diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 94690045..043863fc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repos:
         language_version: python3.8
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
-    rev: 5.9.1
+    rev: 5.9.2
     hooks:
       - id: isort
         additional_dependencies: [toml]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index fa6b7c34..f394f068 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Changes:
 - If the `better-exceptions <https://github.com/qix-/better-exceptions>`_ package is present, ``structlog.dev.ConsoleRenderer`` will now pretty-print exceptions using it.
   Pass ``pretty_exceptions=False`` to disable.
   This only works if ``format_exc_info`` is **absent** in the processor chain.
+- ``KeyValueRenderer`` now accepts an optional ``repr_formatter`` parameter to handle log representation.
+- Added logfmt_repr to make KeyValueRenderer output logfmt compatible.
 
 
 ----
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index b1307da5..2feabb41 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -226,6 +226,19 @@ API Reference
       >>> TimeStamper(fmt="%Y", key="year")(None, None, {})  # doctest: +SKIP
       {'year': '2013'}
 
+.. autofunction:: logfmt_repr
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> from structlog.processors import logfmt_repr
+      >>> logfmt_repr("string with withespace")
+      '"string with whitespace"'
+      >>> logfmt_repr("string")
+      'string'
+      >>> logfmt_repr(42)
+      '42'
+      >>> logfmt_repr(None)
+      'null'
 
 `structlog.stdlib` Module
 -------------------------
diff --git a/src/structlog/processors.py b/src/structlog/processors.py
index 4fcc074d..eb3ffe1c 100644
--- a/src/structlog/processors.py
+++ b/src/structlog/processors.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import datetime
 import json
 import operator
+import re
 import sys
 import time
 
@@ -43,9 +44,25 @@
     "format_exc_info",
     "ExceptionPrettyPrinter",
     "StackInfoRenderer",
+    "logfmt_repr",
 ]
 
 
+def logfmt_repr(inst: Any) -> str:
+    if inst is None:
+        return "null"
+    if isinstance(inst, str):
+        return json.dumps(inst) if re.search("\\s", inst) else inst
+    return repr(inst)
+
+
+def _repr(inst: Any) -> str:
+    if isinstance(inst, str):
+        return inst
+    else:
+        return repr(inst)
+
+
 class KeyValueRenderer:
     """
     Render ``event_dict`` as a list of ``Key=repr(Value)`` pairs.
@@ -60,10 +77,12 @@ class KeyValueRenderer:
         to native strings.
         Setting this to ``False`` is useful if you want to have human-readable
         non-ASCII output on Python 2.
+    :param repr_formatter: A callable to use as a custom :func:`repr()`.
 
     .. versionadded:: 0.2.0 *key_order*
     .. versionadded:: 16.1.0 *drop_missing*
     .. versionadded:: 17.1.0 *repr_native_str*
+    .. versionadded:: 21.2.0 *repr_formatter*
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -72,6 +91,7 @@ def __init__(
         key_order: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
         drop_missing: bool = False,
         repr_native_str: bool = True,
+        repr_formatter: Callable = _repr,
     ):
         # Use an optimized version for each case.
         if key_order and sort_keys is True:
@@ -113,14 +133,7 @@ def ordered_items(event_dict: EventDict) -> List[Tuple[str, Any]]:
         if repr_native_str is True:
             self._repr = repr
         else:
-
-            def _repr(inst: Any) -> str:
-                if isinstance(inst, str):
-                    return inst
-                else:
-                    return repr(inst)
-
-            self._repr = _repr
+            self._repr = repr_formatter
 
     def __call__(
         self, _: WrappedLogger, __: str, event_dict: EventDict
diff --git a/tests/test_processors.py b/tests/test_processors.py
index 47f2a6cf..2da8496a 100644
--- a/tests/test_processors.py
+++ b/tests/test_processors.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     _figure_out_exc_info,
     _json_fallback_handler,
     format_exc_info,
+    logfmt_repr,
 )
 from structlog.threadlocal import wrap_dict
 
@@ -124,6 +125,16 @@ def test_repr_native_str(self, rns):
         cnt = rv.count("哈")
         assert 2 == cnt
 
+    def test_repr_formatter(self, event_dict):
+        """
+        Injects a custom repr-like formatter when repr_native_str=False
+        """
+        rv = KeyValueRenderer(
+            repr_formatter=logfmt_repr, repr_native_str=False
+        )(None, None, event_dict)
+
+        assert r"a=<A(\o/)> b=[3, 4] x=7 y=test z=(1, 2)" == rv
+
 
 class TestJSONRenderer:
     def test_renders_json(self, event_dict):
@@ -551,3 +562,27 @@ def test_py3_exception_no_traceback(self):
         e = ValueError()
 
         assert (e.__class__, e, None) == _figure_out_exc_info(e)
+
+
+class TestLogFmtRepr:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "obj,expected",
+        [
+            ("word", "word"),  # plain word
+            ("a sentence", '"a sentence"'),  # a sentence with spaces
+            (
+                'a sentence "with quotes"',
+                '"a sentence \\"with quotes\\""',
+            ),  # a sentence in double quotes
+            (42, "42"),  # int
+            (3.14, "3.14"),  # float
+            ("127.0.0.1", "127.0.0.1"),  # an ip address
+            ("user@email.test", "user@email.test"),  # an email
+            (None, "null"),  # NoneType
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_logfmt_repr(self, obj, expected):
+        """
+        Ensure logfmt_repr produces logfmt-compatible strings
+        """
+        assert expected == logfmt_repr(obj)