diff --git a/app/display/model/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/model/widgets/MeterWidget.java b/app/display/model/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/model/widgets/MeterWidget.java
index 9c1613c4f2..7d73fa8e3a 100644
--- a/app/display/model/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/model/widgets/MeterWidget.java
+++ b/app/display/model/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/model/widgets/MeterWidget.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import static org.csstudio.display.builder.model.properties.CommonWidgetProperties.propMinimum;
 import static org.csstudio.display.builder.model.properties.CommonWidgetProperties.propPrecision;
 import static org.csstudio.display.builder.model.properties.CommonWidgetProperties.propShowUnits;
+import static org.csstudio.display.builder.model.widgets.plots.PlotWidgetProperties.propLogscale;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ else if (xml_version.getMajor() < 3)
     private volatile WidgetProperty<Boolean> limits_from_pv;
     private volatile WidgetProperty<Double> minimum;
     private volatile WidgetProperty<Double> maximum;
+    private volatile WidgetProperty<Boolean> log_scale;
 
     /** Constructor */
     public MeterWidget()
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ protected void defineProperties(final List<WidgetProperty<?>> properties)
         properties.add(limits_from_pv = propLimitsFromPV.createProperty(this, true));
         properties.add(minimum = propMinimum.createProperty(this, 0.0));
         properties.add(maximum = propMaximum.createProperty(this, 100.0));
+        properties.add(log_scale = propLogscale.createProperty(this, false));
     }
 
     /** @return 'foreground_color' property */
@@ -274,4 +277,10 @@ public WidgetProperty<Double> propMaximum()
     {
         return maximum;
     }
+
+    /** @return 'log_scale' property */
+    public WidgetProperty<Boolean> propLogScale()
+    {
+        return log_scale;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/display/representation-javafx/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/representation/javafx/widgets/MeterRepresentation.java b/app/display/representation-javafx/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/representation/javafx/widgets/MeterRepresentation.java
index 713050c254..cae1cf7fb4 100644
--- a/app/display/representation-javafx/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/representation/javafx/widgets/MeterRepresentation.java
+++ b/app/display/representation-javafx/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/representation/javafx/widgets/MeterRepresentation.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ protected void registerListeners()
         model_widget.propMaximum().addUntypedPropertyListener(valueListener);
         model_widget.propShowValue().addUntypedPropertyListener(valueListener);
         model_widget.runtimePropValue().addUntypedPropertyListener(valueListener);
+        model_widget.propLogScale().addUntypedPropertyListener(valueListener);
         valueChanged(null, null, null);
     }
 
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ protected void unregisterListeners()
         model_widget.propMaximum().removePropertyListener(valueListener);
         model_widget.propShowValue().removePropertyListener(valueListener);
         model_widget.runtimePropValue().removePropertyListener(valueListener);
+        model_widget.propLogScale().removePropertyListener(valueListener);
         super.unregisterListeners();
     }
 
@@ -142,6 +144,8 @@ private void valueChanged(final WidgetProperty<?> property, final Object old_val
         }
         else
             meter.setValue(value, "");
+
+        meter.setLogScale(model_widget.propLogScale().getValue());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/app/rtplot/src/main/java/org/csstudio/javafx/rtplot/RTMeter.java b/app/rtplot/src/main/java/org/csstudio/javafx/rtplot/RTMeter.java
index 58190a2893..3391e5683b 100644
--- a/app/rtplot/src/main/java/org/csstudio/javafx/rtplot/RTMeter.java
+++ b/app/rtplot/src/main/java/org/csstudio/javafx/rtplot/RTMeter.java
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ public class RTMeter extends ImageView
     /** Area of this meter */
     protected volatile Rectangle area = new Rectangle(0, 0, 0, 0);
 
+    /** @param logscale Use log scale for y-axis? */
+    public void setLogScale(final boolean logscale)
+    {
+        scale.setLogarithmic(logscale);
+        requestUpdate();
+    }
+
     /** Listener to {@link PlotPart}s (scale), triggering refresh of meter */
     protected final PlotPartListener plot_part_listener = new PlotPartListener()
     {
diff --git a/app/rtplot/src/main/java/org/csstudio/javafx/rtplot/internal/MeterScale.java b/app/rtplot/src/main/java/org/csstudio/javafx/rtplot/internal/MeterScale.java
index 9f09be1ff5..1e48c1606b 100644
--- a/app/rtplot/src/main/java/org/csstudio/javafx/rtplot/internal/MeterScale.java
+++ b/app/rtplot/src/main/java/org/csstudio/javafx/rtplot/internal/MeterScale.java
@@ -131,7 +131,15 @@ public double getAngle(final double value)
         if (Double.isFinite(value))
         {
             final AxisRange<Double> range = getValueRange();
-            return start_angle + (value - range.getLow()) * angle_range / (range.getHigh() - range.getLow());
+            if (isLogarithmic())
+            {
+                return start_angle + Math.log10(value/range.getLow()) * angle_range / Math.log10(range.getHigh()/range.getLow());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return start_angle + (value - range.getLow()) * angle_range / (range.getHigh() - range.getLow());
+            }
+
         }
         else
             return Double.NaN;