diff --git a/R/layouts.R b/R/layouts.R
index bd852dca..adc8cd40 100644
--- a/R/layouts.R
+++ b/R/layouts.R
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ layout_json <- function(fields = default_fields()) {
 #' Generate log layout function rendering JSON after merging meta
 #' fields with parsed list from JSON message
 #' @param fields character vector of field names to be included in the
-#'   JSON
+#'   JSON. If named, the names will be used as field names in the JSON.
 #' @export
 #' @note This functionality depends on the \pkg{jsonlite} package.
 #' @family log_layouts
@@ -297,6 +297,14 @@ layout_json <- function(fields = default_fields()) {
 #'
 #' log_layout(layout_json_parser(fields = c("time", "node")))
 #' log_info(cars = row.names(mtcars), species = unique(iris$Species))
+#'
+#' log_layout(layout_json_parser(fields = c(timestamp = "time", "node")))
+#' log_info(
+#'   message = paste(
+#'     "Compared to the previous example,
+#'     the 'time' field is renamed to 'timestamp'"
+#'   )
+#' )
 #' \dontshow{logger:::namespaces_set(old)}
 layout_json_parser <- function(fields = default_fields()) {
   force(fields)
@@ -317,6 +325,12 @@ layout_json_parser <- function(fields = default_fields()) {
       .topenv = .topenv
     )
     meta <- mget(fields, meta)
+    field_names <- names(fields)
+    if (!is.null(field_names)) {
+      norename <- field_names == ""
+      field_names[norename] <- fields[norename]
+      meta <- setNames(meta, field_names)
+    }
     msg <- jsonlite::fromJSON(msg)
 
     jsonlite::toJSON(c(meta, msg), auto_unbox = TRUE, null = "null")
diff --git a/man/layout_json_parser.Rd b/man/layout_json_parser.Rd
index 390ea591..33489730 100644
--- a/man/layout_json_parser.Rd
+++ b/man/layout_json_parser.Rd
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ layout_json_parser(fields = default_fields())
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{fields}{character vector of field names to be included in the
-JSON}
+JSON. If named, the names will be used as field names in the JSON.}
 }
 \description{
 Generate log layout function rendering JSON after merging meta
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ log_info(everything = 42)
 
 log_layout(layout_json_parser(fields = c("time", "node")))
 log_info(cars = row.names(mtcars), species = unique(iris$Species))
+
+log_layout(layout_json_parser(fields = c(timestamp = "time", "node")))
+log_info(
+  message = paste(
+    "Compared to the previous example,
+    the 'time' field is renamed to 'timestamp'"
+  )
+)
 \dontshow{logger:::namespaces_set(old)}
 }
 \seealso{
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-layouts.R b/tests/testthat/test-layouts.R
index a42c11e5..e8d6e1d0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-layouts.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-layouts.R
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ test_that("JSON parser layout", {
   expect_output(log_info(skip_formatter('{"x": 4}')), '{"x":4}', fixed = TRUE)
 })
 
+test_that("JSON parser layout can be renamed", {
+  local_test_logger(layout = layout_json_parser(c(LEVEL = "level")))
+  expect_output(log_info(skip_formatter('{"x": 4}')), '{"LEVEL":"INFO","x":4}', fixed = TRUE)
+})
+
 test_that("must throw errors", {
   skip_if_not(getRversion() >= "4.3") # error call changed