diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
index fcb5b33ad67..c003463f16c 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ private enum AgentFeature {
     USM(propertyNameToSystemPropertyName(UsmConfig.USM_ENABLED), false),
     TELEMETRY(propertyNameToSystemPropertyName(GeneralConfig.TELEMETRY_ENABLED), true),
     DEBUGGER(propertyNameToSystemPropertyName(DebuggerConfig.DEBUGGER_ENABLED), false),
-    DATA_JOBS(propertyNameToSystemPropertyName(GeneralConfig.DATA_JOBS_ENABLED), false);
+    DATA_JOBS(propertyNameToSystemPropertyName(GeneralConfig.DATA_JOBS_ENABLED), false),
+    AGENTLESS_LOG_SUBMISSION(
+        propertyNameToSystemPropertyName(GeneralConfig.AGENTLESS_LOG_SUBMISSION_ENABLED), false);
 
     private final String systemProp;
     private final boolean enabledByDefault;
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ public boolean isEnabledByDefault() {
   private static boolean usmEnabled = false;
   private static boolean telemetryEnabled = true;
   private static boolean debuggerEnabled = false;
+  private static boolean agentlessLogSubmissionEnabled = false;
 
   public static void start(final Instrumentation inst, final URL agentJarURL, String agentArgs) {
     StaticEventLogger.begin("Agent");
@@ -231,6 +234,7 @@ public static void start(final Instrumentation inst, final URL agentJarURL, Stri
     cwsEnabled = isFeatureEnabled(AgentFeature.CWS);
     telemetryEnabled = isFeatureEnabled(AgentFeature.TELEMETRY);
     debuggerEnabled = isFeatureEnabled(AgentFeature.DEBUGGER);
+    agentlessLogSubmissionEnabled = isFeatureEnabled(AgentFeature.AGENTLESS_LOG_SUBMISSION);
 
     if (profilingEnabled) {
       if (!isOracleJDK8()) {
@@ -362,7 +366,9 @@ public static void shutdown(final boolean sync) {
     if (telemetryEnabled) {
       stopTelemetry();
     }
-    shutdownLogsIntake();
+    if (agentlessLogSubmissionEnabled) {
+      shutdownLogsIntake();
+    }
   }
 
   public static synchronized Class<?> installAgentCLI() throws Exception {
@@ -801,18 +807,20 @@ private static void maybeStartCiVisibility(Instrumentation inst, Class<?> scoCla
   }
 
   private static void maybeStartLogsIntake(Class<?> scoClass, Object sco) {
-    StaticEventLogger.begin("Logs Intake");
+    if (agentlessLogSubmissionEnabled) {
+      StaticEventLogger.begin("Logs Intake");
 
-    try {
-      final Class<?> logsIntakeSystemClass =
-          AGENT_CLASSLOADER.loadClass("datadog.trace.logging.intake.LogsIntakeSystem");
-      final Method logsIntakeInstallerMethod = logsIntakeSystemClass.getMethod("start", scoClass);
-      logsIntakeInstallerMethod.invoke(null, sco);
-    } catch (final Throwable e) {
-      log.warn("Not starting Logs Intake subsystem", e);
-    }
+      try {
+        final Class<?> logsIntakeSystemClass =
+            AGENT_CLASSLOADER.loadClass("datadog.trace.logging.intake.LogsIntakeSystem");
+        final Method logsIntakeInstallerMethod = logsIntakeSystemClass.getMethod("start", scoClass);
+        logsIntakeInstallerMethod.invoke(null, sco);
+      } catch (final Throwable e) {
+        log.warn("Not starting Logs Intake subsystem", e);
+      }
 
-    StaticEventLogger.end("Logs Intake");
+      StaticEventLogger.end("Logs Intake");
+    }
   }
 
   private static void shutdownLogsIntake() {