diff --git a/go/flags/endtoend/vtcombo.txt b/go/flags/endtoend/vtcombo.txt
index 8483349188d..b9ce3cbe3a9 100644
--- a/go/flags/endtoend/vtcombo.txt
+++ b/go/flags/endtoend/vtcombo.txt
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ Flags:
       --proxy-tablets                                                    Setting this true will make vtctld proxy the tablet status instead of redirecting to them
       --publish-retry-interval duration                                  how long vttablet waits to retry publishing the tablet record (default 30s)
       --purge-logs-interval duration                                     how often try to remove old logs (default 1h0m0s)
+      --query-log-ignore-patterns string                                 Comma-separated list of SQL query shapes to suppress from the vtgate query log. Patterns are matched against the normalized query shape (literals replaced with bind placeholders, e.g. 'select :vtg1'); unparseable patterns fall back to case-insensitive trimmed raw-string match. Prefix the value with '@' to read patterns from a file (one per line; '#' starts a comment). Empty by default.
       --query-log-stream-handler string                                  URL handler for streaming queries log (default "/debug/querylog")
       --query-throttler-config-refresh-interval duration                 How frequently to refresh configuration for the query throttler (default 1m0s)
       --query-timeout int                                                Sets the default query timeout (in ms). Can be overridden by session variable (query_timeout) or comment directive (QUERY_TIMEOUT_MS)
diff --git a/go/flags/endtoend/vtgate.txt b/go/flags/endtoend/vtgate.txt
index 997ec68eb15..8bc5c08d887 100644
--- a/go/flags/endtoend/vtgate.txt
+++ b/go/flags/endtoend/vtgate.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ Flags:
       --prevent-cross-keyspace-reads                                     when set to true, the planner will fail instead of producing a plan that includes cross-keyspace joins or UNIONs
       --proxy-protocol                                                   Enable HAProxy PROXY protocol on MySQL listener socket
       --purge-logs-interval duration                                     how often try to remove old logs (default 1h0m0s)
+      --query-log-ignore-patterns string                                 Comma-separated list of SQL query shapes to suppress from the vtgate query log. Patterns are matched against the normalized query shape (literals replaced with bind placeholders, e.g. 'select :vtg1'); unparseable patterns fall back to case-insensitive trimmed raw-string match. Prefix the value with '@' to read patterns from a file (one per line; '#' starts a comment). Empty by default.
       --query-timeout int                                                Sets the default query timeout (in ms). Can be overridden by session variable (query_timeout) or comment directive (QUERY_TIMEOUT_MS)
       --querylog-buffer-size int                                         Maximum number of buffered query logs before throttling log output (default 10)
       --querylog-emit-on-any-condition-met                               Emit to query log when any of the conditions (row-threshold, time-threshold, filter-tag) is met (default false)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/executor.go b/go/vt/vtgate/executor.go
index cd49508feb8..32ef1f7ecc8 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/executor.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/executor.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import (
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/logstats"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/plancontext"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/querylogignore"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/vindexes"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/vschemaacl"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/vtgateservice"
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ func (e *Executor) Execute(
 	}
 
 	logStats.SaveEndTime()
-	e.queryLogger.Send(logStats)
+	e.sendQueryLog(logStats)
 
 	err = errorTransform.TransformError(err)
 	err = vterrors.TruncateError(err, truncateErrorLen)
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ func (e *Executor) StreamExecute(
 	}
 
 	logStats.SaveEndTime()
-	e.queryLogger.Send(logStats)
+	e.sendQueryLog(logStats)
 
 	err = errorTransform.TransformError(err)
 	err = vterrors.TruncateError(err, truncateErrorLen)
@@ -441,6 +442,13 @@ func (e *Executor) StreamExecute(
 	return err
 }
 
+func (e *Executor) sendQueryLog(logStats *logstats.LogStats) {
+	if querylogignore.IgnorePatterns.Get().ShouldIgnore(logStats.SQL, e.env.Parser()) {
+		return
+	}
+	e.queryLogger.Send(logStats)
+}
+
 func canReturnRows(stmtType sqlparser.StatementType) bool {
 	switch stmtType {
 	case sqlparser.StmtSelect, sqlparser.StmtShow, sqlparser.StmtExplain, sqlparser.StmtCallProc:
@@ -1508,7 +1516,7 @@ func (e *Executor) Prepare(ctx context.Context, method string, safeSession *econ
 	// it was a no-op record (i.e. didn't issue any queries)
 	if logStats.StmtType != "ROLLBACK" || logStats.ShardQueries != 0 {
 		logStats.SaveEndTime()
-		e.queryLogger.Send(logStats)
+		e.sendQueryLog(logStats)
 	}
 
 	err = errorTransform.TransformError(err)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/executor_querylog_ignore_test.go b/go/vt/vtgate/executor_querylog_ignore_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3428c0ee8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/executor_querylog_ignore_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2026 The Vitess Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package vtgate
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	vtgatepb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/vtgate"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/querylogignore"
+)
+
+// TestExecutorQueryLogIgnore verifies that the executor suppresses query-log
+// emission for SQL whose normalized shape matches an operator-configured
+// pattern, while still emitting non-matching queries.
