diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index eca9a2e..1d9e8cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 == 0.4.0 - unreleased
 
+:188: https://github.com/stackabletech/agent/pull/188[#188]
+
+=== Added
+* Annotation `featureLogs` added to the pods to indicate if logs can be
+  retrieved with `kubectl logs` ({188}).
+
 == 0.3.0 - 2021-05-27
 
 :165: https://github.com/stackabletech/agent/pull/165[#165]
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc
index 4a884e4..3363c9e 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 ** xref:installation/building.adoc[]
 ** xref:installation/binaries.adoc[]
 * xref:configuration.adoc[]
+* Monitoring
+** xref:monitoring/logs.adoc[]
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/logs.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/logs.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8695ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/logs.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+= Logs
+
+The logs of a pod can be retrieved with `kubectl logs`.
+
+    $ kubectl logs apache-kafka
+    [2021-06-01 13:51:03,852] INFO Registered kafka:type=kafka.Log4jController MBean (kafka.utils.Log4jControllerRegistration$)
+    [2021-06-01 13:51:04,361] INFO Registered signal handlers for TERM, INT, HUP (org.apache.kafka.common.utils.LoggingSignalHandler)
+    [2021-06-01 13:51:04,362] INFO starting (kafka.server.KafkaServer)
+
+For this to work systemd version 232 or newer must be installed on the
+node. This is the case for Debian 10 and CentOS 8 but not for CentOS 7.
+The annotation `featureLogs` with a value of `true` or `false` is added
+to all pods to indicate the availability of the logs.
+
+    $ kubectl describe pod apache-kafka
+    …
+    Annotations:  featureLogs: true
+    …
+
+If `featureLogs` is `false` then the output of `kubectl logs` is empty.
+
+The following options are not yet supported:
+
+  * `--limit-bytes`
+  * `-p --previous`
+  * `--since`
+  * `--since-time`
+  * `--timestamps`
diff --git a/src/provider/mod.rs b/src/provider/mod.rs
index a8263d3..0f01cb3 100644
--- a/src/provider/mod.rs
+++ b/src/provider/mod.rs
@@ -339,27 +339,27 @@ impl Provider for StackableProvider {
                 container_key
             )
         })?;
-        let invocation_id = container_handle.invocation_id.ok_or_else(|| {
-            anyhow!(
-                "Invocation ID for container [{}] in pod [{:?}] is unknown. \
-                The service is probably not started yet.",
-                container_key,
-                pod_key
-            )
-        })?;
-
-        task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-            let result = Runtime::new()
-                .unwrap()
-                .block_on(journal_reader::send_messages(&mut sender, &invocation_id));
 
-            if let Err(error) = result {
-                match error.downcast_ref::<SendError>() {
-                    Some(SendError::ChannelClosed) => (),
-                    _ => error!("Log could not be sent. {}", error),
+        if let Some(invocation_id) = container_handle.invocation_id {
+            task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+                let result = Runtime::new()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .block_on(journal_reader::send_messages(&mut sender, &invocation_id));
+
+                if let Err(error) = result {
+                    match error.downcast_ref::<SendError>() {
+                        Some(SendError::ChannelClosed) => (),
+                        _ => error!("Log could not be sent. {}", error),
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-        });
+            });
+        } else {
+            debug!(
+                "Logs for pod [{:?}] and container [{:?}] cannot be sent \
+                   because the invocation ID is not available.",
+                pod_key, container_key
+            );
+        }
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/provider/states/pod/starting.rs b/src/provider/states/pod/starting.rs
index 841093a..1d4f40c 100644
--- a/src/provider/states/pod/starting.rs
+++ b/src/provider/states/pod/starting.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ use crate::provider::{
 };
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use kube::{
+    api::{Patch, PatchParams},
+    Api, Client,
+};
 use kubelet::pod::state::prelude::*;
 use kubelet::{
     container::ContainerKey,
     pod::{Pod, PodKey},
 };
 use log::{debug, error, info};
+use serde_json::json;
 use std::time::Instant;
 use tokio::time::{self, Duration};
 
@@ -53,10 +58,11 @@ async fn start_service_units(
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let pod_key = &PodKey::from(pod);
 
-    let (systemd_manager, pod_handle) = {
+    let (client, systemd_manager, pod_handle) = {
         let provider_state = shared.read().await;
         let handles = provider_state.handles.read().await;
         (
+            provider_state.client.clone(),
             provider_state.systemd_manager.clone(),
             handles.get(&pod_key).map(PodHandle::to_owned),
         )
@@ -87,8 +93,17 @@ async fn start_service_units(
             await_startup(&systemd_manager, service_unit, Duration::from_secs(10)).await?;
         }
 
-        let invocation_id = systemd_manager.get_invocation_id(service_unit).await?;
-        store_invocation_id(shared.clone(), pod_key, &container_key, &invocation_id).await?;
+        let maybe_invocation_id = systemd_manager.get_invocation_id(service_unit).await.ok();
+        if let Some(invocation_id) = &maybe_invocation_id {
+            store_invocation_id(shared.clone(), pod_key, &container_key, &invocation_id).await?;
+        }
+        add_annotation(
+            &client,
+            pod,
+            "featureLogs",
+            &maybe_invocation_id.is_some().to_string(),
+        )
+        .await?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -143,3 +158,35 @@ async fn store_invocation_id(
     let mut handles = provider_state.handles.write().await;
     handles.set_invocation_id(&pod_key, &container_key, invocation_id)
 }
+
+/// Adds an annotation to the given pod.
+///
+/// If there is already an annotation with the given key then the value
+/// is replaced.
+/// The function returns when the patch is sent. It does not await the
+/// changes to be visible to the watching clients.
+async fn add_annotation(client: &Client, pod: &Pod, key: &str, value: &str) -> kube::Result<Pod> {
+    debug!(
+        "Adding annotation [{}: {}] to pod [{:?}]",
+        key,
+        value,
+        PodKey::from(pod)
+    );
+
+    let api: Api<Pod> = Api::namespaced(client.clone(), pod.namespace());
+
+    let patch = json!({
+        "metadata": {
+            "annotations": {
+                key: value
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    api.patch(
+        pod.name(),
+        &PatchParams::default(),
+        &Patch::Strategic(patch),
+    )
+    .await
+}
diff --git a/src/provider/systemdmanager/manager.rs b/src/provider/systemdmanager/manager.rs
index 05bf3d1..7d1a312 100644
--- a/src/provider/systemdmanager/manager.rs
+++ b/src/provider/systemdmanager/manager.rs
@@ -389,6 +389,8 @@ impl SystemdManager {
     }
 
     /// Retrieves the invocation ID for the given unit.
+    ///
+    /// The invocation ID was introduced in systemd version 232.
     pub async fn get_invocation_id(&self, unit: &str) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
         self.proxy
             .load_unit(unit)