diff --git a/data/common/common.yaml b/data/common/common.yaml
--- a/data/common/common.yaml
+++ b/data/common/common.yaml
@@ -1804,6 +1804,7 @@
 swh::deploy::deposit::vhost::ssl_protocol: "%{hiera('apache::ssl_protocol')}"
 swh::deploy::deposit::vhost::ssl_honorcipherorder: "%{hiera('apache::ssl_honorcipherorder')}"
 swh::deploy::deposit::vhost::ssl_cipher: "%{hiera('apache::ssl_cipher')}"
+swh::deploy::deposit::vhost::access_log_format: combined_with_duration
 swh::deploy::deposit::locked_endpoints:
   - /1/private/[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+
   - /1/private/deposits/
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/deposit.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/deposit.pp
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/deposit.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/deposit.pp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
   $vhost_basic_auth_file = "${config_directory}/http_auth"
   # swh::deploy::deposit::vhost::basic_auth_content in private
   $vhost_basic_auth_content = lookup('swh::deploy::deposit::vhost::basic_auth_content')
+  $vhost_access_log_format = lookup('swh::deploy::deposit::vhost::access_log_format')
   $vhost_ssl_port = lookup('apache::https_port')
   $vhost_ssl_protocol = lookup('swh::deploy::deposit::vhost::ssl_protocol')
   $vhost_ssl_honorcipherorder = lookup('swh::deploy::deposit::vhost::ssl_honorcipherorder')
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@
         path  => "${static_dir}/robots.txt",
       },
     ],
+    access_log_format => $vhost_access_log_format,
     require       => [
       File[$vhost_basic_auth_file],
     ]