+func TestExecutorQueryLogIgnore(t *testing.T) {
+	executor, _, _, _, ctx := createExecutorEnv(t)
+
+	// Configure the ignore-list and reset it after the test.
+	parser := executor.env.Parser()
+	original := querylogignore.IgnorePatterns.Get()
+	querylogignore.IgnorePatterns.Set(querylogignore.NewIgnoreSet("select id from main1", parser))
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		querylogignore.IgnorePatterns.Set(original)
+	})
+
+	logChan := executor.queryLogger.Subscribe("TestExecutorQueryLogIgnore")
+	defer executor.queryLogger.Unsubscribe(logChan)
+
+	session := &vtgatepb.Session{TargetString: "@primary", Autocommit: true}
+
+	// A query matching the configured shape (different literal still matches
+	// the canonical form) must not produce a log entry.
+	_, err := executorExec(ctx, executor, session, "select id from main1", nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, getQueryLog(logChan), "matching query must be suppressed")
+
+	// A non-matching query must still be logged.
+	_, err = executorExec(ctx, executor, session, "select name from user", nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	logStats := getQueryLog(logChan)
+	require.NotNil(t, logStats, "non-matching query must still be logged")
+	assert.Contains(t, logStats.SQL, "name")
+}
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/querylogignore/querylogignore.go b/go/vt/vtgate/querylogignore/querylogignore.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d32a8bf1307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/querylogignore/querylogignore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2026 The Vitess Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Package querylogignore implements an opt-in allow/deny mechanism for
+// suppressing specific SQL query shapes from the vtgate query log.
+//
+// Operators configure a list of patterns via --query-log-ignore-patterns.
+// Each pattern is matched against the normalized shape of an incoming query
+// (literals replaced with bind placeholders, e.g. "select :vtg1"), with a
+// case-insensitive trimmed raw-string fallback for queries that don't parse.
+package querylogignore
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/viperutil"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/log"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/servenv"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/sqlparser"
+)
+
+// filePrefix marks the flag value as a path to a file containing one pattern
+// per line (blank lines and lines starting with "#" are skipped).
+const filePrefix = "@"
+
+// typeCommentRE strips the " /* INT64 */"-style type annotations that
+// sqlparser.Normalize attaches to each replaced literal. Without this,
+// patterns supplied in bind-variable form would not match queries whose
+// literals were normalized away.
+var typeCommentRE = regexp.MustCompile(` /\* [A-Z0-9_]+ \*/`)
+
+// bindVarRE collapses any bind-variable reference (`:vtg1`, `:redacted1`,
+// `:x`, ...) to a single placeholder so that patterns written in any of
+// the conventional bind-variable styles compare equal.
+var bindVarRE = regexp.MustCompile(`:[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*`)
+
+// canonicalize reduces a redacted SQL string to a form that ignores both
+// type annotations and the specific bind-variable names chosen by the
+// normalizer, so equivalent shapes match regardless of how the operator
+// wrote the pattern.
+func canonicalize(redacted string) string {
+	redacted = typeCommentRE.ReplaceAllString(redacted, "")
+	redacted = bindVarRE.ReplaceAllString(redacted, ":_")
+	return redacted
+}
+
+// IgnoreSet is the parsed form of --query-log-ignore-patterns. It contains
+// both normalized and raw-fallback forms of every configured pattern so a
+// single map lookup per tier answers ShouldIgnore.
+type IgnoreSet struct {
+	// set holds the normalized form of each parseable pattern, plus the
+	// trimmed-lowercased raw form of patterns that fail to parse. The empty
+	// case is the common one and is detected via len(set) == 0 on the hot
+	// path.
+	set map[string]struct{}
+
+	// source preserves the original flag value so the viper GetFunc can
+	// short-circuit re-parsing when the underlying string hasn't changed.
