diff --git a/array.go b/array.go
index 99612ee9..2b00882a 100644
--- a/array.go
+++ b/array.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package zerolog
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -85,6 +86,19 @@ func (a *Array) Hex(val []byte) *Array {
 	return a
 }
 
+// Base64 appends the val as a standard padded base64 string to the array.
+func (a *Array) Base64(val []byte) *Array {
+	a.buf = enc.AppendBase64(base64.StdEncoding, enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), val)
+	return a
+}
+
+// Base64Custom appends the val as a base64 string to the array.
+// The specific form of base64 can be specified with the first parameter.
+func (a *Array) Base64Custom(b64 *base64.Encoding, val []byte) *Array {
+	a.buf = enc.AppendBase64(b64, enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), val)
+	return a
+}
+
 // RawJSON adds already encoded JSON to the array.
 func (a *Array) RawJSON(val []byte) *Array {
 	a.buf = appendJSON(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), val)
diff --git a/array_test.go b/array_test.go
index d37d8fb2..5b4b02f5 100644
--- a/array_test.go
+++ b/array_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package zerolog
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"net"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ func TestArray(t *testing.T) {
 		Str("a").
 		Bytes([]byte("b")).
 		Hex([]byte{0x1f}).
+		Base64([]byte{0x12, 0xef, 0x29, 0x30, 0xff}).
+		Base64Custom(base64.RawURLEncoding, []byte{0xcc, 0xbb, 0xaa, 0xff}).
 		RawJSON([]byte(`{"some":"json"}`)).
 		Time(time.Time{}).
 		IPAddr(net.IP{192, 168, 0, 10}).
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ func TestArray(t *testing.T) {
 			Str("bar", "baz").
 			Int("n", 1),
 		)
-	want := `[true,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11.98122,12.987654321,"a","b","1f",{"some":"json"},"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","192.168.0.10",0,{"bar":"baz","n":1}]`
+	want := `[true,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11.98122,12.987654321,"a","b","1f","Eu8pMP8=","zLuq_w",{"some":"json"},"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","192.168.0.10",0,{"bar":"baz","n":1}]`
 	if got := decodeObjectToStr(a.write([]byte{})); got != want {
 		t.Errorf("Array.write()\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s", got, want)
 	}
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index ff48b1fe..714cf263 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package zerolog
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
@@ -108,6 +109,19 @@ func (c Context) Hex(key string, val []byte) Context {
 	return c
 }
 
+// Base64 adds the field key with val as a standard padded base64 string to the logger context.
+func (c Context) Base64(key string, val []byte) Context {
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendBase64(base64.StdEncoding, enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), val)
+	return c
+}
+
+// Base64Custom adds the field key with val as a base64 string to the logger context.
+// The specific form of base64 can be specified with the first parameter.
+func (c Context) Base64Custom(b64 *base64.Encoding, key string, val []byte) Context {
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendBase64(b64, enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), val)
+	return c
+}
+
 // RawJSON adds already encoded JSON to context.
 //
 // No sanity check is performed on b; it must not contain carriage returns and
diff --git a/event.go b/event.go
index 5c949f8a..91830db6 100644
--- a/event.go
+++ b/event.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package zerolog
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -308,6 +309,25 @@ func (e *Event) Hex(key string, val []byte) *Event {
 	return e
 }
 
+// Base64 adds the field key with val as a standard padded base64 string to the *Event context.
+func (e *Event) Base64(key string, val []byte) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	e.buf = enc.AppendBase64(base64.StdEncoding, enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), val)
+	return e
+}
+
+// Base64Custom adds the field key with val as a base64 string to the *Event context.
+// The specific form of base64 can be specified with the first parameter.
+func (e *Event) Base64Custom(b64 *base64.Encoding, key string, val []byte) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	e.buf = enc.AppendBase64(b64, enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), val)
+	return e
+}
+
 // RawJSON adds already encoded JSON to the log line under key.
 //
 // No sanity check is performed on b; it must not contain carriage returns and
diff --git a/internal/cbor/cbor.go b/internal/cbor/cbor.go
index 1bf14438..d714098f 100644
--- a/internal/cbor/cbor.go
+++ b/internal/cbor/cbor.go
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ const (
 	additionalTypeEmbeddedJSON     uint16 = 262
 	additionalTypeTagHexString     uint16 = 263
 
