diff --git a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
index 0deac366e7f..490e10da69d 100644
--- a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ Experimental features might be changed or removed without prior notice.
 | `flameGraphItemCollapsing`                  | Allow collapsing of flame graph items                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | `pluginsSkipHostEnvVars`                    | Disables passing host environment variable to plugin processes                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 | `tableSharedCrosshair`                      | Enables shared crosshair in table panel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| `enablePluginsTracingByDefault`             | Enable plugin tracing for all external plugins                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 
 ## Development feature toggles
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index bfe5b6a2dab..a767ba54f49 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -171,4 +171,5 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   alertStateHistoryAnnotationsFromLoki?: boolean;
   lokiQueryHints?: boolean;
   alertingPreviewUpgrade?: boolean;
+  enablePluginsTracingByDefault?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index 5263799d480..a72c9e72209 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -1297,5 +1297,13 @@ var (
 			RequiresRestart: true,
 			Created:         time.Date(2024, time.January, 3, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 		},
+		{
+			Name:         "enablePluginsTracingByDefault",
+			Description:  "Enable plugin tracing for all external plugins",
+			FrontendOnly: false,
+			Stage:        FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Owner:        grafanaPluginsPlatformSquad,
+			Created:      time.Date(2024, time.January, 9, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		},
 	}
 )
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index 66b35a6fa34..ee82fd41147 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -152,3 +152,4 @@ displayAnonymousStats,GA,@grafana/identity-access-team,2023-11-29,false,false,fa
 alertStateHistoryAnnotationsFromLoki,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,2023-11-30,false,false,true,false
 lokiQueryHints,GA,@grafana/observability-logs,2023-12-18,false,false,false,true
 alertingPreviewUpgrade,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,2024-01-03,false,false,true,false
+enablePluginsTracingByDefault,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,2024-01-09,false,false,false,false
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
index 94121367c71..2a4db299416 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
@@ -618,4 +618,8 @@ const (
 	// FlagAlertingPreviewUpgrade
 	// Show Unified Alerting preview and upgrade page in legacy alerting
 	FlagAlertingPreviewUpgrade = "alertingPreviewUpgrade"
+
+	// FlagEnablePluginsTracingByDefault
+	// Enable plugin tracing for all external plugins
+	FlagEnablePluginsTracingByDefault = "enablePluginsTracingByDefault"
 )