diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/controllermanager.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/controllermanager.go
index 3491912021a..d5e09ca3e15 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ import (
 	cliflag "k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/cli/globalflag"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/configz"
+	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
+	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/features"
 	controllersmetrics "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/controllers"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/slis"
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	utilruntime.Must(features.AddFeatureGates(utilfeature.DefaultMutableFeatureGate))
+	utilruntime.Must(logsapi.AddFeatureGates(utilfeature.DefaultMutableFeatureGate))
 }
 
 const (
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ const (
 // controllerInitFuncConstructors is a map of controller name(as defined by controllers flag in https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kube-controller-manager/#options) to their InitFuncConstructor.
 // additionalFlags provides controller specific flags to be included in the complete set of controller manager flags
 func NewCloudControllerManagerCommand(s *options.CloudControllerManagerOptions, cloudInitializer InitCloudFunc, controllerInitFuncConstructors map[string]ControllerInitFuncConstructor, additionalFlags cliflag.NamedFlagSets, stopCh <-chan struct{}) *cobra.Command {
+	logOptions := logs.NewOptions()
+
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "cloud-controller-manager",
 		Long: `The Cloud controller manager is a daemon that embeds
@@ -85,6 +90,11 @@ the cloud specific control loops shipped with Kubernetes.`,
 			verflag.PrintAndExitIfRequested()
 			cliflag.PrintFlags(cmd.Flags())
 
+			if err := logsapi.ValidateAndApply(logOptions, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate); err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
+				return err
+			}
+
 			c, err := s.Config(ControllerNames(controllerInitFuncConstructors), ControllersDisabledByDefault.List())
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
@@ -113,8 +123,11 @@ the cloud specific control loops shipped with Kubernetes.`,
 
 	fs := cmd.Flags()
 	namedFlagSets := s.Flags(ControllerNames(controllerInitFuncConstructors), ControllersDisabledByDefault.List())
-	verflag.AddFlags(namedFlagSets.FlagSet("global"))
-	globalflag.AddGlobalFlags(namedFlagSets.FlagSet("global"), cmd.Name())
+
+	globalFlagSet := namedFlagSets.FlagSet("global")
+	verflag.AddFlags(globalFlagSet)
+	logsapi.AddFlags(logOptions, globalFlagSet)
+	globalflag.AddGlobalFlags(globalFlagSet, cmd.Name(), logs.SkipLoggingConfigurationFlags())
 
 	if flag.CommandLine.Lookup("cloud-provider-gce-lb-src-cidrs") != nil {
 		// hoist this flag from the global flagset to preserve the commandline until
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod
index f12bbdb8733..03413d4ee27 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 // indirect
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.sum b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.sum
index ba435ae141a..f6d43a232e8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.sum
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.sum
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbV
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.3 h1:a9vnzlIBPQBBkeaR9IuMUfmVOrQlkoC4YfPoFkX3T7A=
+github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.3/go.mod h1:eIauM6P8qSvTw5o2ez6UEAfGjQKrxQTl5EoK+Qa2oG4=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 h1:eCs3fxoIi3Wh6vtgmLTOjdhSpiqphQ+DaPn38N2ZdrE=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6/go.mod h1:osyAmYz/mB/C3I+WsTTSgw1ONzaLJoLCyoi6/zppojs=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.1 h1:FBLnyygC4/IZZr893oiomc9XaghoveYTrLC1F86HID8=
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample/basic_main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample/basic_main.go
index 10af37ada12..8d6274a8c7d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample/basic_main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample/basic_main.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/cloud-provider/options"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/cli"
 	cliflag "k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag"
+	_ "k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register"          // register optional JSON log format
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/clientgo" // load all the prometheus client-go plugins
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/version"  // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"