+	// Expected later encoding for CBOR-to-JSON converters - from https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8949.html#section-3.4.5.2
+	additionalTypeTagBase64Standard byte = 22
+	additionalTypeTagBase64RawURL   byte = 23
+
 	// Unspecified number of elements.
 	additionalTypeInfiniteCount byte = 31
 )
diff --git a/internal/cbor/decode_stream.go b/internal/cbor/decode_stream.go
index 616bed65..b9a93d23 100644
--- a/internal/cbor/decode_stream.go
+++ b/internal/cbor/decode_stream.go
@@ -386,6 +386,17 @@ func decodeTagData(src *bufio.Reader) []byte {
 			}
 			src.UnreadByte()
 			return decodeStringToDataUrl(src, "application/cbor")
+		case additionalTypeTagBase64Standard, additionalTypeTagBase64RawURL:
+			data := decodeString(src, true)
+			enc := base64.StdEncoding
+			if byte(val) == additionalTypeTagBase64RawURL {
+				enc = base64.RawURLEncoding
+			}
+			output := make([]byte, enc.EncodedLen(len(data))+2)
+			output[0] = '"'
+			output[len(output)-1] = '"'
+			enc.Encode(output[1:len(output)-1], data)
+			return output
 		default:
 			panic(fmt.Errorf("Unsupported Additional Tag Type: %d in decodeTagData", val))
 		}
diff --git a/internal/cbor/types.go b/internal/cbor/types.go
index 6f538328..cf7a8a77 100644
--- a/internal/cbor/types.go
+++ b/internal/cbor/types.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cbor
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"net"
@@ -484,3 +485,19 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendHex(dst []byte, val []byte) []byte {
 	dst = append(dst, byte(additionalTypeTagHexString&0xff))
 	return e.AppendBytes(dst, val)
 }
+
+// AppendBase64 adds a TAG and inserts base64 bytes as a string.
+func (e Encoder) AppendBase64(enc *base64.Encoding, dst []byte, val []byte) []byte {
+	switch enc {
+	case base64.StdEncoding:
+		dst = append(dst, majorTypeTags|additionalTypeIntUint8)
+		dst = append(dst, additionalTypeTagBase64Standard)
+		return e.AppendBytes(dst, val)
+	case base64.RawURLEncoding:
+		dst = append(dst, majorTypeTags|additionalTypeIntUint8)
+		dst = append(dst, additionalTypeTagBase64RawURL)
+		return e.AppendBytes(dst, val)
+	default:
+		return e.AppendString(dst, enc.EncodeToString(val))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/json/bytes.go b/internal/json/bytes.go
index de64120d..8c403114 100644
--- a/internal/json/bytes.go
+++ b/internal/json/bytes.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package json
 
-import "unicode/utf8"
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
 
 // AppendBytes is a mirror of appendString with []byte arg
 func (Encoder) AppendBytes(dst, s []byte) []byte {
@@ -28,6 +31,20 @@ func (Encoder) AppendHex(dst, s []byte) []byte {
 	return append(dst, '"')
 }
 
