diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 9bd5d45ae..afe5edb38 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -11453,6 +11453,12 @@ redirect scheme   <sch> [code <code>] <option> [{if | unless} <condition>]
         that for a browser, a sole cookie name without an equal sign is
         different from a cookie with an equal sign.
 
+      - "set-cookie-fmt <fmt>"
+        It is equivaliant to the option above, except the "Set-Cookie" header
+        will be filled with the result of the log-format string <fmt>
+        evaluation. Be carefull to respect the "NAME[=value]" format because no
+        special check are performed during the configuration parsing.
+
       - "clear-cookie NAME[=]"
         A "Set-Cookie" header will be added with NAME (and optionally "="), but
         with the "Max-Age" attribute set to zero. This will tell the browser to
diff --git a/include/haproxy/http_ana-t.h b/include/haproxy/http_ana-t.h
index 2010aa045..f4f13d070 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/http_ana-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/http_ana-t.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ enum {
 	REDIRECT_FLAG_FROM_REQ = 4,     /* redirect rule on the request path */
 	REDIRECT_FLAG_IGNORE_EMPTY = 8, /* silently ignore empty location expressions */
 	REDIRECT_FLAG_KEEP_QS = 16,	/* append the query string to location, if any */
+	REDIRECT_FLAG_COOKIE_FMT = 32,  /* The cookie value is a log-format stirng*/
 };
 
 /* Redirect types (location, prefix, extended ) */
diff --git a/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h b/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
index 677eacea0..e25e1838b 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
@@ -518,8 +518,10 @@ struct redirect_rule {
 	struct lf_expr rdr_fmt;
 	int code;
 	unsigned int flags;
-	int cookie_len;
-	char *cookie_str;
+	union {
+		struct ist str;     /* the cookie is a string  */
+		struct lf_expr fmt; /* or a log-format string (possible for set-cookie only) */
+	} cookie;
 };
 
 /* some of the most common options which are also the easiest to handle */
diff --git a/src/http_ana.c b/src/http_ana.c
index fea5f1f9a..cda464240 100644
--- a/src/http_ana.c
+++ b/src/http_ana.c
@@ -2518,8 +2518,13 @@ int http_apply_redirect_rule(struct redirect_rule *rule, struct stream *s, struc
 			goto fail;
 	}
 
-	if (rule->cookie_len) {
-		if (!htx_add_header(htx, ist("Set-Cookie"), ist2(rule->cookie_str, rule->cookie_len)))
+	if (rule->flags & REDIRECT_FLAG_COOKIE_FMT) {
+		trash.data = build_logline(s, trash.area, trash.size, &rule->cookie.fmt);
+		if (!htx_add_header(htx, ist("Set-Cookie"), ist2(trash.area, trash.data)))
+			goto fail;
+	}
+	else if (isttest(rule->cookie.str)) {
+		if (!htx_add_header(htx, ist("Set-Cookie"), rule->cookie.str))
 			goto fail;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/http_rules.c b/src/http_rules.c
index 86df4cf43..8a3f9ec17 100644
--- a/src/http_rules.c
+++ b/src/http_rules.c
@@ -322,7 +322,10 @@ void http_free_redirect_rule(struct redirect_rule *rdr)
 {
 	free_acl_cond(rdr->cond);
 	free(rdr->rdr_str);
-	free(rdr->cookie_str);
+	if ((rdr->flags & REDIRECT_FLAG_COOKIE_FMT))
+		lf_expr_deinit(&rdr->cookie.fmt);
+	else
+		istfree(&rdr->cookie.str);
 	lf_expr_deinit(&rdr->rdr_fmt);
 	free(rdr);
 }
@@ -342,6 +345,7 @@ struct redirect_rule *http_parse_redirect_rule(const char *file, int linenum, st
 	const char *destination = NULL;
 	const char *cookie = NULL;
 	int cookie_set = 0;
+	size_t cookie_len = 0;
 	unsigned int flags = (!dir ? REDIRECT_FLAG_FROM_REQ : REDIRECT_FLAG_NONE);
 	struct acl_cond *cond = NULL;
 
