diff --git a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/bootstrap/EntitlementBootstrap.java b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/bootstrap/EntitlementBootstrap.java
index 19acd0decdca7..364c81bf2d263 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/bootstrap/EntitlementBootstrap.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/bootstrap/EntitlementBootstrap.java
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public record BootstrapArgs(
         Function<Class<?>, String> pluginResolver,
         Path[] dataDirs,
         Path configDir,
-        Path tempDir
+        Path tempDir,
+        Path logsDir
     ) {
         public BootstrapArgs {
             requireNonNull(pluginPolicies);
@@ -64,22 +65,24 @@ public static BootstrapArgs bootstrapArgs() {
      *
      * @param pluginPolicies a map holding policies for plugins (and modules), by plugin (or module) name.
      * @param pluginResolver a functor to map a Java Class to the plugin it belongs to (the plugin name).
-     * @param dataDirs data directories for Elasticsearch
-     * @param configDir the config directory for Elasticsearch
-     * @param tempDir the temp directory for Elasticsearch
+     * @param dataDirs       data directories for Elasticsearch
+     * @param configDir      the config directory for Elasticsearch
+     * @param tempDir        the temp directory for Elasticsearch
+     * @param logsDir        the log directory for Elasticsearch
      */
     public static void bootstrap(
         Map<String, Policy> pluginPolicies,
         Function<Class<?>, String> pluginResolver,
         Path[] dataDirs,
         Path configDir,
-        Path tempDir
+        Path tempDir,
+        Path logsDir
     ) {
         logger.debug("Loading entitlement agent");
         if (EntitlementBootstrap.bootstrapArgs != null) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("plugin data is already set");
         }
-        EntitlementBootstrap.bootstrapArgs = new BootstrapArgs(pluginPolicies, pluginResolver, dataDirs, configDir, tempDir);
+        EntitlementBootstrap.bootstrapArgs = new BootstrapArgs(pluginPolicies, pluginResolver, dataDirs, configDir, tempDir, logsDir);
         exportInitializationToAgent();
         loadAgent(findAgentJar());
         selfTest();
diff --git a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/initialization/EntitlementInitialization.java b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/initialization/EntitlementInitialization.java
index 9c8e5c33632d7..97b7eed01cc2c 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/initialization/EntitlementInitialization.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/initialization/EntitlementInitialization.java
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ private static PolicyManager createPolicyManager() {
         EntitlementBootstrap.BootstrapArgs bootstrapArgs = EntitlementBootstrap.bootstrapArgs();
         Map<String, Policy> pluginPolicies = bootstrapArgs.pluginPolicies();
         var pathLookup = new PathLookup(bootstrapArgs.configDir(), bootstrapArgs.dataDirs(), bootstrapArgs.tempDir());
+        Path logsDir = EntitlementBootstrap.bootstrapArgs().logsDir();
 
         // TODO(ES-10031): Decide what goes in the elasticsearch default policy and extend it
         var serverPolicy = new Policy(
@@ -147,7 +148,10 @@ private static PolicyManager createPolicyManager() {
                         new LoadNativeLibrariesEntitlement(),
                         new ManageThreadsEntitlement(),
                         new FilesEntitlement(
-                            List.of(FilesEntitlement.FileData.ofPath(EntitlementBootstrap.bootstrapArgs().tempDir(), READ_WRITE))
+                            List.of(
+                                FilesEntitlement.FileData.ofPath(EntitlementBootstrap.bootstrapArgs().tempDir(), READ_WRITE),
+                                FilesEntitlement.FileData.ofPath(EntitlementBootstrap.bootstrapArgs().logsDir(), READ_WRITE)
+                            )
                         )
                     )
                 ),
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/Elasticsearch.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/Elasticsearch.java
index ea7a0b5dcf47b..6e07c7012cc06 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/Elasticsearch.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/Elasticsearch.java
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ private static void initPhase2(Bootstrap bootstrap) throws IOException {
                 pluginsResolver::resolveClassToPluginName,
                 nodeEnv.dataDirs(),
                 nodeEnv.configDir(),
-                nodeEnv.tmpDir()
+                nodeEnv.tmpDir(),
+                nodeEnv.logsDir()
             );
         } else {
             assert RuntimeVersionFeature.isSecurityManagerAvailable();