diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 33c54af9c..c50d615d0 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ func (n *NGINXController) createServers(data []*extensions.Ingress,
 					defLoc.Ingress = ing
 
 					// we need to use the ingress annotations
+					defLoc.Logs = anns.Logs
 					defLoc.BasicDigestAuth = anns.BasicDigestAuth
 					defLoc.ClientBodyBufferSize = anns.ClientBodyBufferSize
 					defLoc.ConfigurationSnippet = anns.ConfigurationSnippet