diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 941073c92..d7f7e2e05 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -5358,6 +5358,18 @@ maxconn <conns>
 timeout client <timeout>
   Set the maximum inactivity time on the client side.
 
+option assume-rfc6587-ntf
+  Directs HAProxy to treat incoming TCP log streams always as using
+  non-transparent framing. This option simplifies the framing logic and ensures
+  consistent handling of messages, particularly useful when dealing with
+  improperly formed starting characters.
+
+option dont-parse-log
+  Enables HAProxy to relay syslog messages without attempting to parse and
+  restructure them, useful for forwarding messages that may not conform to
+  traditional formats. This option should be used with the format raw setting on
+  destination log targets to ensure the original message content is preserved.
+
 3.11. HTTPClient tuning
 -----------------------
 
diff --git a/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h b/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
index 407a99947..79b6499dc 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
@@ -155,7 +155,12 @@ enum PR_SRV_STATE_FILE {
 #define PR_O2_RSTRICT_REQ_HDR_NAMES_DEL  0x00800000 /* remove request header names containing chars outside of [0-9a-zA-Z-] charset */
 #define PR_O2_RSTRICT_REQ_HDR_NAMES_NOOP 0x01000000 /* preserve request header names containing chars outside of [0-9a-zA-Z-] charset */
 #define PR_O2_RSTRICT_REQ_HDR_NAMES_MASK 0x01c00000 /* mask for restrict-http-header-names option */
-/* unused : 0x0000000..0x80000000 */
+
+/* bits for log-forward proxies */
+#define PR_O2_DONTPARSELOG       0x02000000 /* don't parse log messages */
+#define PR_O2_ASSUME_RFC6587_NTF 0x04000000 /* assume that we are going to receive just non-transparent framing messages */
+
+/* unused : 0x08000000 */
 
 /* server health checks */
 #define PR_O2_CHK_NONE  0x00000000      /* no L7 health checks configured (TCP by default) */
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 14f05bfd8..17a716e75 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -5724,9 +5724,11 @@ void syslog_fd_handler(int fd)
 	int level;
 	int facility;
 	struct listener *l = objt_listener(fdtab[fd].owner);
+	struct proxy *frontend;
 	int max_accept;
 
 	BUG_ON(!l);
+	frontend = l->bind_conf->frontend;
 
 	if (fdtab[fd].state & FD_POLL_IN) {
 
@@ -5754,13 +5756,14 @@ void syslog_fd_handler(int fd)
 
 			/* update counters */
 			_HA_ATOMIC_INC(&cum_log_messages);
-			proxy_inc_fe_req_ctr(l, l->bind_conf->frontend, 0);
+			proxy_inc_fe_req_ctr(l, frontend, 0);
 
 			prepare_log_message(buf->area, buf->data, &level, &facility, metadata, &message, &size);
 
-			parse_log_message(buf->area, buf->data, &level, &facility, metadata, &message, &size);
+			if (!(frontend->options2 & PR_O2_DONTPARSELOG))
+				parse_log_message(buf->area, buf->data, &level, &facility, metadata, &message, &size);
 
-			process_send_log(NULL, &l->bind_conf->frontend->loggers, level, facility, metadata, message, size);
+			process_send_log(NULL, &frontend->loggers, level, facility, metadata, message, size);
 
 		} while (--max_accept);
 	}
@@ -5806,7 +5809,7 @@ static void syslog_io_handler(struct appctx *appctx)
 		else if (to_skip < 0)
 			goto cli_abort;
 
-		if (c == '<') {
+		if (c == '<' || (frontend->options2 & PR_O2_ASSUME_RFC6587_NTF)) {
 			/* rfc-6587, Non-Transparent-Framing: messages separated by
 			 * a trailing LF or CR LF
 			 */
@@ -5872,7 +5875,8 @@ static void syslog_io_handler(struct appctx *appctx)
 
 		prepare_log_message(buf->area, buf->data, &level, &facility, metadata, &message, &size);
 
-		parse_log_message(buf->area, buf->data, &level, &facility, metadata, &message, &size);
+		if (!(frontend->options2 & PR_O2_DONTPARSELOG))
+			parse_log_message(buf->area, buf->data, &level, &facility, metadata, &message, &size);
 
 		process_send_log(NULL, &frontend->loggers, level, facility, metadata, message, size);
 
diff --git a/src/proxy.c b/src/proxy.c
index e0dad6b51..c3b3467be 100644
--- a/src/proxy.c
+++ b/src/proxy.c
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ const struct cfg_opt cfg_opts2[] =
 	{"h1-case-adjust-bogus-client",   PR_O2_H1_ADJ_BUGCLI, PR_CAP_FE, 0, 0 },
 	{"h1-case-adjust-bogus-server",   PR_O2_H1_ADJ_BUGSRV, PR_CAP_BE, 0, 0 },
 	{"disable-h2-upgrade",            PR_O2_NO_H2_UPGRADE, PR_CAP_FE, 0, PR_MODE_HTTP },
+	{"assume-rfc6587-ntf",            PR_O2_ASSUME_RFC6587_NTF, PR_CAP_FE, 0, PR_MODE_SYSLOG },
+	{"dont-parse-log",                PR_O2_DONTPARSELOG, PR_CAP_FE, 0, PR_MODE_SYSLOG },
 	{ NULL, 0, 0, 0 }
 };