diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/dark.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/dark.xml
index 9bdf0312864..f9213d1b617 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/dark.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/dark.xml
@@ -52,4 +52,5 @@
   <style name="DiffSourceChar" foreground="#000000" background="#c34141"/>
   <style name="DiffDestLine" background="#2d8c2d"/>
   <style name="DiffDestChar" foreground="#000000" background="#41c341"/>
+  <style name="LogChangeLine" foreground="#808000"/>
 </style-scheme>
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml
index adc8ec08ca1..df856488878 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@
   <style name="DiffSourceChar" background="#c34141"/>
   <style name="DiffDestLine" background="#277027"/>
   <style name="DiffDestChar" background="#339d33"/>
+  <style name="LogChangeLine" foreground="#dcdc00"/>
 </style-scheme>
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
index d1796ea76aa..ae67b142449 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ const char *nameForStyle(TextStyle style)
     case C_DIFF_DEST_LINE:      return "DiffDestLine";
     case C_DIFF_DEST_CHAR:      return "DiffDestChar";
 
+    case C_LOG_CHANGE_LINE:     return "LogChangeLine";
+
     case C_LAST_STYLE_SENTINEL: return "LastStyleSentinel";
 
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
index 3bdf5c2b2ca..1ae715db522 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ enum TextStyle {
     C_DIFF_DEST_LINE,
     C_DIFF_DEST_CHAR,
 
+    C_LOG_CHANGE_LINE,
+
     C_LAST_STYLE_SENTINEL
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
index fd3bf12b1c0..59bfeff9dea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ TextEditorSettings::TextEditorSettings(QObject *parent)
                                             "in differences (in side-by-side diff editor)."),
                                          Format(QColor(), QColor(175, 255, 175))));
 
+    formatDescr.append(FormatDescription(C_LOG_CHANGE_LINE, tr("Log Change Line"),
+                                         tr("Applied to lines describing changes in VCS log"),
+                                         Format(QColor(192, 0, 0), QColor())));
+
     d->m_fontSettingsPage = new FontSettingsPage(formatDescr,
                                                    Constants::TEXT_EDITOR_FONT_SETTINGS,
                                                    this);
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/diffandloghighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/diffandloghighlighter.cpp
index f2491cbdebb..f1f1b857c88 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/diffandloghighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/diffandloghighlighter.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
     @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SUBDIRS   = plugin_coreplugin
     \endcode
 
+    Log is parametrizable by change indicator. For example '^commit ([0-9a-f]{8})[0-9a-f]{32}'
+    in Git:
+    \code
+    commit a3398841a24b24c73b47759c4bffdc8b78a34936 (HEAD, master)
+    \code
+
     Also highlights trailing blanks.
  */
 
@@ -72,7 +78,8 @@ enum DiffFormats {
     DiffInFormat,
     DiffOutFormat,
     DiffFileFormat,
-    DiffLocationFormat
+    DiffLocationFormat,
+    ChangeTextFormat
 };
 
 enum FoldingState {
@@ -98,12 +105,13 @@ class DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate
     DiffAndLogHighlighter *q_ptr;
     Q_DECLARE_PUBLIC(DiffAndLogHighlighter)
 public:
-    DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate(const QRegExp &filePattern);
+    DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate(const QRegExp &filePattern, const QRegExp &changePattern);
 
     Internal::DiffFormats analyzeLine(const QString &block) const;
     void updateOtherFormats();
 
     mutable QRegExp m_filePattern;
+    mutable QRegExp m_changePattern;
     const QString m_locationIndicator;
     const QChar m_diffInIndicator;
     const QChar m_diffOutIndicator;
@@ -112,9 +120,10 @@ public:
     Internal::FoldingState m_foldingState;
 };
 
-DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate::DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate(const QRegExp &filePattern) :
+DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate::DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate(const QRegExp &filePattern, const QRegExp &changePattern) :
     q_ptr(0),
     m_filePattern(filePattern),
+    m_changePattern(changePattern),
     m_locationIndicator(QLatin1String("@@")),
     m_diffInIndicator(QLatin1Char('+')),
     m_diffOutIndicator(QLatin1Char('-')),
@@ -129,6 +138,8 @@ Internal::DiffFormats DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate::analyzeLine(const QString &t
     // file first
     if (m_filePattern.indexIn(text) == 0)
         return Internal::DiffFileFormat;
+    if (m_changePattern.indexIn(text) == 0)
+        return Internal::ChangeTextFormat;
     if (text.startsWith(m_diffInIndicator))
         return Internal::DiffInFormat;
     if (text.startsWith(m_diffOutIndicator))
@@ -147,9 +158,9 @@ void DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate::updateOtherFormats()
 }
 
 // --- DiffAndLogHighlighter
-DiffAndLogHighlighter::DiffAndLogHighlighter(const QRegExp &filePattern) :
+DiffAndLogHighlighter::DiffAndLogHighlighter(const QRegExp &filePattern, const QRegExp &changePattern) :
     TextEditor::SyntaxHighlighter(static_cast<QTextDocument *>(0)),
-    d_ptr(new DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate(filePattern))
+    d_ptr(new DiffAndLogHighlighterPrivate(filePattern, changePattern))
 {
     d_ptr->q_ptr = this;
     Q_D(DiffAndLogHighlighter);
@@ -160,7 +171,8 @@ DiffAndLogHighlighter::DiffAndLogHighlighter(const QRegExp &filePattern) :
                    << TextEditor::C_ADDED_LINE
                    << TextEditor::C_REMOVED_LINE
                    << TextEditor::C_DIFF_FILE
-                   << TextEditor::C_DIFF_LOCATION;
+                   << TextEditor::C_DIFF_LOCATION
+                   << TextEditor::C_LOG_CHANGE_LINE;
     }
     setTextFormatCategories(categories);
     d->updateOtherFormats();
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/diffandloghighlighter.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/diffandloghighlighter.h
index 801b75ea2cd..7406a91f4c9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/diffandloghighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/diffandloghighlighter.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class VCSBASE_EXPORT DiffAndLogHighlighter : public TextEditor::SyntaxHighlighte
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(DiffAndLogHighlighter)
 public:
-    explicit DiffAndLogHighlighter(const QRegExp &filePattern);
+    explicit DiffAndLogHighlighter(const QRegExp &filePattern, const QRegExp &changePattern);
     ~DiffAndLogHighlighter();
 
     void highlightBlock(const QString &text);
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp
index fcfaa7976bb..f023a18599c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ void VcsBaseEditorWidget::init()
         break;
     }
     if (hasDiff()) {
-        auto dh = new DiffAndLogHighlighter(d->m_diffFilePattern);
+        auto dh = new DiffAndLogHighlighter(d->m_diffFilePattern, d->m_logEntryPattern);
         setCodeFoldingSupported(true);
         textDocument()->setSyntaxHighlighter(dh);
     }