+// AppendBase64 encodes the input bytes to a base64 string and appends
+// the encoded string to the input byte slice.
+func (Encoder) AppendBase64(e *base64.Encoding, dst, s []byte) []byte {
+	dst = append(dst, '"')
+	start := len(dst)
+	targetLen := start + e.EncodedLen(len(s))
+	for cap(dst) < targetLen {
+		dst = append(dst[:cap(dst)], 0)
+	}
+	dst = dst[:targetLen]
+	e.Encode(dst[start:], s)
+	return append(dst, '"')
+}
+
 // appendBytesComplex is a mirror of the appendStringComplex
 // with []byte arg
 func appendBytesComplex(dst, s []byte, i int) []byte {
diff --git a/internal/json/bytes_test.go b/internal/json/bytes_test.go
index d1a370ab..bdc8153d 100644
--- a/internal/json/bytes_test.go
+++ b/internal/json/bytes_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package json
 
 import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"testing"
 	"unicode"
 )
@@ -25,6 +27,30 @@ func TestAppendHex(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+var base64Encodings = []struct {
+	name string
+	enc  *base64.Encoding
+}{
+	{"base64.StdEncoding", base64.StdEncoding},
+	{"base64.RawStdEncoding", base64.RawStdEncoding},
+	{"base64.URLEncoding", base64.URLEncoding},
+	{"base64.RawURLEncoding", base64.RawURLEncoding},
+}
+
+func TestAppendBase64(t *testing.T) {
+	random := make([]byte, 19)
+	_, _ = rand.Read(random)
+	tests := [][]byte{{}, {'\x00'}, {'\xff'}, random}
+	for _, input := range tests {
+		for _, tt := range base64Encodings {
+			b := enc.AppendBase64(tt.enc, []byte{}, input)
+			if got, want := string(b), "\""+tt.enc.EncodeToString(input)+"\""; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("appendBase64(%s, %x) = %s, want %s", tt.name, input, got, want)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStringBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	// Test that encodeState.stringBytes and encodeState.string use the same encoding.
diff --git a/log_test.go b/log_test.go
index 4d0d93b1..06ef544e 100644
--- a/log_test.go
+++ b/log_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package zerolog
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ func TestWith(t *testing.T) {
 		Stringer("stringer_nil", nil).
 		Bytes("bytes", []byte("bar")).
 		Hex("hex", []byte{0x12, 0xef}).
+		Base64("base64", []byte{0x12, 0xef, 0x29, 0x30, 0xff}).
+		Base64Custom(base64.RawURLEncoding, "base64url", []byte{0xcc, 0xbb, 0xaa, 0xff}).
 		RawJSON("json", []byte(`{"some":"json"}`)).
 		AnErr("some_err", nil).
 		Err(errors.New("some error")).
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ func TestWith(t *testing.T) {
 	caller := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", file, line+3)
 	log := ctx.Caller().Logger()
 	log.Log().Msg("")
-	if got, want := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()), `{"string":"foo","stringer":"127.0.0.1","stringer_nil":null,"bytes":"bar","hex":"12ef","json":{"some":"json"},"error":"some error","bool":true,"int":1,"int8":2,"int16":3,"int32":4,"int64":5,"uint":6,"uint8":7,"uint16":8,"uint32":9,"uint64":10,"float32":11.101,"float64":12.30303,"time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","caller":"`+caller+`"}`+"\n"; got != want {
+	if got, want := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()), `{"string":"foo","stringer":"127.0.0.1","stringer_nil":null,"bytes":"bar","hex":"12ef","base64":"Eu8pMP8=","base64url":"zLuq_w","json":{"some":"json"},"error":"some error","bool":true,"int":1,"int8":2,"int16":3,"int32":4,"int64":5,"uint":6,"uint8":7,"uint16":8,"uint32":9,"uint64":10,"float32":11.101,"float64":12.30303,"time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","caller":"`+caller+`"}`+"\n"; got != want {
 		t.Errorf("invalid log output:\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", got, want)
 	}
 
