diff --git a/cmd/crictl/logs.go b/cmd/crictl/logs.go
index ca3912d2d7..aba00cc845 100644
--- a/cmd/crictl/logs.go
+++ b/cmd/crictl/logs.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	timetypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/time"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ var logsCommand = &cli.Command{
 			Aliases: []string{"p"},
 			Usage:   "Print the logs for the previous instance of the container in a pod if it exists",
 		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:    "reopen",
+			Aliases: []string{"r"},
+			Usage:   "Reopen the container logs for the provided container",
+		},
 		&cli.Int64Flag{
 			Name:  "tail",
 			Value: -1,
@@ -86,6 +92,15 @@ var logsCommand = &cli.Command{
 			return err
 		}
 
+		if c.Bool("reopen") {
+			if _, err := InterruptableRPC(nil, func(ctx context.Context) (any, error) {
+				return nil, runtimeService.ReopenContainerLog(ctx, containerID)
+			}); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("reopen container logs: %w", err)
+			}
+			logrus.Info("Container logs reopened")
+		}
+
 		tailLines := c.Int64("tail")
 		limitBytes := c.Int64("limit-bytes")
 		since, err := parseTimestamp(c.String("since"))