diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index acc7c8efa..8bb0ab056 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
        - Open sockets with SO_REUSEPORT to allow multiple osrm-routed processes serving requests from the same port.
        - Add SIGNAL_PARENT_WHEN_READY environment variable to enable osrm-routed signal its parent with USR1 when it's running and waiting for requests.
      - BREAKING: Intersection Classification adds a new file to the mix (osrm.icd). This breaks the fileformat for older versions.
+     - Disable http access logging via DISABLE_ACCESS_LOGGING environment
+       variable.
 
    - Guidance:
      - improved detection of turning streets, not reporting new-name in wrong situations
diff --git a/docs/http.md b/docs/http.md
index 4c68bd640..338ab6485 100644
--- a/docs/http.md
+++ b/docs/http.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ send the USR1 signal to its parent when it will be running and waiting for
 requests. This could be used to upgrade osrm-routed to a new binary on the fly
 without any service downtime - no incoming requests will be lost.
 
+### DISABLE_ACCESS_LOGGING
+
+If the DISABLE_ACCESS_LOGGING environment variable is set osrm-routed will
+**not** log any http requests to standard output. This can be useful in high
+traffic setup.
+
 ## HTTP API
 
 `osrm-routed` supports only `GET` requests of the form. If you your response size
diff --git a/src/server/request_handler.cpp b/src/server/request_handler.cpp
index cfe74f257..026efd999 100644
--- a/src/server/request_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/server/request_handler.cpp
@@ -64,17 +64,20 @@ void RequestHandler::HandleRequest(const http::request &current_request, http::r
         ltime = time(nullptr);
         time_stamp = localtime(&ltime);
 
-        // log timestamp
-        util::SimpleLogger().Write()
-            << (time_stamp->tm_mday < 10 ? "0" : "") << time_stamp->tm_mday << "-"
-            << (time_stamp->tm_mon + 1 < 10 ? "0" : "") << (time_stamp->tm_mon + 1) << "-"
-            << 1900 + time_stamp->tm_year << " " << (time_stamp->tm_hour < 10 ? "0" : "")
-            << time_stamp->tm_hour << ":" << (time_stamp->tm_min < 10 ? "0" : "")
-            << time_stamp->tm_min << ":" << (time_stamp->tm_sec < 10 ? "0" : "")
-            << time_stamp->tm_sec << " " << current_request.endpoint.to_string() << " "
-            << current_request.referrer << (0 == current_request.referrer.length() ? "- " : " ")
-            << current_request.agent << (0 == current_request.agent.length() ? "- " : " ")
-            << request_string;
+        if (!std::getenv("DISABLE_ACCESS_LOGGING"))
+        {
+            // log timestamp
+            util::SimpleLogger().Write()
+                << (time_stamp->tm_mday < 10 ? "0" : "") << time_stamp->tm_mday << "-"
+                << (time_stamp->tm_mon + 1 < 10 ? "0" : "") << (time_stamp->tm_mon + 1) << "-"
+                << 1900 + time_stamp->tm_year << " " << (time_stamp->tm_hour < 10 ? "0" : "")
+                << time_stamp->tm_hour << ":" << (time_stamp->tm_min < 10 ? "0" : "")
+                << time_stamp->tm_min << ":" << (time_stamp->tm_sec < 10 ? "0" : "")
+                << time_stamp->tm_sec << " " << current_request.endpoint.to_string() << " "
+                << current_request.referrer << (0 == current_request.referrer.length() ? "- " : " ")
+                << current_request.agent << (0 == current_request.agent.length() ? "- " : " ")
+                << request_string;
+        }
 
         auto api_iterator = request_string.begin();
         auto maybe_parsed_url = api::parseURL(api_iterator, request_string.end());