diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/ConsoleConfig.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/ConsoleConfig.java
index ba9558590ce3c..d0bd9bb3f7312 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/ConsoleConfig.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/ConsoleConfig.java
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ public class ConsoleConfig {
     @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "true")
     boolean enable;
 
+    /**
+     * If console logging should go to {@link System#err} instead of {@link System#out}.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "false")
+    boolean stderr;
+
     /**
      * The log format. Note that this value will be ignored if an extension is present that takes
      * control of console formatting (e.g. an XML or JSON-format extension).
diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java
index 0caec179cb378..ab69e93e89cd6 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ private static Handler configureConsoleHandler(final ConsoleConfig config, final
                 }
             }
         }
-        final ConsoleHandler consoleHandler = new ConsoleHandler(ConsoleHandler.Target.SYSTEM_OUT, formatter);
+        final ConsoleHandler consoleHandler = new ConsoleHandler(
+                config.stderr ? ConsoleHandler.Target.SYSTEM_ERR : ConsoleHandler.Target.SYSTEM_OUT, formatter);
         consoleHandler.setLevel(config.level);
         consoleHandler.setErrorManager(defaultErrorManager);
         consoleHandler.setFilter(new LogCleanupFilter(filterElements));