diff --git a/src/Core/Settings/GlobalSettings.cs b/src/Core/Settings/GlobalSettings.cs
index 93a7188ca..ef80935b3 100644
--- a/src/Core/Settings/GlobalSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Core/Settings/GlobalSettings.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public class GlobalSettings : IGlobalSettings
         set => _logDirectory = value;
     }
     public virtual long? LogRollBySizeLimit { get; set; }
+    public virtual bool EnableDevLogging { get; set; } = false;
     public virtual string LicenseDirectory
     {
         get => BuildDirectory(_licenseDirectory, "/core/licenses");
diff --git a/src/Core/Utilities/LoggerFactoryExtensions.cs b/src/Core/Utilities/LoggerFactoryExtensions.cs
index c94df3960..f6ea43882 100644
--- a/src/Core/Utilities/LoggerFactoryExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Core/Utilities/LoggerFactoryExtensions.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public static class LoggerFactoryExtensions
         IHostApplicationLifetime applicationLifetime,
         GlobalSettings globalSettings)
     {
-        if (env.IsDevelopment())
+        if (env.IsDevelopment() && !globalSettings.EnableDevLogging)
         {
             return;
         }
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ public static class LoggerFactoryExtensions
         WebHostBuilderContext context,
         Func<LogEvent, IGlobalSettings, bool> filter = null)
     {
-        if (context.HostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
+        var globalSettings = new GlobalSettings();
+        ConfigurationBinder.Bind(context.Configuration.GetSection("GlobalSettings"), globalSettings);
+
+        if (context.HostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment() && !globalSettings.EnableDevLogging)
         {
             return builder;
         }
 
-        var globalSettings = new GlobalSettings();
-        ConfigurationBinder.Bind(context.Configuration.GetSection("GlobalSettings"), globalSettings);
-
         bool inclusionPredicate(LogEvent e)
         {
             if (filter == null)