diff --git a/log/CHANGELOG.md b/log/CHANGELOG.md
index 80a98e2fd61c..439523bdba5f 100644
--- a/log/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/log/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * [#17194](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17194) Avoid repeating parse log level in filterFunc.
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* [#17205](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17205) Fix types that do not implement the `json.Marshaler` interface.
+
 ## [v1.1.0](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/log/v1.1.0) - 2023-04-27
 
 * [#15956](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/15956) Introduce options to configure logger (enable/disable colored output, customize log timestamps).
diff --git a/log/logger.go b/log/logger.go
index c6a86e18ba9a..0d1dd60a5d0a 100644
--- a/log/logger.go
+++ b/log/logger.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package log
 
 import (
+	"encoding"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -8,6 +11,21 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/pkgerrors"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	zerolog.InterfaceMarshalFunc = func(i interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+		switch v := i.(type) {
+		case json.Marshaler:
+			return json.Marshal(i)
+		case encoding.TextMarshaler:
+			return json.Marshal(i)
+		case fmt.Stringer:
+			return fmt.Appendf([]byte("\""), "%s%s", v.String(), "\""), nil
+		default:
+			return json.Marshal(i)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // ModuleKey defines a module logging key.
 const ModuleKey = "module"