diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager/app/serve.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager/app/serve.go
index 9e1f5bb7254..453524a1f40 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager/app/serve.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager/app/serve.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func BuildHandlerChain(apiHandler http.Handler, authorizationInfo *apiserver.Aut
 	}
 	handler = genericapifilters.WithRequestInfo(handler, requestInfoResolver)
 	handler = genericapifilters.WithCacheControl(handler)
+	handler = genericfilters.WithHTTPLogging(handler)
 	handler = genericfilters.WithPanicRecovery(handler, requestInfoResolver)
 
 	return handler