diff --git a/containers/container.go b/containers/container.go
index bd15888..35223a6 100644
--- a/containers/container.go
+++ b/containers/container.go
@@ -982,6 +982,16 @@ func (c *Container) runLogParser(logPath string) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	for pid := range c.processes {
+		if processFlags, err := proc.GetFlags(pid); err == nil {
+			if processFlags.LogMonitoringDisabled {
+				klog.InfoS("skipping log monitoring due to COROOT_LOG_MONITORING=disabled", "cg", c.cgroup.Id)
+				return
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
 	containerId := string(c.id)
 
 	if logPath != "" {
diff --git a/proc/flags.go b/proc/flags.go
index dd29ea1..6a8784a 100644
--- a/proc/flags.go
+++ b/proc/flags.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 type Flags struct {
 	EbpfProfilingDisabled bool
+	LogMonitoringDisabled bool
 }
 
 func GetFlags(pid uint32) (Flags, error) {
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ func GetFlags(pid uint32) (Flags, error) {
 		switch kv[0] {
 		case "COROOT_EBPF_PROFILING":
 			flags.EbpfProfilingDisabled = strings.Contains(kv[1], "disabled")
+		case "COROOT_LOG_MONITORING":
+			flags.LogMonitoringDisabled = strings.Contains(kv[1], "disabled")
 		}
 	}
 	return flags, nil