diff --git a/control-plane/roles/gardener/README.md b/control-plane/roles/gardener/README.md
index 9030a3c0..f843fb47 100644
--- a/control-plane/roles/gardener/README.md
+++ b/control-plane/roles/gardener/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Check out the Gardener project for further documentation on [gardener.cloud](htt
 | gardener_kube_api_server_kubeconfig                    |           | The kubeconfig for the Gardener Kubernetes API (virtual garden apiserver)                                                                                                                                   |
 | gardener_kube_apiserver_kubeconfig_path                |           | The acts on multiple Kubernetes APIs, this is where it puts the kubeconfig of the Gardener Kubernetes API                                                                                                   |
 | gardener_local_tmp_dir                                 |           | The acts on multiple Kubernetes APIs, this is a local folder in the deployment container to store the kubeconfigs (ephemeral)                                                                               |
+| gardener_logging_enabled                               |           | Specifies whether the logging Gardener logging stack should be activated in the Gardenlet                                                                                                                   |
 
 ### Virtual Garden
 
diff --git a/control-plane/roles/gardener/defaults/main/gardener.yaml b/control-plane/roles/gardener/defaults/main/gardener.yaml
index b062f5f6..eac992ff 100644
--- a/control-plane/roles/gardener/defaults/main/gardener.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/roles/gardener/defaults/main/gardener.yaml
@@ -110,3 +110,5 @@ gardener_shooted_seed_rollout_delay_minutes:
 gardener_kube_api_server_kubeconfig: "{{ 'garden-kube-apiserver' | kubeconfig_from_cert(gardener_kube_api_server_ca, gardener_kube_api_server_client_cert, gardener_kube_api_server_client_key, prepend_https=true) }}"
 gardener_kube_apiserver_kubeconfig_path: "{{ gardener_local_tmp_dir }}/garden-kube-apiserver-kubeconfig"
 gardener_local_tmp_dir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/.ansible/tmp"
+
+gardener_logging_enabled: false
diff --git a/control-plane/roles/gardener/templates/gardenlet-values.j2 b/control-plane/roles/gardener/templates/gardenlet-values.j2
index d041d83c..b8e0f9f0 100644
--- a/control-plane/roles/gardener/templates/gardenlet-values.j2
+++ b/control-plane/roles/gardener/templates/gardenlet-values.j2
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ config:
       # allow setting shoot ignore annotation:
       respectSyncPeriodOverwrite: {{ gardener_gardenlet_shoot_respect_sync_period_overwrite }}
 
+{% if gardener_logging_enabled %}
+  logging:
+    enabled: true
+{% endif %}
+
   seedConfig:
     apiVersion: core.gardener.cloud/v1beta1
     kind: Seed
@@ -78,4 +83,4 @@ imageVectorOverwrite: |
 {% if gardener_component_image_vector_overwrite %}
 componentImageVectorOverwrites: |
     {{ gardener_component_image_vector_overwrite | to_yaml | indent(width=4, first=false) }}
-{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
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diff --git a/control-plane/roles/gardener/templates/managed-seed.j2 b/control-plane/roles/gardener/templates/managed-seed.j2
index 336a5297..a79b5f7c 100644
--- a/control-plane/roles/gardener/templates/managed-seed.j2
+++ b/control-plane/roles/gardener/templates/managed-seed.j2
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ spec:
               visible: {{ gardener_shooted_seed.visible | default(true) }}
             shootDNS:
               enabled: true
+{% if gardener_logging_enabled %}
+      logging:
+        enabled: true
+{% endif %}
+
     deployment:
       image:
         pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
@@ -48,4 +53,4 @@ spec:
       vpa: true
     mergeWithParent: true
   shoot:
-    name: "{{ gardener_shooted_seed.name }}"
+    name: "{{ gardener_shooted_seed.name }}"
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