diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/evaluator.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/evaluator.go
index e8591106aa2..d5e40428c00 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/evaluator.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/evaluator.go
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ type AuditContext struct {
 type RequestAuditConfig struct {
 	// OmitStages is the stages that need to be omitted from being audited.
 	OmitStages []audit.Stage
+
+	// OmitManagedFields indicates whether to omit the managed fields of the request
+	// and response bodies from being written to the API audit log.
+	OmitManagedFields bool
 }
 
 // RequestAuditConfigWithLevel includes Level at which the request is being audited.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/policy/checker.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/policy/checker.go
index dfad2977b6c..6a98ff4ac04 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/policy/checker.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/policy/checker.go
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ func (p *policyRuleEvaluator) EvaluatePolicyRule(attrs authorizer.Attributes) au
 			return auditinternal.RequestAuditConfigWithLevel{
 				Level: rule.Level,
 				RequestAuditConfig: auditinternal.RequestAuditConfig{
-					OmitStages: rule.OmitStages,
+					OmitStages:        rule.OmitStages,
+					OmitManagedFields: isOmitManagedFields(&rule, p.OmitManagedFields),
 				},
 			}
 		}
@@ -76,11 +77,24 @@ func (p *policyRuleEvaluator) EvaluatePolicyRule(attrs authorizer.Attributes) au
 	return auditinternal.RequestAuditConfigWithLevel{
 		Level: DefaultAuditLevel,
 		RequestAuditConfig: auditinternal.RequestAuditConfig{
-			OmitStages: p.OmitStages,
+			OmitStages:        p.OmitStages,
+			OmitManagedFields: p.OmitManagedFields,
 		},
 	}
 }
 
+// isOmitManagedFields returns whether to omit managed fields from the request
+// and response bodies from being written to the API audit log.
+// If a user specifies OmitManagedFields inside a policy rule, that overrides
+// the global policy default in Policy.OmitManagedFields.
+func isOmitManagedFields(policyRule *audit.PolicyRule, policyDefault bool) bool {
+	if policyRule.OmitManagedFields == nil {
+		return policyDefault
+	}
+
+	return *policyRule.OmitManagedFields
+}
+
 // Check whether the rule matches the request attrs.
 func ruleMatches(r *audit.PolicyRule, attrs authorizer.Attributes) bool {
 	user := attrs.GetUser()
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/policy/checker_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/policy/checker_test.go
index 5a250c069c4..dd109ceaa0a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/policy/checker_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/policy/checker_test.go
@@ -345,3 +345,88 @@ func TestUnionStages(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestOmitManagedFields(t *testing.T) {
+	// this authorizer.Attributes should match all policy rules
+	// specified in this test.
+	attributes := &authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+		Verb: "get",
+	}
+	matchingPolicyRule := audit.PolicyRule{
+		Level: audit.LevelRequestResponse,
+		Verbs: []string{
+			attributes.GetVerb(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	boolPtr := func(v bool) *bool {
+		return &v
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		policy func() audit.Policy
+		want   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "global policy default is false, rule does not override",
+			policy: func() audit.Policy {
+				return audit.Policy{
+					OmitManagedFields: false,
+					Rules: []audit.PolicyRule{
+						*matchingPolicyRule.DeepCopy(),
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "global policy default is true, rule does not override",
+			policy: func() audit.Policy {
+				return audit.Policy{
+					OmitManagedFields: true,
+					Rules: []audit.PolicyRule{
+						*matchingPolicyRule.DeepCopy(),
+					},
+				}
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "global policy default is true, rule overrides to false",
+			policy: func() audit.Policy {
+				rule := matchingPolicyRule.DeepCopy()
+				rule.OmitManagedFields = boolPtr(false)
+				return audit.Policy{
+					OmitManagedFields: true,
+					Rules:             []audit.PolicyRule{*rule},
+				}
+			},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "global policy default is false, rule overrides to true",
+			policy: func() audit.Policy {
+				rule := matchingPolicyRule.DeepCopy()
+				rule.OmitManagedFields = boolPtr(true)
+				return audit.Policy{
+					OmitManagedFields: false,
+					Rules:             []audit.PolicyRule{*rule},
+				}
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			evaluator := &policyRuleEvaluator{
+				Policy: test.policy(),
+			}
+
+			got := evaluator.EvaluatePolicyRule(attributes)
+			if test.want != got.OmitManagedFields {
+				t.Errorf("Expected OmitManagedFields to match, want: %t, got: %t", test.want, got.OmitManagedFields)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}