diff --git a/orbit/changes/14657-log-flag b/orbit/changes/14657-log-flag
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..497abca02f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orbit/changes/14657-log-flag
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Allow to configure the orbit `--log-file` flag via an environment variable `ORBIT_LOG_FILE`.
diff --git a/orbit/cmd/orbit/orbit.go b/orbit/cmd/orbit/orbit.go
index 3e9f56df12..ab11ff51f0 100644
--- a/orbit/cmd/orbit/orbit.go
+++ b/orbit/cmd/orbit/orbit.go
@@ -144,8 +144,9 @@ func main() {
 			Usage: "Get Orbit version",
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:  "log-file",
-			Usage: "Log to this file path in addition to stderr",
+			Name:    "log-file",
+			Usage:   "Log to this file path in addition to stderr",
+			EnvVars: []string{"ORBIT_LOG_FILE"},
 		},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:    "fleet-desktop",