diff --git a/test/e2e/settings/log-format.go b/test/e2e/settings/log-format.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package settings
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/parnurzeal/gorequest"
+
+	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/test/e2e/framework"
+)
+
+var _ = framework.DescribeSetting("Settings - log format", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("log-format")
+
+	host := "log-format"
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		f.NewEchoDeploymentWithReplicas(1)
+		f.EnsureIngress(framework.NewSingleIngress(host, "/", host, f.Namespace, framework.EchoService, 80, nil))
+	})
+
+	Context("Check log-format-escape-json", func() {
+		It("should disable the log-format-escape-json by default", func() {
+			f.WaitForNginxConfiguration(
+				func(cfg string) bool {
+					return !strings.Contains(cfg, "log_format upstreaminfo escape=json")
+				})
+		})
+
+		It("should enable the log-format-escape-json", func() {
+			f.UpdateNginxConfigMapData("log-format-escape-json", "true")
+
+			f.WaitForNginxConfiguration(
+				func(cfg string) bool {
+					return strings.Contains(cfg, "log_format upstreaminfo escape=json")
+				})
+		})
+
+		It("should disable the log-format-escape-json", func() {
+			f.UpdateNginxConfigMapData("log-format-escape-json", "false")
+			f.WaitForNginxConfiguration(
+				func(cfg string) bool {
+					return !strings.Contains(cfg, "log_format upstreaminfo escape=json")
+				})
+		})
+	})
+	Context("Check log-format-upstream with log-format-escape-json", func() {
+
+		It("check log format with log-format-escape-json enabled", func() {
+			f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
+				"log-format-escape-json": "true",
+				"log-format-upstream":    "\"{\"my_header1\":\"$http_header1\", \"my_header2\":\"$http_header2\"}\"",
+			})
+
+			f.WaitForNginxConfiguration(
+				func(cfg string) bool {
+					fmt.Sprintln(cfg)
+					return strings.Contains(cfg, "log_format upstreaminfo escape=json")
+				})
+			resp, _, errs := gorequest.New().
+				Get(f.GetURL(framework.HTTP)).
+				Set("Host", host).
+				AppendHeader("header1", "Here is \"header1\" with json escape").
+				End()
+
+			Expect(errs).Should(BeEmpty())
+			Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(http.StatusOK))
+
+			logs, err := f.NginxLogs()
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(logs).To(ContainSubstring(`{"my_header1":"Here is \"header1\" with json escape", "my_header2":""}`))
+		})
+
+		It("check log format with log-format-escape-json disabled", func() {
+			f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
+				"log-format-escape-json": "false",
+				"log-format-upstream":    "\"{\"my_header3\":\"$http_header3\", \"my_header4\":\"$http_header4\"}\"",
+			})
+
+			f.WaitForNginxConfiguration(
+				func(cfg string) bool {
+					fmt.Sprintln(cfg)
+					return !strings.Contains(cfg, "log_format upstreaminfo escape=json")
+				})
+			resp, _, errs := gorequest.New().
+				Get(f.GetURL(framework.HTTP)).
+				Set("Host", host).
+				AppendHeader("header3", "Here is \"header3\" with json escape").
+				End()
+
+			Expect(errs).Should(BeEmpty())
+			Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(http.StatusOK))
+
+			logs, err := f.NginxLogs()
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(logs).To(ContainSubstring(`{"my_header3":"Here is \x22header3\x22 with json escape", "my_header4":"-"}`))
+		})
+	})
+
+})