diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ManagementServerProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ManagementServerProperties.java
index e476398f5415..fcb2a06c8d7c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ManagementServerProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ManagementServerProperties.java
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ public class ManagementServerProperties {
 	 */
 	private String basePath = "";
 
+	/**
+	 * Enable management access logs to be prefixed with management_
+	 * management.server.accesslog.prefix.
+	 */
+	private boolean accesslogPrefix = true;
+
 	@NestedConfigurationProperty
 	private Ssl ssl;
 
@@ -117,4 +123,12 @@ private String cleanBasePath(String basePath) {
 		return candidate;
 	}
 
+	public boolean getPrefixAccessLogs() {
+		return this.accesslogPrefix;
+	}
+
+	public void setAccesslogPrefix(boolean accesslogPrefix) {
+		this.accesslogPrefix = accesslogPrefix;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/servlet/ServletManagementChildContextConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/servlet/ServletManagementChildContextConfiguration.java
index 71beda39b6ba..f7b0b5159b77 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/servlet/ServletManagementChildContextConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/servlet/ServletManagementChildContextConfiguration.java
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ UndertowAccessLogCustomizer undertowManagementAccessLogCustomizer() {
 
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnClass(name = "org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve")
-	TomcatAccessLogCustomizer tomcatManagementAccessLogCustomizer() {
-		return new TomcatAccessLogCustomizer();
+	TomcatAccessLogCustomizer tomcatManagementAccessLogCustomizer(
+			ManagementServerProperties managementServerProperties) {
+		return new TomcatAccessLogCustomizer(managementServerProperties);
 	}
 
 	@Bean
@@ -165,13 +166,22 @@ public int getOrder() {
 	static class TomcatAccessLogCustomizer extends AccessLogCustomizer
 			implements WebServerFactoryCustomizer<TomcatServletWebServerFactory> {
 
+		private final ManagementServerProperties managementServerProperties;
+
+		TomcatAccessLogCustomizer(ManagementServerProperties managementServerProperties) {
+			this.managementServerProperties = managementServerProperties;
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		public void customize(TomcatServletWebServerFactory factory) {
 			AccessLogValve accessLogValve = findAccessLogValve(factory);
 			if (accessLogValve == null) {
 				return;
 			}
-			accessLogValve.setPrefix(customizePrefix(accessLogValve.getPrefix()));
+
+			if (this.managementServerProperties.getPrefixAccessLogs()) {
+				accessLogValve.setPrefix(customizePrefix(accessLogValve.getPrefix()));
+			}
 		}
 
 		private AccessLogValve findAccessLogValve(TomcatServletWebServerFactory factory) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ManagementServerPropertiesTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ManagementServerPropertiesTests.java
index 8ab33edfe81b..88452aa250a3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ManagementServerPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ManagementServerPropertiesTests.java
@@ -68,4 +68,11 @@ void slashOfBasePathIsDefaultValue() {
 		assertThat(properties.getBasePath()).isEmpty();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void accessLogsArePrefixedByDefault() {
+		ManagementServerProperties properties = new ManagementServerProperties();
+		properties.setAccesslogPrefix(true);
+		assertThat(properties.getPrefixAccessLogs()).isTrue();
+	}
+
 }