diff --git a/apollo-router/src/services/layers/persisted_queries/mod.rs b/apollo-router/src/services/layers/persisted_queries/mod.rs
index d6c51ec8d1..c8ddaa800b 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/services/layers/persisted_queries/mod.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/services/layers/persisted_queries/mod.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,13 @@ impl PersistedQueryLayer {
                 // If we don't have an ID and we require an ID, return an error immediately,
                 if log_unknown {
                     if let Some(operation_body) = request.supergraph_request.body().query.as_ref() {
-                        log_unknown_operation(operation_body);
+                        // Note: it's kind of inconsistent that if we require
+                        // IDs and skip_enforcement is set, we don't call
+                        // log_unknown_operation on freeform GraphQL, but if we
+                        // *don't* require IDs and skip_enforcement is set, we
+                        // *do* call log_unknown_operation on unknown
+                        // operations.
+                        log_unknown_operation(operation_body, false);
                     }
                 }
                 Err(supergraph_err_pq_id_required(request))
@@ -295,7 +301,7 @@ impl PersistedQueryLayer {
             ));
         }
         if freeform_graphql_action.should_log {
-            log_unknown_operation(operation_body);
+            log_unknown_operation(operation_body, skip_enforcement);
             metric_attributes.push(opentelemetry::KeyValue::new(
                 "persisted_queries.logged".to_string(),
                 true,
@@ -322,8 +328,12 @@ impl PersistedQueryLayer {
     }
 }
 
-fn log_unknown_operation(operation_body: &str) {
-    tracing::warn!(message = "unknown operation", operation_body);
+fn log_unknown_operation(operation_body: &str, enforcement_skipped: bool) {
+    tracing::warn!(
+        message = "unknown operation",
+        operation_body,
+        enforcement_skipped
+    );
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/services/layers/persisted_queries/snapshots/apollo_router__services__layers__persisted_queries__tests__pq_layer_freeform_graphql_with_safelist_log_unknown_true@logs.snap b/apollo-router/src/services/layers/persisted_queries/snapshots/apollo_router__services__layers__persisted_queries__tests__pq_layer_freeform_graphql_with_safelist_log_unknown_true@logs.snap
index be028f55b5..38bf73a998 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/services/layers/persisted_queries/snapshots/apollo_router__services__layers__persisted_queries__tests__pq_layer_freeform_graphql_with_safelist_log_unknown_true@logs.snap
+++ b/apollo-router/src/services/layers/persisted_queries/snapshots/apollo_router__services__layers__persisted_queries__tests__pq_layer_freeform_graphql_with_safelist_log_unknown_true@logs.snap
@@ -6,18 +6,22 @@ expression: yaml
   level: INFO
   message: Loaded 2 persisted queries.
 - fields:
+    enforcement_skipped: false
     operation_body: "query SomeQuery { me { id } }"
   level: WARN
   message: unknown operation
 - fields:
+    enforcement_skipped: true
     operation_body: "query SomeQuery { me { id } }"
   level: WARN
   message: unknown operation
 - fields:
+    enforcement_skipped: false
     operation_body: "fragment A on Query { me { id } }    query SomeOp { ...A ...B }    fragment,,, B on Query{me{username,name}  } # yeah"
   level: WARN
   message: unknown operation
 - fields:
+    enforcement_skipped: false
     operation_body: "fragment F on Query { __typename foo: __schema { __typename } me { id } } query Q { __type(name: \"foo\") { name } ...F }"
   level: WARN
   message: unknown operation