diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 0aff3e65d..05c4a7232 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION=global
 # CODECOV_TOKEN=$(op read "op://RubyLLM/Codecov/credential")
 RUBYLLM_DEBUG=true
 RUBYLLM_STREAM_DEBUG=true
+RUBYLLM_LOG_REQUEST_BODIES=true
diff --git a/docs/_getting_started/configuration.md b/docs/_getting_started/configuration.md
index ba605bd13..bea18a3da 100644
--- a/docs/_getting_started/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/_getting_started/configuration.md
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ RubyLLM.configure do |config|
 
   # Show detailed streaming chunks
   config.log_stream_debug = true  # Or set RUBYLLM_STREAM_DEBUG=true
+  config.log_request_bodies = true # Or set RUBYLLM_LOG_REQUEST_BODIES=true
 end
 ```
 
@@ -432,6 +433,7 @@ RubyLLM.configure do |config|
   config.log_file = String
   config.log_level = Symbol
   config.log_stream_debug = Boolean
+  config.log_request_bodies = Boolean
 
   # Rails integration
   config.use_new_acts_as = Boolean
diff --git a/lib/ruby_llm/configuration.rb b/lib/ruby_llm/configuration.rb
index c1f93ed1b..7359fc956 100644
--- a/lib/ruby_llm/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby_llm/configuration.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class Configuration
                   :logger,
                   :log_file,
                   :log_level,
-                  :log_stream_debug
+                  :log_stream_debug,
+                  :log_request_bodies
 
     def initialize
       @request_timeout = 300
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ def initialize
       @log_file = $stdout
       @log_level = ENV['RUBYLLM_DEBUG'] ? Logger::DEBUG : Logger::INFO
       @log_stream_debug = ENV['RUBYLLM_STREAM_DEBUG'] == 'true'
+      @log_request_bodies = ENV['RUBYLLM_LOG_REQUEST_BODIES'] == 'true'
     end
 
     def instance_variables
diff --git a/lib/ruby_llm/connection.rb b/lib/ruby_llm/connection.rb
index 5c9245988..6f8f90c98 100644
--- a/lib/ruby_llm/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby_llm/connection.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def setup_timeout(faraday)
     def setup_logging(faraday)
       faraday.response :logger,
                        RubyLLM.logger,
-                       bodies: true,
+                       bodies: @config.log_request_bodies,
                        response: true,
                        errors: true,
                        headers: false,