diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/cluster-template-topology-dualstack-ipv4-primary/cluster.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/cluster-template-topology-dualstack-ipv4-primary/cluster.yaml
index 8193123cde52..1f9e0e39671e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/cluster-template-topology-dualstack-ipv4-primary/cluster.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/cluster-template-topology-dualstack-ipv4-primary/cluster.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ spec:
          value: false
        - name: externalCloudProvider
          value: true
+       - name: debugLogging
+         value: true
   clusterNetwork:
     services:
       cidrBlocks:
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/cluster-template-topology-dualstack-ipv6-primary/cluster.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/cluster-template-topology-dualstack-ipv6-primary/cluster.yaml
index 4ff80d16ccbc..0b11fa6e7a17 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/cluster-template-topology-dualstack-ipv6-primary/cluster.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/cluster-template-topology-dualstack-ipv6-primary/cluster.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ spec:
          value: true
        - name: externalCloudProvider
          value: true
+       - name: debugLogging
+         value: true
   clusterNetwork:
     services:
       cidrBlocks:
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/clusterclass-quick-start.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/clusterclass-quick-start.yaml
index 770fad20c4c3..f110ab82a83f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/clusterclass-quick-start.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/main/clusterclass-quick-start.yaml
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ spec:
       openAPIV3Schema:
         type: boolean
         default: false
+  - name: debugLogging
+    schema:
+      openAPIV3Schema:
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
   patches:
   - name: lbImageRepository
     definitions:
@@ -385,6 +390,64 @@ spec:
                       namespaces: [kube-system]
               path: /etc/kubernetes/kube-apiserver-admission-pss.yaml
     enabledIf: '{{ semverCompare ">= v1.24" .builtin.controlPlane.version }}'
+  - name: controlPlaneDebugLogging
+    enabledIf: "{{ .debugLogging }}"
+    description: "Configures control plane components and kubelet to log at v=4."
+    definitions:
+      - selector:
+          apiVersion: controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+          kind: KubeadmControlPlaneTemplate
+          matchResources:
+            controlPlane: true
+        jsonPatches:
+          - op: add
+            path: "/spec/template/spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/joinConfiguration/nodeRegistration/kubeletExtraArgs"
+            value:
+              v: "4"
+          - op: add
+            path: "/spec/template/spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/initConfiguration/nodeRegistration/kubeletExtraArgs"
+            value:
+              v: "4"
+          - op: add
+            path: "/spec/template/spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/clusterConfiguration/apiServer/extraArgs"
+            value:
+              v: "4"
+          - op: add
+            path: "/spec/template/spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/clusterConfiguration/controllerManager/extraArgs"
+            value:
+              v: "4"
+          - op: add
+            path: "/spec/template/spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/clusterConfiguration/scheduler/extraArgs"
+            value:
+              v: "4"
+  - name: workerKubeletDebugLogging
+    enabledIf: "{{ .debugLogging }}"
+    description: "Configures worker kubelets to log at v=4."
+    definitions:
+      - selector:
+          apiVersion: bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+          kind: KubeadmConfigTemplate
+          matchResources:
+            machineDeploymentClass:
+              names:
+                - '*-worker'
+        jsonPatches:
+          - op: add
+            path: "/spec/template/spec/joinConfiguration/nodeRegistration/kubeletExtraArgs"
+            value:
+              v: "4"
+      - selector:
+          apiVersion: bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+          kind: KubeadmConfigTemplate
+          matchResources:
+            machinePoolClass:
+              names:
+                - '*-worker'
+        jsonPatches:
+          - op: add
+            path: "/spec/template/spec/joinConfiguration/nodeRegistration/kubeletExtraArgs"
+            value:
+              v: "4"
 ---
 apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: DockerClusterTemplate