diff --git a/hieradata/roles/infra/metrics/grafana.yaml b/hieradata/roles/infra/metrics/grafana.yaml
index eae541d..27633de 100644
--- a/hieradata/roles/infra/metrics/grafana.yaml
+++ b/hieradata/roles/infra/metrics/grafana.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ profiles::metrics::grafana::db_name: "%{hiera('profiles::sql::postgresdb::dbname
 profiles::metrics::grafana::db_user: "%{hiera('profiles::sql::postgresdb::dbuser')}"
 profiles::metrics::grafana::db_pass: "%{hiera('profiles::sql::postgresdb::dbpass')}"
 profiles::metrics::grafana::pgsql_backend: true
+profiles::metrics::grafana::plugins:
+  victoriametrics-logs-datasource:
+    ensure: present
 
 # additional altnames
 profiles::pki::vault::alt_names:
diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/grafana.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/grafana.pp
index 6b7a723..a97163c 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/grafana.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/grafana.pp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class profiles::metrics::grafana (
   String    $db_pass     = fqdn_rand_string(16),
   Stdlib::Host $db_host  = '127.0.0.1',
   Stdlib::Port $db_port  = 5432,
+  Hash      $plugins     = {}
 ) {
 
   # set the fqdn
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ class profiles::metrics::grafana (
   class { 'grafana':
     cfg      => $cfg,
     ldap_cfg => $ldap_cfg,
+    plugins  => $plugins,
   }
 
   # fix the package provided systemd service