diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/BUILD b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/BUILD
index fa9ba342389..3e8edb7302e 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/BUILD
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/cli/globalflag:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ go_test(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/cli/globalflag:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
index ae2d1246e8f..1434cc181b4 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	genericoptions "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/storagebackend"
 	cliflag "k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag"
+	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features" // add the kubernetes feature gates
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ type ServerRunOptions struct {
 	APIEnablement           *genericoptions.APIEnablementOptions
 	EgressSelector          *genericoptions.EgressSelectorOptions
 	Metrics                 *metrics.Options
+	Logs                    *logs.Options
 
 	AllowPrivileged           bool
 	EnableLogsHandler         bool
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ func NewServerRunOptions() *ServerRunOptions {
 		APIEnablement:           genericoptions.NewAPIEnablementOptions(),
 		EgressSelector:          genericoptions.NewEgressSelectorOptions(),
 		Metrics:                 metrics.NewOptions(),
+		Logs:                    logs.NewOptions(),
 
 		EnableLogsHandler:      true,
 		EventTTL:               1 * time.Hour,
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ func (s *ServerRunOptions) Flags() (fss cliflag.NamedFlagSets) {
 	s.EgressSelector.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("egress selector"))
 	s.Admission.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("admission"))
 	s.Metrics.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("metrics"))
+	s.Logs.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("logs"))
 
 	// Note: the weird ""+ in below lines seems to be the only way to get gofmt to
 	// arrange these text blocks sensibly. Grrr.
diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go
index 8ccccc0c896..2149c0bed25 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
 
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
 	apiserveroptions "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options"
@@ -303,6 +304,7 @@ func TestAddFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		ProxyClientKeyFile:      "/var/run/kubernetes/proxy.key",
 		ProxyClientCertFile:     "/var/run/kubernetes/proxy.crt",
 		Metrics:                 &metrics.Options{},
+		Logs:                    logs.NewOptions(),
 	}
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, s) {
diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/validation.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/validation.go
index 52db38cb1ed..25519a67832 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/validation.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/validation.go
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ func (s *ServerRunOptions) Validate() []error {
 	errs = append(errs, s.APIEnablement.Validate(legacyscheme.Scheme, apiextensionsapiserver.Scheme, aggregatorscheme.Scheme)...)
 	errs = append(errs, validateTokenRequest(s)...)
 	errs = append(errs, s.Metrics.Validate()...)
+	errs = append(errs, s.Logs.Validate()...)
 
 	return errs
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
index 3e47279cfad..9b388c2193d 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ func CreateKubeAPIServerConfig(
 	s.Metrics.Apply()
 	serviceaccount.RegisterMetrics()
 
+	s.Logs.Apply()
+
 	serviceIPRange, apiServerServiceIP, err := master.ServiceIPRange(s.PrimaryServiceClusterIPRange)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, nil, err