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ func TestWith(t *testing.T) {
 	}()
 	// The above line is a little contrived, but the line above should be the line due
 	// to the extra frame skip.
-	if got, want := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()), `{"string":"foo","stringer":"127.0.0.1","stringer_nil":null,"bytes":"bar","hex":"12ef","json":{"some":"json"},"error":"some error","bool":true,"int":1,"int8":2,"int16":3,"int32":4,"int64":5,"uint":6,"uint8":7,"uint16":8,"uint32":9,"uint64":10,"float32":11.101,"float64":12.30303,"time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","caller":"`+caller+`"}`+"\n"; got != want {
+	if got, want := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()), `{"string":"foo","stringer":"127.0.0.1","stringer_nil":null,"bytes":"bar","hex":"12ef","base64":"Eu8pMP8=","base64url":"zLuq_w","json":{"some":"json"},"error":"some error","bool":true,"int":1,"int8":2,"int16":3,"int32":4,"int64":5,"uint":6,"uint8":7,"uint16":8,"uint32":9,"uint64":10,"float32":11.101,"float64":12.30303,"time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","caller":"`+caller+`"}`+"\n"; got != want {
 		t.Errorf("invalid log output:\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", got, want)
 	}
 }
@@ -321,6 +324,8 @@ func TestFields(t *testing.T) {
 		Stringer("stringer_nil", nil).
 		Bytes("bytes", []byte("bar")).
 		Hex("hex", []byte{0x12, 0xef}).
+		Base64("base64", []byte{0x12, 0xef, 0x29, 0x30, 0xff}).
+		Base64Custom(base64.RawURLEncoding, "base64url", []byte{0xcc, 0xbb, 0xaa, 0xff}).
 		RawJSON("json", []byte(`{"some":"json"}`)).
 		RawCBOR("cbor", []byte{0x83, 0x01, 0x82, 0x02, 0x03, 0x82, 0x04, 0x05}).
 		Func(func(e *Event) { e.Str("func", "func_output") }).
@@ -348,7 +353,7 @@ func TestFields(t *testing.T) {
 		TimeDiff("diff", now, now.Add(-10*time.Second)).
 		Ctx(context.Background()).
 		Msg("")
-	if got, want := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()), `{"caller":"`+caller+`","string":"foo","stringer":"127.0.0.1","stringer_nil":null,"bytes":"bar","hex":"12ef","json":{"some":"json"},"cbor":"data:application/cbor;base64,gwGCAgOCBAU=","func":"func_output","error":"some error","bool":true,"int":1,"int8":2,"int16":3,"int32":4,"int64":5,"uint":6,"uint8":7,"uint16":8,"uint32":9,"uint64":10,"IPv4":"192.168.0.100","IPv6":"2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334","Mac":"00:14:22:01:23:45","Prefix":"192.168.0.100/24","float32":11.1234,"float64":12.321321321,"dur":1000,"time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","diff":10000}`+"\n"; got != want {
+	if got, want := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()), `{"caller":"`+caller+`","string":"foo","stringer":"127.0.0.1","stringer_nil":null,"bytes":"bar","hex":"12ef","base64":"Eu8pMP8=","base64url":"zLuq_w","json":{"some":"json"},"cbor":"data:application/cbor;base64,gwGCAgOCBAU=","func":"func_output","error":"some error","bool":true,"int":1,"int8":2,"int16":3,"int32":4,"int64":5,"uint":6,"uint8":7,"uint16":8,"uint32":9,"uint64":10,"IPv4":"192.168.0.100","IPv6":"2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334","Mac":"00:14:22:01:23:45","Prefix":"192.168.0.100/24","float32":11.1234,"float64":12.321321321,"dur":1000,"time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","diff":10000}`+"\n"; got != want {
 		t.Errorf("invalid log output:\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", got, want)
 	}
 }
@@ -446,6 +451,8 @@ func TestFieldsDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 		Stringer("stringer", net.IP{127, 0, 0, 1}).
 		Bytes("bytes", []byte("bar")).
 		Hex("hex", []byte{0x12, 0xef}).
+		Base64("base64", []byte{0x12, 0xef, 0x29, 0x30, 0xff}).
+		Base64Custom(base64.RawURLEncoding, "base64url", []byte{0xcc, 0xbb, 0xaa, 0xff}).
 		AnErr("some_err", nil).
 		Err(errors.New("some error")).
 		Func(func(e *Event) { e.Str("func", "func_output") }).