diff --git a/tools/gate/Jenkinsfile b/tools/gate/Jenkinsfile
index 9a01fdb00..ecd87cf4b 100644
--- a/tools/gate/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/tools/gate/Jenkinsfile
@@ -318,7 +318,9 @@ def sanity_tests = {
 
 //// main flow
 
-vm(timeout: 360, publicNet: 'foundry') {
+vm(timeout: 360,
+   publicNet: 'foundry',
+   artifactoryLogs: ARTIFACTORY_LOGS.toBoolean()) {
     // wait and make sure genesis is up
     ssh.wait (GENESIS_CREDS, GENESIS_IP, 'hostname')
 
diff --git a/tools/gate/seed.groovy b/tools/gate/seed.groovy
index a5ebb9132..245e890dc 100644
--- a/tools/gate/seed.groovy
+++ b/tools/gate/seed.groovy
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ pipelineJob('airship-seaworthy') {
             name("AIRSHIP_MANIFESTS_REF")
             trim(true)
         }
+        booleanParam {
+            defaultValue(true)
+            description('Flag to publish the console log from the pipeline run to artifactory. ' +
+                        'Set this value to false, if you should want to suppress uploading ' +
+                        'and publishing of the pipeline logs to the artifactory.')
+            name("ARTIFACTORY_LOGS")
+        }
+
     }