diff --git a/config/default.yaml b/config/default.yaml
index d2c713b52..cbe6fa9ea 100644
--- a/config/default.yaml
+++ b/config/default.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ log:
     maxFileSize: 12MB
     maxFiles: 20
   anonymizeIP: false
+  log_ping_requests: true
 
 trending:
   videos:
diff --git a/config/production.yaml.example b/config/production.yaml.example
index 4506ce259..8a3f26a1c 100644
--- a/config/production.yaml.example
+++ b/config/production.yaml.example
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ log:
     maxFileSize: 12MB
     maxFiles: 20
   anonymizeIP: false
+  log_ping_requests: true
 
 trending:
   videos:
diff --git a/server.ts b/server.ts
index e674a09d4..f844c9564 100644
--- a/server.ts
+++ b/server.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ morgan.token('user-agent', (req: express.Request) => {
   return req.get('user-agent')
 })
 app.use(morgan('combined', {
-  stream: { write: logger.info.bind(logger) }
+  stream: { write: logger.info.bind(logger) },
+  skip: function (req, res) {
+    return (req.path === '/api/v1/ping' && CONFIG.LOG.LOG_PING_REQUESTS === false)
+  },
 }))
 
 // For body requests
diff --git a/server/initializers/config.ts b/server/initializers/config.ts
index 0f58dc1d4..1630f7f0c 100644
--- a/server/initializers/config.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/config.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ const CONFIG = {
       MAX_FILE_SIZE: bytes.parse(config.get<string>('log.rotation.maxFileSize')),
       MAX_FILES: config.get<number>('log.rotation.maxFiles')
     },
-    ANONYMIZE_IP: config.get<boolean>('log.anonymizeIP')
+    ANONYMIZE_IP: config.get<boolean>('log.anonymizeIP'),
+    LOG_PING_REQUESTS: config.get<boolean>('log.log_ping_requests')
   },
   TRENDING: {
     VIDEOS: {
diff --git a/support/docker/production/config/custom-environment-variables.yaml b/support/docker/production/config/custom-environment-variables.yaml
index 954c3714b..63459d8a0 100644
--- a/support/docker/production/config/custom-environment-variables.yaml
+++ b/support/docker/production/config/custom-environment-variables.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ smtp:
     __format: "json"
   from_address: "PEERTUBE_SMTP_FROM"
 
+log:
+  log_ping_requests:
+    __name: "PEERTUBE_LOG_PING_REQUESTS"
+    __format: "json"
+
 user:
   video_quota:
     __name: "PEERTUBE_USER_VIDEO_QUOTA"