+	source string
+}
+
+// NewIgnoreSet builds an IgnoreSet from the raw flag value. The value is
+// either a comma-separated list of patterns or, if it begins with "@", a
+// path to a file containing one pattern per line. Patterns that fail to
+// parse are stored as their trimmed lower-cased raw form, so unparseable
+// queries like "select $$" can still be matched.
+func NewIgnoreSet(rawValue string, parser *sqlparser.Parser) *IgnoreSet {
+	s := &IgnoreSet{source: rawValue}
+
+	patterns := loadPatterns(rawValue)
+	if len(patterns) == 0 {
+		return s
+	}
+
+	s.set = make(map[string]struct{}, len(patterns))
+	for _, p := range patterns {
+		p = strings.TrimSpace(p)
+		if p == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if parser != nil {
+			if normalized, err := parser.RedactSQLQuery(p); err == nil {
+				s.set[canonicalize(normalized)] = struct{}{}
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		s.set[strings.ToLower(p)] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+// loadPatterns returns the raw pattern strings from the flag value, reading
+// from disk when the value begins with "@". A read error is logged and
+// returns an empty slice so vtgate still starts.
+func loadPatterns(rawValue string) []string {
+	rawValue = strings.TrimSpace(rawValue)
+	if rawValue == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(rawValue, filePrefix) {
+		path := rawValue[len(filePrefix):]
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warn(
+				"query-log-ignore-patterns: failed to read file; ignore-list will be empty",
+				slog.String("path", path),
+				slog.Any("error", err),
+			)
+			return nil
+		}
+		var out []string
+		for _, line := range strings.Split(string(data), "\n") {
+			line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+			if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+				continue
+			}
+			out = append(out, line)
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+	return strings.Split(rawValue, ",")
+}
+
+// ShouldIgnore reports whether the given SQL string matches any configured
+// pattern. The empty-set check is a single integer comparison so operators
+// who do not configure the flag pay essentially no cost.
+func (s *IgnoreSet) ShouldIgnore(sql string, parser *sqlparser.Parser) bool {
+	if s == nil || len(s.set) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	if parser != nil {
+		if normalized, err := parser.RedactSQLQuery(sql); err == nil {
+			if _, ok := s.set[canonicalize(normalized)]; ok {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	raw := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(sql))
+	_, ok := s.set[raw]
+	return ok
+}
+
+// Source returns the original flag string used to build this IgnoreSet.
+func (s *IgnoreSet) Source() string {
+	if s == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return s.source
+}
+
+// String implements fmt.Stringer so that viper's GetString returns the
+// underlying source. The dynamic GetFunc relies on this when comparing the
+// freshly-read config value against the cached IgnoreSet's source.
+func (s *IgnoreSet) String() string {
+	return s.Source()
+}
+
+// flagParser is used to normalize patterns at flag-parse time. The executor
+// passes its own parser at lookup time; this one only handles the small set
+// of configured patterns, so the default MySQL server version is sufficient.
+var flagParser = mustNewParser()
+
+func mustNewParser() *sqlparser.Parser {
+	p, err := sqlparser.New(sqlparser.Options{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(
+			"query-log-ignore-patterns: failed to construct flag parser; parseable shape matching disabled",
+			slog.Any("error", err),
+		)
+		return nil
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+// IgnorePatterns is the Viper-managed flag value backing
+// --query-log-ignore-patterns. Empty by default. Reloadable via Viper.
+var IgnorePatterns = viperutil.Configure(
+	"query_log_ignore_patterns",
+	viperutil.Options[*IgnoreSet]{
+		FlagName: "query-log-ignore-patterns",
+		Default:  &IgnoreSet{},
+		Dynamic:  true,
+		GetFunc: func(v *viper.Viper) func(key string) *IgnoreSet {
+			return func(key string) *IgnoreSet {
+				newVal := v.GetString(key)
+				if cur, ok := v.Get(key).(*IgnoreSet); ok && cur.source == newVal {
+					return cur
+				}
+				return NewIgnoreSet(newVal, flagParser)
+			}
+		},
+	},
+)
+
+// RegisterFlags installs --query-log-ignore-patterns on the given FlagSet.
