diff --git a/swift/account/server.py b/swift/account/server.py
index 8a0c12744d..575014bd13 100644
--- a/swift/account/server.py
+++ b/swift/account/server.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class AccountController(object):
 
     def __init__(self, conf, logger=None):
         self.logger = logger or get_logger(conf, log_route='account-server')
+        self.log_requests = config_true_value(conf.get('log_requests', 'true'))
         self.root = conf.get('devices', '/srv/node')
         self.mount_check = config_true_value(conf.get('mount_check', 'true'))
         replication_server = conf.get('replication_server', None)
@@ -296,19 +297,20 @@ class AccountController(object):
         if res.headers.get('x-container-timestamp') is not None:
             additional_info += 'x-container-timestamp: %s' % \
                 res.headers['x-container-timestamp']
-        log_message = '%s - - [%s] "%s %s" %s %s "%s" "%s" "%s" %s "%s"' % (
-            req.remote_addr,
-            time.strftime('%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S +0000', time.gmtime()),
-            req.method, req.path,
-            res.status.split()[0], res.content_length or '-',
-            req.headers.get('x-trans-id', '-'),
-            req.referer or '-', req.user_agent or '-',
-            trans_time,
-            additional_info)
-        if req.method.upper() == 'REPLICATE':
-            self.logger.debug(log_message)
-        else:
-            self.logger.info(log_message)
+        if self.log_requests:
+            log_msg = '%s - - [%s] "%s %s" %s %s "%s" "%s" "%s" %s "%s"' % (
+                req.remote_addr,
+                time.strftime('%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S +0000', time.gmtime()),
+                req.method, req.path,
+                res.status.split()[0], res.content_length or '-',
+                req.headers.get('x-trans-id', '-'),
+                req.referer or '-', req.user_agent or '-',
+                trans_time,
+                additional_info)
+            if req.method.upper() == 'REPLICATE':
+                self.logger.debug(log_msg)
+            else:
+                self.logger.info(log_msg)
         return res(env, start_response)
 
 
diff --git a/swift/container/server.py b/swift/container/server.py
index e6a3dc7b68..7f6e30ad97 100644
--- a/swift/container/server.py
+++ b/swift/container/server.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class ContainerController(object):
 
     def __init__(self, conf, logger=None):
         self.logger = logger or get_logger(conf, log_route='container-server')
+        self.log_requests = config_true_value(conf.get('log_requests', 'true'))
         self.root = conf.get('devices', '/srv/node')
         self.mount_check = config_true_value(conf.get('mount_check', 'true'))
         self.node_timeout = int(conf.get('node_timeout', 3))
@@ -501,19 +502,20 @@ class ContainerController(object):
                     {'method': req.method, 'path': req.path})
                 res = HTTPInternalServerError(body=traceback.format_exc())
         trans_time = '%.4f' % (time.time() - start_time)
-        log_message = '%s - - [%s] "%s %s" %s %s "%s" "%s" "%s" %s' % (
-            req.remote_addr,
-            time.strftime('%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S +0000',
-                          time.gmtime()),
-            req.method, req.path,
-            res.status.split()[0], res.content_length or '-',
-            req.headers.get('x-trans-id', '-'),
-            req.referer or '-', req.user_agent or '-',
-            trans_time)
-        if req.method.upper() == 'REPLICATE':
-            self.logger.debug(log_message)
-        else:
-            self.logger.info(log_message)
+        if self.log_requests:
+            log_message = '%s - - [%s] "%s %s" %s %s "%s" "%s" "%s" %s' % (
+                req.remote_addr,
+                time.strftime('%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S +0000',
+                              time.gmtime()),
+                req.method, req.path,
+                res.status.split()[0], res.content_length or '-',
+                req.headers.get('x-trans-id', '-'),
+                req.referer or '-', req.user_agent or '-',
+                trans_time)
+            if req.method.upper() == 'REPLICATE':
+                self.logger.debug(log_message)
+            else:
+                self.logger.info(log_message)
         return res(env, start_response)
 
 
diff --git a/test/unit/account/test_server.py b/test/unit/account/test_server.py
index 40ec7efdb3..4ee882bccb 100644
--- a/test/unit/account/test_server.py
+++ b/test/unit/account/test_server.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import unittest
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from shutil import rmtree
 from StringIO import StringIO
+from test.unit import FakeLogger
 
 import simplejson
 import xml.dom.minidom
@@ -1634,5 +1635,23 @@ class TestAccountController(unittest.TestCase):
             response = self.controller.__call__(env, start_response)
             self.assertEqual(response, answer)
 
+    def test_GET_log_requests_true(self):
+        self.controller.logger = FakeLogger()
+        self.controller.log_requests = True
+
+        req = Request.blank('/sda1/p/a', environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'})
+        resp = req.get_response(self.controller)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_int, 404)
+        self.assertTrue(self.controller.logger.log_dict['info'])
+
+    def test_GET_log_requests_false(self):
+        self.controller.logger = FakeLogger()
+        self.controller.log_requests = False
+        req = Request.blank('/sda1/p/a', environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'})
+        resp = req.get_response(self.controller)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_int, 404)
+        self.assertFalse(self.controller.logger.log_dict['info'])
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/unit/container/test_server.py b/test/unit/container/test_server.py
index a65e5d83ad..ae6bc487b7 100644
--- a/test/unit/container/test_server.py
+++ b/test/unit/container/test_server.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 from shutil import rmtree
 from StringIO import StringIO
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
+from test.unit import FakeLogger
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
 from eventlet import spawn, Timeout, listen
@@ -1851,6 +1852,23 @@ class TestContainerController(unittest.TestCase):
             response = self.controller.__call__(env, start_response)
             self.assertEqual(response, answer)
 
+    def test_GET_log_requests_true(self):
+        self.controller.logger = FakeLogger()
+        self.controller.log_requests = True
+
+        req = Request.blank('/sda1/p/a/c', environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'})
+        resp = req.get_response(self.controller)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_int, 404)
+        self.assertTrue(self.controller.logger.log_dict['info'])
+
+    def test_GET_log_requests_false(self):
+        self.controller.logger = FakeLogger()
+        self.controller.log_requests = False
+        req = Request.blank('/sda1/p/a/c', environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'})
+        resp = req.get_response(self.controller)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_int, 404)
+        self.assertFalse(self.controller.logger.log_dict['info'])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()