diff --git a/modules/azure/api_management_api_simple/main.tf b/modules/azure/api_management_api_simple/main.tf
index 18e5720f..0de95bfd 100644
--- a/modules/azure/api_management_api_simple/main.tf
+++ b/modules/azure/api_management_api_simple/main.tf
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ resource "azurerm_api_management_api_diagnostic" "api_diagnostic" {
   http_correlation_protocol = var.api_diagnostic_settings.http_correlation_protocol
 
   frontend_request {
-    body_bytes = 32
+    body_bytes = var.api_diagnostic_settings.bytes_to_log
     headers_to_log = [
       "content-type",
       "accept",
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ resource "azurerm_api_management_api_diagnostic" "api_diagnostic" {
   }
 
   frontend_response {
-    body_bytes = 32
+    body_bytes = var.api_diagnostic_settings.bytes_to_log
     headers_to_log = [
       "content-type",
       "content-length",
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ resource "azurerm_api_management_api_diagnostic" "api_diagnostic" {
   }
 
   backend_request {
-    body_bytes = 32
+    body_bytes = var.api_diagnostic_settings.bytes_to_log
     headers_to_log = [
       "content-type",
       "accept",
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ resource "azurerm_api_management_api_diagnostic" "api_diagnostic" {
   }
 
   backend_response {
-    body_bytes = 32
+    body_bytes = var.api_diagnostic_settings.bytes_to_log
     headers_to_log = [
       "content-type",
       "content-length",
diff --git a/modules/azure/api_management_api_simple/variables.tf b/modules/azure/api_management_api_simple/variables.tf
index 806435d0..3a1f9fd1 100644
--- a/modules/azure/api_management_api_simple/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/azure/api_management_api_simple/variables.tf
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ variable "api_management_logger_id" {
 variable "api_diagnostic_settings" {
   type = object({
     sampling_percentage       = number,
+    bytes_to_log              = number,
     always_log_errors         = bool,
     log_client_ip             = bool,
     verbosity                 = string, # possible values: verbose, information, error
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ variable "api_diagnostic_settings" {
 
   default = {
     sampling_percentage       = 5.0,
+    bytes_to_log              = 32
     always_log_errors         = true,
     log_client_ip             = true,
     verbosity                 = "verbose", # possible values: verbose, information, error