diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
index 0aff9d2ca31..fa539b1230b 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import (
 	componentbaseconfig "k8s.io/component-base/config"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/configz"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
+	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 	metricsfeatures "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/features"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/slis"
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	utilruntime.Must(metricsfeatures.AddFeatureGates(utilfeature.DefaultMutableFeatureGate))
+	logsapi.AddFeatureGates(utilfeature.DefaultMutableFeatureGate)
 }
 
 // proxyRun defines the interface to run a specified ProxyServer