diff --git a/docs/how_to_guides/configuring.rst b/docs/how_to_guides/configuring.rst
index ab3a07cb..93c4e3a0 100644
--- a/docs/how_to_guides/configuring.rst
+++ b/docs/how_to_guides/configuring.rst
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ keyfile                    ``--keyfile``                 Path to the SSL key fil
 keyfile_password           ``--keyfile-password``        Password for the keyfile if the keyfile is
                                                          password-protected.
 logconfig                  ``--log-config``              A Python logging configuration file. This       The logging ini format.
-                                                         can be prefixed with 'json:' or 'toml:' to
-                                                         load the configuration from a file in that
-                                                         format.
+                                                         can be prefixed with 'json:', 'yaml:' 
+                                                         or 'toml:' to load the configuration from 
+                                                         a file in that format.
 logconfig_dict             N/A                           A Python logging configuration dictionary.
 logger_class               N/A                           Type of class to use for logging.
 loglevel                   ``--log-level``               The (error) log level.                          ``INFO``
diff --git a/docs/how_to_guides/logging.rst b/docs/how_to_guides/logging.rst
index 9e16e079..0b2ef9a2 100644
--- a/docs/how_to_guides/logging.rst
+++ b/docs/how_to_guides/logging.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The ``logconfig`` variable should point at a file to be used by the
 ``fileConfig`` function. Alternatively it can point to a JSON or TOML
 formatted file which will be loaded and passed to the ``dictConfig``
 function. To use a JSON formatted file prefix the filepath with
-``json:`` and for TOML use ``toml:``.
+``json:``, for TOML use ``toml:`` and ``yaml:`` for YAML.
 
 Configuring access logs
 -----------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7a6b6a84..94e8c3cc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/pgjones/hypercorn/"
 documentation = "https://hypercorn.readthedocs.io"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.8"
+python = ">=3.9"
 aioquic = { version = ">= 0.9.0, < 1.0", optional = true }
 exceptiongroup = { version = ">= 1.1.0", python = "<3.11" }
 h11 = "*"
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ trio = { version = ">=0.22.0", optional = true }
 typing_extensions = { version = "*", python = "<3.11" }
 uvloop = { version = ">=0.18", markers = "platform_system != 'Windows'", optional = true }
 wsproto = ">=0.14.0"
+pyyaml = { version = ">=6.0.0", optional = true }
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 httpx = "*"
diff --git a/src/hypercorn/__main__.py b/src/hypercorn/__main__.py
index aed33b12..67df1b41 100644
--- a/src/hypercorn/__main__.py
+++ b/src/hypercorn/__main__.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ def _load_config(config_path: Optional[str]) -> Config:
     if config_path is None:
         return Config()
     elif config_path.startswith("python:"):
-        return Config.from_object(config_path[len("python:") :])
+        return Config.from_object(config_path[len("python:"):])
     elif config_path.startswith("file:"):
-        return Config.from_pyfile(config_path[len("file:") :])
+        return Config.from_pyfile(config_path[len("file:"):])
     else:
         return Config.from_toml(config_path)
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def main(sys_args: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int:
     parser.add_argument(
         "--log-config",
         help=""""A Python logging configuration file. This can be prefixed with
-        'json:' or 'toml:' to load the configuration from a file in
+        'json:', 'yaml:' (pyyaml required) or 'toml:' to load the configuration from a file in
         that format. Default is the logging ini format.""",
         default=sentinel,
     )
diff --git a/src/hypercorn/logging.py b/src/hypercorn/logging.py
index d9b8901a..74e490e8 100644
--- a/src/hypercorn/logging.py
+++ b/src/hypercorn/logging.py
@@ -7,7 +7,18 @@
 import time
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from logging.config import dictConfig, fileConfig
-from typing import Any, IO, Mapping, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
+from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Mapping, Optional, Union
+
+yaml = None
+try:
+    import importlib.util
+
+    spec = importlib.util.find_spec("yaml")
+    if spec is not None:
+        yaml = importlib.import_module("yaml")
+
+except ImportError:
+    yaml = None
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
     import tomllib
@@ -68,6 +79,14 @@ def __init__(self, config: "Config") -> None:
             if config.logconfig.startswith("json:"):
                 with open(config.logconfig[5:]) as file_:
                     dictConfig(json.load(file_))
+            elif config.logconfig.startswith("yaml:"):
+                if not yaml:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        "pyyaml is not installed, cannot load yaml config, "
+                        "see https://pypi.org/project/PyYAML/ for more information",
+                    )
+                with open(config.logconfig[5:]) as file_:
+                    dictConfig(yaml.safe_load(file_))
             elif config.logconfig.startswith("toml:"):
                 with open(config.logconfig[5:], "rb") as file_:
                     dictConfig(tomllib.load(file_))