+func RegisterFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
+	fs.String(
+		"query-log-ignore-patterns",
+		"",
+		"Comma-separated list of SQL query shapes to suppress from the vtgate query log. "+
+			"Patterns are matched against the normalized query shape (literals replaced with bind placeholders, "+
+			"e.g. 'select :vtg1'); unparseable patterns fall back to case-insensitive trimmed raw-string match. "+
+			"Prefix the value with '@' to read patterns from a file (one per line; '#' starts a comment). "+
+			"Empty by default.",
+	)
+	viperutil.BindFlags(fs, IgnorePatterns)
+}
+
+func init() {
+	for _, cmd := range []string{"vtgate", "vtcombo"} {
+		servenv.OnParseFor(cmd, RegisterFlags)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/querylogignore/querylogignore_test.go b/go/vt/vtgate/querylogignore/querylogignore_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..440deaa3302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/querylogignore/querylogignore_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2026 The Vitess Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package querylogignore
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/sqlparser"
+)
+
+func newParser(t *testing.T) *sqlparser.Parser {
+	t.Helper()
+	p, err := sqlparser.New(sqlparser.Options{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return p
+}
+
+func TestShouldIgnore_EmptyFastPath(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := newParser(t)
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("", parser)
+
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select 1", parser))
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select $$", parser))
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("", parser))
+
+	// nil receiver must also be safe and return false.
+	var nilSet *IgnoreSet
+	assert.False(t, nilSet.ShouldIgnore("select 1", parser))
+}
+
+func TestShouldIgnore_NormalizedShapeMatchesLiterals(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := newParser(t)
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("select :vtg1 from dual", parser)
+
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select 1 from dual", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select 9999 from dual", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("SELECT 7 FROM dual", parser))
+}
+
+func TestShouldIgnore_SelectDollarVariants(t *testing.T) {
+	// The motivating example from the issue. Current sqlparser parses
+	// "select $$" successfully (it normalizes to "select $$ from dual"),
+	// so all whitespace/case variants land in the same canonical bucket.
+	parser := newParser(t)
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("select $$", parser)
+
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select $$", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("  select $$  ", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("SELECT $$", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select $$ from dual", parser))
+}
+
+func TestShouldIgnore_UnparseableRawFallback(t *testing.T) {
+	// A truly unparseable input (no SELECT/INSERT prefix) goes through the
+	// raw-string fallback path. Verify the configured pattern matches
+	// itself, plus whitespace-trimmed and case-insensitive variants.
+	parser := newParser(t)
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("PING", parser)
+
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("PING", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("  ping  ", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("Ping", parser))
+}
+
+func TestShouldIgnore_DistinctShapesDiffer(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := newParser(t)
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("select $$", parser)
+
+	// A genuinely different shape must not match.
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select $$ from mytable", parser))
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select $$, $$ from dual", parser))
+}
+
+func TestShouldIgnore_NonMatchingQueriesLogNormally(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := newParser(t)
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("select :vtg1", parser)
+
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("insert into t values (1)", parser))
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select id from t where x = 1", parser))
+}
+
+func TestNewIgnoreSet_MultiplePatterns(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := newParser(t)
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("select :vtg1,select $$,select :vtg1 from dual", parser)
+
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select 1", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select $$", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select 42 from dual", parser))
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("update t set a = 1", parser))
+}
+
+func TestNewIgnoreSet_FromFile(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := newParser(t)
+
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "ignore.txt")
+	contents := `# health-check pings
+select $$
+
+# raw selects of any literal
+select :vtg1
+`
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(contents), 0o644))
+
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("@"+path, parser)
+
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select $$", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select 99", parser))
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("delete from t", parser))
+}
+
+func TestNewIgnoreSet_MissingFileWarnsAndContinues(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := newParser(t)
+
+	missing := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "does-not-exist.txt")
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("@"+missing, parser)
+
+	// Constructor must not panic; ShouldIgnore returns false for everything.
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select $$", parser))
+	assert.False(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select 1", parser))
+}
+
+func TestNewIgnoreSet_TrimsAndSkipsEmptyEntries(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := newParser(t)
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("  select :vtg1  ,, , select $$ ", parser)
+
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select 1", parser))
+	assert.True(t, s.ShouldIgnore("select $$", parser))
+}
+
+func TestIgnoreSet_SourceRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := newParser(t)
+	raw := "select :vtg1,select $$"
+	s := NewIgnoreSet(raw, parser)
+	assert.Equal(t, raw, s.Source())
+
+	var nilSet *IgnoreSet
+	assert.Equal(t, "", nilSet.Source())
+}
+
+func BenchmarkShouldIgnore_EmptyFastPath(b *testing.B) {
+	parser, err := sqlparser.New(sqlparser.Options{})
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	s := NewIgnoreSet("", parser)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		if s.ShouldIgnore("select id from t where x = 42", parser) {
+			b.Fatal("expected false on empty set")
+		}
+	}
+}