diff --git a/app/app/log_filters.py b/app/app/log_filters.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36c670d9237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/app/log_filters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Define custom log filters for Gitcoin logging.
+
+Copyright (C) 2018 Gitcoin Core
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+import logging
+import socket
+
+
+class HostFilter(logging.Filter):
+    """Define the logging filter to add the current hostname to log output."""
+
+    hostname = socket.gethostname()
+
+    def filter(self, record):
+        """Add the HostFilter derived hostname to log output."""
+        record.hostname = HostFilter.hostname
+        return True
diff --git a/app/app/settings.py b/app/app/settings.py
index de7f7b33fa6..850b0b7056d 100644
--- a/app/app/settings.py
+++ b/app/app/settings.py
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@
     LOGGING = {
         'version': 1,
         'disable_existing_loggers': True,
+        'filters': {
+            'host_filter': {
+                '()': 'app.log_filters.HostFilter',
+            }
+        },
         'root': {
             'level': 'WARNING',
             'handlers': ['sentry', 'console', 'watchtower'],
@@ -245,7 +250,7 @@
                 'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
             },
             'cloudwatch': {
-                'format': '%(name)-12s [%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s',
+                'format': '%(hostname)s %(name)-12s [%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s',
             },
             'verbose': {
                 'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s %(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s'
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@
             'console': {
                 'level': 'DEBUG',
                 'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-                'formatter': 'verbose'
+                'formatter': 'verbose',
             },
             'watchtower': {
                 'level': AWS_LOG_LEVEL,
@@ -267,6 +272,7 @@
                 'boto3_session': boto3_session,
                 'log_group': AWS_LOG_GROUP,
                 'stream_name': AWS_LOG_STREAM,
+                'filters': ['host_filter'],
                 'formatter': 'cloudwatch',
             },
         },