diff --git a/src/box/CMakeLists.txt b/src/box/CMakeLists.txt
index 31100d412ac12d898f6461f0f9a06959c4ca7a75..cc1db34c095a5755d53e412425e52ff353985710 100644
--- a/src/box/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/box/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ set_property(DIRECTORY PROPERTY ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES ${lua_sources})
 include_directories(${ZSTD_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/box/sql)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/box)
+include_directories(${EXTRA_BOX_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 add_library(box_error STATIC error.cc errcode.c mp_error.cc)
 target_link_libraries(box_error core stat mpstream vclock)
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ target_link_libraries(tuple json box_error core ${MSGPUCK_LIBRARIES} ${ICU_LIBRA
 add_library(xlog STATIC xlog.c)
 target_link_libraries(xlog core box_error crc32 ${ZSTD_LIBRARIES})
 
-add_library(box STATIC
+set(box_sources
     allocator.cc
     memtx_allocator.cc
     msgpack.c
@@ -221,6 +222,14 @@ add_library(box STATIC
     lua/watcher.c
     ${bin_sources})
 
+if(ENABLE_AUDIT_LOG)
+    list(APPEND box_sources ${AUDIT_LOG_SOURCES})
+else()
+    list(APPEND box_sources audit.c)
+endif()
+
+add_library(box STATIC ${box_sources})
+
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
   add_definitions(-DSQL_DEBUG=1)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/box/audit.c b/src/box/audit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8ddce8d1c735b671263d5471b369cbef314d3221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/box/audit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ *
+ * Copyright 2010-2021, Tarantool AUTHORS, please see AUTHORS file.
+ */
+#include "audit.h"
+
+#include "say.h"
+#include "trivia/config.h"
+
+#if defined(ENABLE_AUDIT_LOG)
+# error unimplemented
+#endif
+
+void
+audit_log_init(const char *init_str, int log_nonblock)
+{
+	(void)log_nonblock;
+	if (init_str != NULL)
+		say_error("audit log is not available in this build");
+}
diff --git a/src/box/audit.h b/src/box/audit.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff9f7d4ba23be3843383d30609d9fcb22cc1cb2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/box/audit.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ *
+ * Copyright 2010-2021, Tarantool AUTHORS, please see AUTHORS file.
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include "trivia/config.h"
+
+#if defined(ENABLE_AUDIT_LOG)
+# include "audit_impl.h"
+#else /* !defined(ENABLE_AUDIT_LOG) */
+
+#if defined(__cplusplus)
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* defined(__cplusplus) */
+
+void
+audit_log_init(const char *init_str, int log_nonblock);
+
+static inline void
+audit_log_free(void) {}
+
+#if defined(__cplusplus)
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif /* defined(__cplusplus) */
+
+#endif /* !defined(ENABLE_AUDIT_LOG) */
diff --git a/src/box/box.cc b/src/box/box.cc
index a6c1a36737b0643733ba86b4dd63232a361886c4..5f1595ad3ca51f2fa5fe91b28f0d9dedf025e19b 100644
--- a/src/box/box.cc
+++ b/src/box/box.cc
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 #include "msgpack.h"
 #include "raft.h"
 #include "watcher.h"
+#include "audit.h"
 #include "trivia/util.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
@@ -3174,6 +3175,7 @@ box_free(void)
 		gc_free();
 		engine_shutdown();
 		wal_free();
+		audit_log_free();
 		sql_built_in_functions_cache_free();
 	}
 }
@@ -3738,6 +3740,8 @@ box_cfg_xc(void)
 	/* Follow replica */
 	replicaset_follow();
 
+	audit_log_init(cfg_gets("audit_log"), cfg_geti("audit_nonblock"));
+
 	fiber_gc();
 	is_box_configured = true;
 	/*
diff --git a/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua b/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
index eb858dbbdc831054e2c2f4adb708fc1533dc65dd..9b218a445d32fcf9e25ddeb52748fe3b98e14fe2 100644
--- a/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
+++ b/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ local default_cfg = {
     -- a separate log module; they are
     -- 'log_' prefixed
 
+    audit_log           = nil,
+    audit_nonblock      = true,
+
     io_collect_interval = nil,
     readahead           = 16320,
     snap_io_rate_limit  = nil, -- no limit
@@ -174,6 +177,9 @@ local template_cfg = {
     log_level           = 'module',
     log_format          = 'module',
 
+    audit_log           = 'string',
+    audit_nonblock      = 'boolean',
+
     io_collect_interval = 'number',
     readahead           = 'number',
     snap_io_rate_limit  = 'number',
diff --git a/src/trivia/config.h.cmake b/src/trivia/config.h.cmake
index c8d80eb4a3173b9993f9bcfd7cf286015e284bfa..dd939ea301d32b40c5a7140be6d58ba65c806684 100644
--- a/src/trivia/config.h.cmake
+++ b/src/trivia/config.h.cmake
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@
 /* Cacheline size to calculate alignments */
 #define CACHELINE_SIZE 64
 
+#cmakedefine ENABLE_AUDIT_LOG 1
 #cmakedefine ENABLE_FEEDBACK_DAEMON 1
 
 #cmakedefine EXPORT_LIBCURL_SYMBOLS 1
diff --git a/test/app-tap/init_script.result b/test/app-tap/init_script.result
index aefc50663053aec673da7c7736966b304e31737a..4cadfe2cb0fd05a667fbcbf103781757b2e44a4a 100644
--- a/test/app-tap/init_script.result
+++ b/test/app-tap/init_script.result
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 --
 
 box.cfg
+audit_nonblock:true
 background:false
 checkpoint_count:2
 checkpoint_interval:3600
diff --git a/test/box/admin.result b/test/box/admin.result
index 68636c1d61eec774176d4ecd8ad356e1da57c337..338a1f4a2bfb6ab8b1d82380c8a198192f34fd29 100644
--- a/test/box/admin.result
+++ b/test/box/admin.result
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ help()
 ...
 cfg_filter(box.cfg)
 ---
-- - - background
+- - - audit_nonblock
+    - true
+  - - background
     - false
   - - checkpoint_count
     - 2
diff --git a/test/box/cfg.result b/test/box/cfg.result
index 70d3b766c3d30344a5c43ed9dfb03a714e25b872..38ce39c7231e0f19b93e8c0593de78dd2c9b917e 100644
--- a/test/box/cfg.result
+++ b/test/box/cfg.result
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ box.cfg.nosuchoption = 1
  | ...
 cfg_filter(box.cfg)
  | ---
- | - - - background
+ | - - - audit_nonblock
+ |     - true
+ |   - - background
  |     - false
  |   - - checkpoint_count
  |     - 2
@@ -142,7 +144,9 @@ box.cfg()
  | ...
 cfg_filter(box.cfg)
  | ---
- | - - - background
+ | - - - audit_nonblock
+ |     - true
+ |   - - background
  |     - false
  |   - - checkpoint_count
  |     - 2