diff --git a/.changeset/mean-ants-hang.md b/.changeset/mean-ants-hang.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9c3bc4eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/mean-ants-hang.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+---
+
+Exported `redactLogLine` function to be able to use it in custom loggers and renamed it to `redactWinstonLogLine`.
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
index 87bc3fca87..8362c3ab2f 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
@@ -579,6 +579,11 @@ export type ReadUrlResponseFactoryFromStreamOptions = {
   etag?: string;
 };
 
+// @public
+export function redactWinstonLogLine(
+  info: winston.Logform.TransformableInfo,
+): winston.Logform.TransformableInfo;
+
 // @public
 export function requestLoggingHandler(logger?: Logger): RequestHandler;
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/logging/index.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/logging/index.ts
index f50114a9ae..4657dd4101 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/logging/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/logging/index.ts
@@ -15,5 +15,10 @@
  */
 
 export * from './formats';
-export { createRootLogger, getRootLogger, setRootLogger } from './rootLogger';
+export {
+  createRootLogger,
+  getRootLogger,
+  setRootLogger,
+  redactWinstonLogLine,
+} from './rootLogger';
 export * from './voidLogger';
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts
index 87180bde8f..6077662dcf 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ export function setRootLoggerRedactionList(redactionList: string[]) {
 /**
  * A winston formatting function that finds occurrences of filteredKeys
  * and replaces them with the corresponding identifier.
+ *
+ * @public
  */
-function redactLogLine(info: winston.Logform.TransformableInfo) {
+export function redactWinstonLogLine(info: winston.Logform.TransformableInfo) {
   // TODO(hhogg): The logger is created before the config is loaded, because the
   // logger is needed in the config loader. There is a risk of a secret being
   // logged out during the config loading stage.
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ export function createRootLogger(
       {
         level: env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
         format: winston.format.combine(
-          winston.format(redactLogLine)(),
+          winston.format(redactWinstonLogLine)(),
           env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? winston.format.json() : coloredFormat,
         ),
         defaultMeta: {