@@ -378,6 +382,14 @@ struct redirect_rule *http_parse_redirect_rule(const char *file, int linenum, st
 			cookie = args[cur_arg];
 			cookie_set = 1;
 		}
+		else if (strcmp(args[cur_arg], "set-cookie-fmt") == 0) {
+			if (!*args[cur_arg + 1])
+				goto missing_arg;
+
+			cur_arg++;
+			cookie = args[cur_arg];
+			cookie_set = 2;
+		}
 		else if (strcmp(args[cur_arg], "clear-cookie") == 0) {
 			if (!*args[cur_arg + 1])
 				goto missing_arg;
@@ -422,7 +434,8 @@ struct redirect_rule *http_parse_redirect_rule(const char *file, int linenum, st
 		}
 		else {
 			memprintf(errmsg,
-			          "expects 'code', 'prefix', 'location', 'scheme', 'set-cookie', 'clear-cookie', 'drop-query', 'keep-query', 'ignore-empty' or 'append-slash' (was '%s')",
+			          "expects 'code', 'prefix', 'location', 'scheme', 'set-cookie', 'set-cookie-fmt',"
+				  " 'clear-cookie', 'drop-query', 'keep-query', 'ignore-empty' or 'append-slash' (was '%s')",
 			          args[cur_arg]);
 			goto err;
 		}
@@ -476,21 +489,38 @@ struct redirect_rule *http_parse_redirect_rule(const char *file, int linenum, st
 		/* depending on cookie_set, either we want to set the cookie, or to clear it.
 		 * a clear consists in appending "; path=/; Max-Age=0;" at the end.
 		 */
-		rule->cookie_len = strlen(cookie);
-		if (cookie_set) {
-			rule->cookie_str = malloc(rule->cookie_len + 10);
-			if (!rule->cookie_str)
+		cookie_len = strlen(cookie);
+		if (cookie_set == 1) { // set-cookie
+			rule->cookie.str = istalloc(cookie_len+9);
+			if (!isttest(rule->cookie.str))
 				goto out_of_memory;
-			memcpy(rule->cookie_str, cookie, rule->cookie_len);
-			memcpy(rule->cookie_str + rule->cookie_len, "; path=/;", 10);
-			rule->cookie_len += 9;
-		} else {
-			rule->cookie_str = malloc(rule->cookie_len + 21);
-			if (!rule->cookie_str)
+			istcpy(&rule->cookie.str, ist2(cookie, cookie_len), cookie_len);
+			istcat(&rule->cookie.str, ist2("; path=/;", 9), cookie_len+10);
+		}
+		else if (cookie_set == 2) { // set-cookie-fmt
+			int cap = 0;
+
+			lf_expr_init(&rule->cookie.fmt);
+			curproxy->conf.args.ctx = ARGC_RDR;
+			if (curproxy->cap & PR_CAP_FE)
+				cap |= (dir ? SMP_VAL_FE_HRS_HDR : SMP_VAL_FE_HRQ_HDR);
+			if (curproxy->cap & PR_CAP_BE)
+				cap |= (dir ? SMP_VAL_BE_HRS_HDR : SMP_VAL_BE_HRQ_HDR);
+
+			chunk_memcpy(&trash, cookie, cookie_len);
+			chunk_strcat(&trash, "; path=/;");
+			if (!parse_logformat_string(trash.area, curproxy, &rule->cookie.fmt, LOG_OPT_HTTP, cap, errmsg)) {
+				goto err;
+			}
+
+			flags |= REDIRECT_FLAG_COOKIE_FMT;
+		}
+		else { // clear-cookie
+			rule->cookie.str = istalloc(cookie_len+20);
+			if (!isttest(rule->cookie.str))
 				goto out_of_memory;
-			memcpy(rule->cookie_str, cookie, rule->cookie_len);
-			memcpy(rule->cookie_str + rule->cookie_len, "; path=/; Max-Age=0;", 21);
-			rule->cookie_len += 20;
+			istcpy(&rule->cookie.str, ist2(cookie, cookie_len), cookie_len);
+			istcat(&rule->cookie.str, ist2("; path=/; Max-Age=0;", 20), cookie_len+21);
 		}
 	}
 	rule->type = type;