diff --git a/githubapp/middleware_logging.go b/githubapp/middleware_logging.go
index 79a9c163..46b40e58 100644
--- a/githubapp/middleware_logging.go
+++ b/githubapp/middleware_logging.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func ClientLogging(lvl zerolog.Level, opts ...ClientLoggingOption) ClientMiddlew
 				cached := res.Header.Get(httpcache.XFromCache) != ""
 				evt.Bool("cached", cached).
 					Int("status", res.StatusCode)
-				if requestID := res.Header.Get(httpHeaderRequestID); requestID != "" {
+				if requestID := res.Header.Get(httpHeaderRequestID); options.LogGitHubRequestID && requestID != "" {
 					evt.Str("github_request_id", requestID)
 				}
 
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ type clientLoggingOptions struct {
 
 	// Output control
 	LogRateLimitInformation *RateLimitLoggingOption
+	LogGitHubRequestID      bool
 }
 
 // RateLimitLoggingOption controls which rate limit information is logged.
@@ -152,6 +153,13 @@ func LogRateLimitInformation(options *RateLimitLoggingOption) ClientLoggingOptio
 	}
 }
 
+// LogGitHubRequestID enables logging of the request ID returned by GitHub.
+func LogGitHubRequestID() ClientLoggingOption {
+	return func(opts *clientLoggingOptions) {
+		opts.LogGitHubRequestID = true
+	}
+}
+
 func mirrorRequestBody(r *http.Request) (*http.Request, []byte, error) {
 	switch {
 	case r.Body == nil || r.Body == http.NoBody: