diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/out_http.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/out_http.rb
index 431c1382d9..a5de8701d8 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/out_http.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/out_http.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class RetryableResponse < StandardError; end
     config_param :proxy, :string, default: ENV['HTTP_PROXY'] || ENV['http_proxy']
     desc 'Content-Type for HTTP request'
     config_param :content_type, :string, default: nil
+    desc 'JSON array data format for HTTP request body'
+    config_param :json_array, :bool, default: false
     desc 'Additional headers for HTTP request'
     config_param :headers, :hash, default: nil
 
@@ -100,6 +102,13 @@ def configure(conf)
       @proxy_uri = URI.parse(@proxy) if @proxy
       @formatter = formatter_create
       @content_type = setup_content_type unless @content_type
+
+      if @json_array
+        if @formatter_configs.first[:@type] != "json"
+          raise Fluent::ConfigError, "json_array option could be used with json formatter only"
+        end
+        define_singleton_method(:format, method(:format_json_array))
+      end
     end
 
     def multi_workers_ready?
@@ -114,6 +123,10 @@ def format(tag, time, record)
       @formatter.format(tag, time, record)
     end
 
+    def format_json_array(tag, time, record)
+      @formatter.format(tag, time, record) << ","
+    end
+
     def write(chunk)
       uri = parse_endpoint(chunk)
       req = create_request(chunk, uri)
@@ -128,7 +141,7 @@ def write(chunk)
     def setup_content_type
       case @formatter_configs.first[:@type]
       when 'json'
-        'application/x-ndjson'
+        @json_array ? 'application/json' : 'application/x-ndjson'
       when 'csv'
         'text/csv'
       when 'tsv', 'ltsv'
@@ -202,7 +215,7 @@ def create_request(chunk, uri)
         req.basic_auth(@auth.username, @auth.password)
       end
       set_headers(req)
-      req.body = chunk.read
+      req.body = @json_array ? "[#{chunk.read.chop!}]" : chunk.read
       req
     end
 
diff --git a/test/plugin/test_out_http.rb b/test/plugin/test_out_http.rb
index 757c8d620a..b7b4fe9da8 100644
--- a/test/plugin/test_out_http.rb
+++ b/test/plugin/test_out_http.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ def run_http_server
         req.body.each_line { |l|
           data << JSON.parse(l)
         }
+      when 'application/json'
+        data = JSON.parse(req.body)
       when 'text/plain'
         # Use single_value in this test
         req.body.each_line { |line|
@@ -181,6 +183,19 @@ def test_configure_without_warn
     assert_not_match(/Status code 503 is going to be removed/, d.instance.log.out.logs.join)
   end
 
+  # Check if an exception is raised on not JSON format use
+  data('not_json' => 'msgpack')
+  def test_configure_with_json_array_err(format_type)
+    assert_raise(Fluent::ConfigError) do
+      create_driver(config + %[
+        json_array true
+        <format>
+          @type #{format_type}
+        </format>
+      ])
+    end
+  end
+
   data('json' => ['json', 'application/x-ndjson'],
        'ltsv' => ['ltsv', 'text/tab-separated-values'],
        'msgpack' => ['msgpack', 'application/x-msgpack'],
@@ -195,6 +210,14 @@ def test_configure_content_type(types)
     assert_equal content_type, d.instance.content_type
   end
 
+  # Check that json_array setting sets content_type = application/json
+  data('json' => 'application/json')
+  def test_configure_content_type_json_array(content_type)
+    d = create_driver(config + "json_array true")
+
+    assert_equal content_type, d.instance.content_type
+  end
+
   data('PUT' => 'put', 'POST' => 'post')
   def test_write_with_method(method)
     d = create_driver(config + "http_method #{method}")
@@ -211,6 +234,21 @@ def test_write_with_method(method)
     assert_not_empty result.headers
   end
 
+  # Check that JSON at HTTP request body is valid
+  def test_write_with_json_array_setting
+    d = create_driver(config + "json_array true")
+    d.run(default_tag: 'test.http') do
+      test_events.each { |event|
+        d.feed(event)
+      }
+    end
+
+    result = @@result
+    assert_equal 'application/json', result.content_type
+    assert_equal test_events, result.data
+    assert_not_empty result.headers
+  end
+
   def test_write_with_single_value_format
     d = create_driver(config + %[
       <format>