diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php
index 90bc446dca4..d5dd1f27e6f 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Log\LogManager;
 use Illuminate\Support\Env;
+use Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter;
 use Monolog\Handler\NullHandler;
+use Monolog\Handler\SocketHandler;
 use PHPUnit\Runner\ErrorHandler;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput;
 use Symfony\Component\ErrorHandler\Error\FatalError;
@@ -53,6 +55,10 @@ public function bootstrap(Application $app)
         if (! $app->environment('testing')) {
             ini_set('display_errors', 'Off');
         }
+
+        if (laravel_cloud()) {
+            $this->configureCloudSocketLogChannel($app);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -245,6 +251,25 @@ protected function fatalErrorFromPhpError(array $error, $traceOffset = null)
         return new FatalError($error['message'], 0, $error, $traceOffset);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Configure the Laravel Cloud socket log channel.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application  $app
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function configureCloudSocketLogChannel(Application $app)
+    {
+        $app['config']->set('logging.channels.laravel-cloud-socket', [
+            'driver' => 'monolog',
+            'handler' => SocketHandler::class,
+            'formatter' => JsonFormatter::class,
+            'with' => [
+                'connectionString' => $_ENV['LARAVEL_CLOUD_LOG_SOCKET'] ?? '127.0.0.1:8765',
+                'persistent' => true,
+            ],
+        ]);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Forward a method call to the given method if an application instance exists.
      *