diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0968b1f2..0d434817 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.8.5
 
 - Fixed use of `!connection_factory` and `!cursor_factory` together
   (:ticket:`#1019`).
+- Added support for `~logging.LoggerAdapter` in
+  `~psycopg2.extras.LoggingConnection` (:ticket:`#1026`).
 
 
 What's new in psycopg 2.8.4
diff --git a/lib/extras.py b/lib/extras.py
index 236a5b7e..85c1a443 100644
--- a/lib/extras.py
+++ b/lib/extras.py
@@ -406,11 +406,11 @@ class LoggingConnection(_connection):
     def initialize(self, logobj):
         """Initialize the connection to log to `!logobj`.
 
-        The `!logobj` parameter can be an open file object or a Logger
+        The `!logobj` parameter can be an open file object or a Logger/LoggerAdapter
         instance from the standard logging module.
         """
         self._logobj = logobj
-        if _logging and isinstance(logobj, _logging.Logger):
+        if _logging and isinstance(logobj, (_logging.Logger, _logging.LoggerAdapter)):
             self.log = self._logtologger
         else:
             self.log = self._logtofile