diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c08d003e5c..48a14027f8b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Main (unreleased)
 
 - Fix direction of arrows for pyroscope components in UI graph. (@dehaansa)
 
+- Fix `prometheus.exporter.cloudwatch` to not always emit debug logs but respect debug property. (@kalleep)
+
 v1.11.0
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter.go b/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter.go
index a877865acc6..902161bb8de 100644
--- a/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter.go
+++ b/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter.go
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ func NewCloudwatchExporter(name string, logger log.Logger, conf yaceModel.JobsCo
 	var factory cachingFactory
 	var err error
 
+	l := slog.New(newSlogHandler(logging.NewSlogGoKitHandler(logger), debug))
+
 	if useAWSSDKVersionV2 {
-		factory, err = yaceClientsV2.NewFactory(slog.New(logging.NewSlogGoKitHandler(logger)), conf, fipsEnabled)
+		factory, err = yaceClientsV2.NewFactory(l, conf, fipsEnabled)
 	} else {
-		factory = yaceClientsV1.NewFactory(slog.New(logging.NewSlogGoKitHandler(logger)), conf, fipsEnabled)
+		factory = yaceClientsV1.NewFactory(l, conf, fipsEnabled)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ func NewCloudwatchExporter(name string, logger log.Logger, conf yaceModel.JobsCo
 
 	return &exporter{
 		name:                 name,
-		logger:               slog.New(logging.NewSlogGoKitHandler(logger)),
+		logger:               l,
 		cachingClientFactory: factory,
 		scrapeConf:           conf,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/logger.go b/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85ea3b44c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package cloudwatch_exporter
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log/slog"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/runtime/logging"
+)
+
+// slogHandler is wrapping our internal logging adapter with support for cloudwatch debug field.
+// cloudwatch exporter will inspect check for debug logging level and pass that to aws sdk that perform
+// it's own logging without going through the logger we pass.
+type slogHandler struct {
+	debug bool
+	*logging.SlogGoKitHandler
+}
+
+func newSlogHandler(logger *logging.SlogGoKitHandler, debug bool) *slogHandler {
+	return &slogHandler{
+		debug:            debug,
+		SlogGoKitHandler: logger,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *slogHandler) Enabled(ctx context.Context, level slog.Level) bool {
+	if level == slog.LevelDebug {
+		return s.debug
+	}
+	return s.SlogGoKitHandler.Enabled(ctx, level)
+}