diff --git a/e2e/internal/contrasttest/contrasttest.go b/e2e/internal/contrasttest/contrasttest.go
index e157fce17e..f235ab17df 100644
--- a/e2e/internal/contrasttest/contrasttest.go
+++ b/e2e/internal/contrasttest/contrasttest.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (ct *ContrastTest) Init(t *testing.T, resources []any) {
 	resources = kuberesource.PatchNamespaces(resources, ct.Namespace)
 	resources = kuberesource.PatchServiceMeshAdminInterface(resources, 9901)
 	resources = kuberesource.PatchCoordinatorMetrics(resources, 9102)
-	resources = kuberesource.AddLogging(resources, "debug")
+	resources = kuberesource.AddLogging(resources, "debug", "*")
 	unstructuredResources, err := kuberesource.ResourcesToUnstructured(resources)
 	require.NoError(err)
 
diff --git a/internal/kuberesource/mutators.go b/internal/kuberesource/mutators.go
index 43a9da52a1..4df9bc7fa9 100644
--- a/internal/kuberesource/mutators.go
+++ b/internal/kuberesource/mutators.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func AddLoadBalancers(resources []any) []any {
 }
 
 // AddLogging modifies Contrast Coordinators among the resources to enable debug logging.
-func AddLogging(resources []any, level string) []any {
+func AddLogging(resources []any, level, subsystem string) []any {
 	for _, resource := range resources {
 		switch r := resource.(type) {
 		case *applyappsv1.StatefulSetApplyConfiguration:
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func AddLogging(resources []any, level string) []any {
 				r.Spec.Template.Annotations["contrast.edgeless.systems/pod-role"] == "coordinator" {
 				r.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].WithEnv(
 					NewEnvVar("CONTRAST_LOG_LEVEL", level),
-					NewEnvVar("CONTRAST_LOG_SUBSYSTEMS", "*"),
+					NewEnvVar("CONTRAST_LOG_SUBSYSTEMS", subsystem),
 				)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/internal/kuberesource/resourcegen/main.go b/internal/kuberesource/resourcegen/main.go
index e568427e2a..0800fabf37 100644
--- a/internal/kuberesource/resourcegen/main.go
+++ b/internal/kuberesource/resourcegen/main.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func main() {
 	addLoadBalancers := flag.Bool("add-load-balancers", false, "Add load balancers to selected services")
 	addNamespaceObject := flag.Bool("add-namespace-object", false, "Add namespace object with the given namespace")
 	addPortForwarders := flag.Bool("add-port-forwarders", false, "Add port forwarder pods for all services")
+	addLogging := flag.Bool("add-logging", false, "Add logging configuration, based on CONTRAST_LOG_LEVEL and CONTRAST_LOG_SUBSYSTEMS environment variables")
 	rawPlatform := flag.String("platform", "", "Deployment platform to generate the runtime configuration for")
 	flag.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: %s [flags] <set>...\n", os.Args[0])
@@ -76,6 +77,18 @@ func main() {
 		resources = kuberesource.AddLoadBalancers(resources)
 	}
 
+	if *addLogging {
+		logLevel := os.Getenv("CONTRAST_LOG_LEVEL")
+		if logLevel == "" {
+			logLevel = "info"
+		}
+		logSubSystems := os.Getenv("CONTRAST_LOG_SUBSYSTEMS")
+		if logSubSystems == "" {
+			logSubSystems = "*"
+		}
+		resources = kuberesource.AddLogging(resources, logLevel, logSubSystems)
+	}
+
 	var replacements map[string]string
 	if *imageReplacementsPath != "" {
 		f, err := os.Open(*imageReplacementsPath)
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 711a96295b..02da231000 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ populate target=default_deploy_target platform=default_platform:
         --image-replacements ./{{ workspace_dir }}/just.containerlookup \
         --namespace {{ target }}${namespace_suffix-} \
         --add-port-forwarders \
+        --add-logging \
         --platform {{ platform }} \
         {{ target }} coordinator > ./{{ workspace_dir }}/deployment/deployment.yml
     echo "{{ target }}${namespace_suffix-}" > ./{{ workspace_dir }}/just.namespace