diff --git a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/manifests/allrequestbodies-rules.yaml b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/manifests/allrequestbodies-rules.yaml
index bcb0a30de2..4b6844d2e5 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/manifests/allrequestbodies-rules.yaml
+++ b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/manifests/allrequestbodies-rules.yaml
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@
     resources: ["tokenreviews", "tokenrequests"]
   - group: "oauth.openshift.io"
     resources: ["oauthclients", "tokenreviews"]
+  - group: "machineconfiguration.openshift.io"
+    resource: ["machineconfig", "controllerconfig"]
 # catch-all rule to log all other requests with request and response payloads
 - level: RequestResponse
diff --git a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/manifests/writerequestbodies-rules.yaml b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/manifests/writerequestbodies-rules.yaml
index 68389fe30f..5302fad3db 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/manifests/writerequestbodies-rules.yaml
+++ b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/manifests/writerequestbodies-rules.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
     resources: ["tokenreviews", "tokenrequests"]
   - group: "oauth.openshift.io"
     resources: ["oauthclients", "tokenreviews"]
+  - group: "machineconfiguration.openshift.io"
+    resource: ["machineconfig", "controllerconfig"]
 # log request and response payloads for all write requests
 - level: RequestResponse
   verbs:
diff --git a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/allrequestbodies.yaml b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/allrequestbodies.yaml
index 663412eb94..8088f056d7 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/allrequestbodies.yaml
+++ b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/allrequestbodies.yaml
@@ -34,5 +34,7 @@ rules:
     resources: ["tokenreviews", "tokenrequests"]
   - group: "oauth.openshift.io"
     resources: ["oauthclients", "tokenreviews"]
+  - group: "machineconfiguration.openshift.io"
+    resource: ["machineconfig", "controllerconfig"]
 # catch-all rule to log all other requests with request and response payloads
 - level: RequestResponse
diff --git a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/multipleCr.yaml b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/multipleCr.yaml
index 8d03737939..1ddd8e375e 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/multipleCr.yaml
+++ b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/multipleCr.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ rules:
     resources: ["tokenreviews", "tokenrequests"]
   - group: "oauth.openshift.io"
     resources: ["oauthclients", "tokenreviews"]
+  - group: "machineconfiguration.openshift.io"
+    resource: ["machineconfig", "controllerconfig"]
   userGroups:
   - system:authenticated:oauth
 # log request and response payloads for all write requests
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ rules:
       resources: ["tokenreviews", "tokenrequests"]
     - group: "oauth.openshift.io"
       resources: ["oauthclients", "tokenreviews"]
+    - group: "machineconfiguration.openshift.io"
+      resource: ["machineconfig", "controllerconfig"]
   userGroups:
     - system:authenticated
 - level: RequestResponse
diff --git a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/oauth.yaml b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/oauth.yaml
index fae4351e4c..d30663a730 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/oauth.yaml
+++ b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/oauth.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ rules:
     resources: ["tokenreviews", "tokenrequests"]
   - group: "oauth.openshift.io"
     resources: ["oauthclients", "tokenreviews"]
+  - group: "machineconfiguration.openshift.io"
+    resource: ["machineconfig", "controllerconfig"]
   userGroups:
   - system:authenticated:oauth
 # log request and response payloads for all write requests
diff --git a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/writerequestbodies.yaml b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/writerequestbodies.yaml
index 534d8ad68c..bb38713796 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/writerequestbodies.yaml
+++ b/pkg/operator/apiserver/audit/testdata/writerequestbodies.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ rules:
     resources: ["tokenreviews", "tokenrequests"]
   - group: "oauth.openshift.io"
     resources: ["oauthclients", "tokenreviews"]
+  - group: "machineconfiguration.openshift.io"
+    resource: ["machineconfig", "controllerconfig"]
 # log request and response payloads for all write requests
 - level: RequestResponse
   verbs: