diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qora/api/ApiService.java b/src/main/java/org/qora/api/ApiService.java
index afa5ed9c..2a24f64e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qora/api/ApiService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qora/api/ApiService.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.jaxrs2.integration.resources.OpenApiResource;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.rewrite.handler.RedirectPatternRule;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.rewrite.handler.RewriteHandler;
-
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.NCSARequestLog;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ErrorHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.InetAccessHandler;
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ public class ApiService {
 		ErrorHandler errorHandler = new ApiErrorHandler();
 		this.server.setErrorHandler(errorHandler);
 
+		// Request logging
+		if (Settings.getInstance().isApiLoggingEnabled()) {
+			NCSARequestLog requestLog = new NCSARequestLog("API-requests.log");
+			requestLog.setAppend(true);
+			requestLog.setExtended(false);
+			requestLog.setLogTimeZone("UTC");
+			requestLog.setLogLatency(true);
+			server.setRequestLog(requestLog);
+		}
+
 		// IP address based access control
 		InetAccessHandler accessHandler = new InetAccessHandler();
 		for (String pattern : Settings.getInstance().getApiWhitelist()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qora/settings/Settings.java b/src/main/java/org/qora/settings/Settings.java
index 266adfe4..b8012fdc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qora/settings/Settings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qora/settings/Settings.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class Settings {
 		"::1", "127.0.0.1"
 	};
 	private Boolean apiRestricted;
+	private boolean apiLoggingEnabled = false;
 
 	// Specific to this node
 	private boolean wipeUnconfirmedOnStart = false;
@@ -187,6 +188,10 @@ public class Settings {
 		return !BlockChain.getInstance().isTestNet();
 	}
 
+	public boolean isApiLoggingEnabled() {
+		return this.apiLoggingEnabled;
+	}
+
 	public boolean getWipeUnconfirmedOnStart() {
 		return this.wipeUnconfirmedOnStart;
 	}