diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
index dbf23463f..43d8ee42f 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ in your Node-RED user directory (${RED.settings.userDir}).
             noprox = proxyConfig.noproxy;
         }
 
+        let timingLog = false;
+        if (RED.settings.hasOwnProperty("httpRequestTimingLog")) {
+            timingLog = RED.settings.httpRequestTimingLog;
+        }
+
         this.on("input",function(msg,nodeSend,nodeDone) {
             checkNodeAgentPatch();
             //reset redirectList on each request
@@ -514,7 +519,9 @@ in your Node-RED user directory (${RED.settings.userDir}).
                     if (res.client && res.client.bytesRead) {
                         node.metric("size.bytes", msg, res.client.bytesRead);
                     }
-                    emitTimingMetricLog(res.timings, msg);
+                    if (timingLog) {
+                        emitTimingMetricLog(res.timings, msg);
+                    }
                 }
 
                 // Convert the payload to the required return type
@@ -539,7 +546,7 @@ in your Node-RED user directory (${RED.settings.userDir}).
                 }
                 msg.payload = err.toString() + " : " + url;
                 msg.statusCode = err.code || (err.response?err.response.statusCode:undefined);
-                if (node.metric()) {
+                if (node.metric() && timingLog) {
                     emitTimingMetricLog(err.timings, msg);
                 }
                 nodeSend(msg);