diff --git a/elastic/logs/README.md b/elastic/logs/README.md
index 3a2b0cec..cf699987 100644
--- a/elastic/logs/README.md
+++ b/elastic/logs/README.md
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ The following parameters are available:
 * `index_sorting` (default: unset): Whether index sorting should be used. Accepted values: `hostname` and `timestamp`. 
 * `synthetic_source_mode` (default: `false`): Whether to enable synthetic source.
 * `force_merge_max_num_segments` (default: unset): An integer specifying the max amount of segments the force-merge operation should use. Only supported in `logging-querying` track.
+* `index_codec` (default: `best_compression`) - The index codec to use, one of `best_compression` or `best_speed`.
 
 ### Querying parameters
 
diff --git a/elastic/logs/templates/component/track-shared-logsdb-mode.json b/elastic/logs/templates/component/track-shared-logsdb-mode.json
index e8ee4027..8d01b6dd 100644
--- a/elastic/logs/templates/component/track-shared-logsdb-mode.json
+++ b/elastic/logs/templates/component/track-shared-logsdb-mode.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
             "sort.field": [ "@timestamp", "host.name" ],
             "sort.order": [ "desc", "asc" ]
           {% endif %}
+            "codec": {{ p_index_codec }}
         }
       },
       "mappings": {
diff --git a/elastic/logs/track.json b/elastic/logs/track.json
index 2f9774f4..f3423713 100644
--- a/elastic/logs/track.json
+++ b/elastic/logs/track.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 {% set p_restore_data_streams = (restore_data_streams | default("logs-*")) %}
 {% set p_snapshot_metadata = (snapshot_metadata | default({}))%}
 {% set p_snapshot_rename_suffix = (snapshot_rename_suffix | default("") ) %}
+{% set p_index_codec = (index_codec | default("best_compression") ) %}
 
 {% set p_worker_threads_enabled = (worker_threads_enabled | default(true))  %}