHOD,
 	LOG_FMT_HTTP_URI,
 	LOG_FMT_HTTP_PATH,
+	LOG_FMT_HTTP_QUERY,
 	LOG_FMT_HTTP_VERSION,
 	LOG_FMT_HOSTNAME,
 	LOG_FMT_UNIQUEID,
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index ffd8f10..f80de2e 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 	{ "hsl", LOG_FMT_HDRRESPONSLIST, PR_MODE_TCP, LW_RSPHDR, NULL },  /* header response list */
 	{ "HM", LOG_FMT_HTTP_METHOD, PR_MODE_HTTP, LW_REQ, NULL },  /* HTTP method */
 	{ "HP", LOG_FMT_HTTP_PATH, PR_MODE_HTTP, LW_REQ, NULL },  /* HTTP path */
+	{ "HQ", LOG_FMT_HTTP_QUERY, PR_MODE_HTTP, LW_REQ, NULL },  /* HTTP query */
 	{ "HU", LOG_FMT_HTTP_URI, PR_MODE_HTTP, LW_REQ, NULL },  /* HTTP full URI */
 	{ "HV", LOG_FMT_HTTP_VERSION, PR_MODE_HTTP, LW_REQ, NULL },  /* HTTP version */
 	{ "lc", LOG_FMT_LOGCNT, PR_MODE_TCP, LW_INIT, NULL }, /* log counter */
@@ -937,6 +938,7 @@
 	struct chunk chunk;
 	char *uri;
 	char *spc;
+	char *qmark;
 	char *end;
 	struct tm tm;
 	int t_request;
@@ -1578,6 +1580,40 @@
 				last_isspace = 0;
 				break;
 
+			case LOG_FMT_HTTP_QUERY: // %HQ
+				if (tmp->options & LOG_OPT_QUOTE)
+					LOGCHAR('"');
+
+				if (!txn->uri) {
+					chunk.str = "<BADREQ>";
+					chunk.len = strlen("<BADREQ>");
+				} else {
+					uri = txn->uri;
+					end = uri + strlen(uri);
+					// look for the first question mark
+					while (uri < end && *uri != '?')
+						uri++;
+
+					qmark = uri;
+					// look for first space or question mark after url
+					while (uri < end && !HTTP_IS_SPHT(*uri))
+						uri++;
+
+					chunk.str = qmark;
+					chunk.len = uri - qmark;
+				}
+
+				ret = encode_chunk(tmplog, dst + maxsize, '#', url_encode_map, &chunk);
+				if (ret == NULL || *ret != '\0')
+					goto out;
+
+				tmplog = ret;
+				if (tmp->options & LOG_OPT_QUOTE)
+					LOGCHAR('"');
+
+				last_isspace = 0;
+				break;
+
 			case LOG_FMT_HTTP_URI: // %HU
 				uri = txn->uri ? txn->uri : "<BADREQ>";