diff --git a/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/gui.rs b/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/gui.rs
index 76352f4f6..0f372373d 100644
--- a/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/gui.rs
+++ b/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/gui.rs
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ pub fn run(
         .inspect_err(|e| tracing::debug!("Failed to load MDM settings {e:#}"))
         .unwrap_or_default();
 
+    if let Some(directives) = mdm_settings.log_filter.as_ref() {
+        if let Err(e) = reloader.reload(directives) {
+            tracing::info!(%directives, "Failed to apply MDM logging directives: {e:#}");
+        }
+    }
+
     let api_url = mdm_settings
         .api_url
         .as_ref()
diff --git a/website/src/components/Changelog/GUI.tsx b/website/src/components/Changelog/GUI.tsx
index 3940ad27c..389b6ac9b 100644
--- a/website/src/components/Changelog/GUI.tsx
+++ b/website/src/components/Changelog/GUI.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ export default function GUI({ os }: { os: OS }) {
   return (
     <Entries downloadLinks={downloadLinks(os)} title={title(os)}>
       {/* When you cut a release, remove any solved issues from the "known issues" lists over in `client-apps`. This must not be done when the issue's PR merges. */}
-      <Unreleased></Unreleased>
+      <Unreleased>
+        <ChangeItem pull="9443">
+          Fixes an issue where log directives applied via MDM would not be
+          applied on startup.
+        </ChangeItem>
+      </Unreleased>
       <Entry version="1.5.1" date={new Date("2025-06-05")}>
         <ChangeItem pull="9418">
           Fixes an issue where advanced settings were not saved and loaded