diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 116fd21..c507e2a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ of the setup. They can be controlled via the below environment variables.
    The context path the application is served over. `CATALINA_CONTEXT_PATH` is
    also supported for backwards compatability.
 
-* `ATL_TOMCAT_ACCESS_LOG` (default: false)
+* `ATL_TOMCAT_ACCESS_LOG` (default: false [version < 7.11.0] and true [version >=7.11.0])
 
    Whether to enable Tomcat access logging; set to `true` to enable. *NOTE*:
    These logs are written to the Container internal volume by default (under
diff --git a/config/server.xml.j2 b/config/server.xml.j2
index ac54b3a..9f3cf21 100644
--- a/config/server.xml.j2
+++ b/config/server.xml.j2
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
           <Manager pathname=""/>
           <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.StuckThreadDetectionValve"
                  threshold="60"/>
-        {% if (confluence_version.split('.') | map('int') | list) >= ('7.11.0'.split('.') | map('int') | list) or atl_tomcat_access_log == 'true' %}
+        {% if ((atl_tomcat_access_log == 'true') or
+            (atl_tomcat_access_log is none and (confluence_version.split('.') | map('int') | list) >= ('7.11.0'.split('.') | map('int') | list)) ) %}
           <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
                  requestAttributesEnabled="true"
                  directory="logs"