diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/README.md b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/README.md
index aee8051ccd..a6aacd952d 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/README.md
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Note that generator-based middleware are deprecated and won't be instrumented.
 | Options            | Type                                | Example              | Description                                                                                              |
 | ------------------ | ----------------------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `ignoreLayersType` | `KoaLayerType[]`                    | `['middleware']`     | Ignore layers of specified type.                                                                         |
+| `ignoreLayersName` | `string[]`                          | `['logger']`         | Ignore layers with specified names.                                                                      |
 | `requestHook`      | `KoaRequestCustomAttributeFunction` | `(span, info) => {}` | Function for adding custom attributes to Koa middleware layers. Receives params: `Span, KoaRequestInfo`. |
 
 `ignoreLayersType` accepts an array of `KoaLayerType` which can take the following string values:
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/instrumentation.ts
index ab6c2927be..7b2fe915ab 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ import {
 import type * as koa from 'koa';
 import { KoaContext, KoaLayerType, KoaInstrumentationConfig } from './types';
 import { VERSION } from './version';
-import { getMiddlewareMetadata, isLayerIgnored } from './utils';
+import {
+  getMiddlewareMetadata,
+  isLayerIgnored,
+  isLayerNameIgnored,
+} from './utils';
 import { getRPCMetadata, RPCType } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import {
   kLayerPatched,
@@ -168,6 +172,11 @@ export class KoaInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
         isRouter,
         layerPath
       );
+
+      if (isLayerNameIgnored(metadata.layerName, this.getConfig())) {
+        return middlewareLayer(context, next);
+      }
+
       const span = this.tracer.startSpan(metadata.name, {
         attributes: metadata.attributes,
       });
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/types.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/types.ts
index 3c249e3a6a..680694df94 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/types.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export interface KoaRequestCustomAttributeFunction {
 export interface KoaInstrumentationConfig extends InstrumentationConfig {
   /** Ignore specific layers based on their type */
   ignoreLayersType?: KoaLayerType[];
+  /** Ignore specific layers based on their name */
+  ignoreLayersName?: string[];
   /** Function for adding custom attributes to each middleware layer span */
   requestHook?: KoaRequestCustomAttributeFunction;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/utils.ts
index 26c58fa6e3..a6d236756a 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/utils.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const getMiddlewareMetadata = (
 ): {
   attributes: Attributes;
   name: string;
+  layerName: string;
 } => {
   if (isRouter) {
     return {
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export const getMiddlewareMetadata = (
         [SEMATTRS_HTTP_ROUTE]: layerPath?.toString(),
       },
       name: context._matchedRouteName || `router - ${layerPath}`,
+      layerName: context._matchedRouteName || layerPath?.toString() || '',
     };
   } else {
     return {
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ export const getMiddlewareMetadata = (
         [AttributeNames.KOA_TYPE]: KoaLayerType.MIDDLEWARE,
       },
       name: `middleware - ${layer.name}`,
+      layerName: layer.name,
     };
   }
 };
@@ -63,3 +66,19 @@ export const isLayerIgnored = (
     config?.ignoreLayersType?.includes(type)
   );
 };
+
+/**
+ * Check whether the given request name is ignored by configuration
+ * @param [list] List of ignore name patterns
+ * @param [onException] callback for doing something when an exception has
+ *     occurred
+ */
+export const isLayerNameIgnored = (
+  layerName: string,
+  config?: KoaInstrumentationConfig
+): boolean => {
+  return !!(
+    Array.isArray(config?.ignoreLayersName) &&
+    config?.ignoreLayersName?.includes(layerName)
+  );
+};
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/test/koa.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/test/koa.test.ts
index 8d97864208..ea46c6d072 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/test/koa.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/test/koa.test.ts
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ describe('Koa Instrumentation', () => {
           '--experimental-loader=@opentelemetry/instrumentation/hook.mjs',
         NODE_NO_WARNINGS: '1',
       },
-      checkResult: (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+      checkResult: (err: any, stdout: any, stderr: any) => {
         assert.ifError(err);
       },
       checkCollector: (collector: testUtils.TestCollector) => {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/test/utils.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/test/utils.test.ts
index b9a1ab4160..85b6ba0af9 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/test/utils.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/test/utils.test.ts
@@ -58,4 +58,47 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
       );
     });
   });
+  describe('isLayerNameIgnored()', () => {
+    it('should not fail with invalid config', () => {
+      assert.strictEqual(utils.isLayerNameIgnored(''), false);
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        utils.isLayerNameIgnored('', {} as KoaInstrumentationConfig),
+        false
+      );
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        utils.isLayerNameIgnored('', {
+          ignoreLayersName: {},
+        } as KoaInstrumentationConfig),
+        false
+      );
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        utils.isLayerNameIgnored('logger', {
+          ignoreLayersName: {},
+        } as KoaInstrumentationConfig),
+        false
+      );
+      assert.strictEqual(utils.isLayerNameIgnored('logger'), false);
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        utils.isLayerNameIgnored('', {
+          ignoreLayersName: [],
+        } as KoaInstrumentationConfig),
+        false
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should ignore based on type', () => {
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        utils.isLayerNameIgnored('logger', {
+          ignoreLayersName: ['logger'],
+        }),
+        true
+      );
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        utils.isLayerNameIgnored('', {
+          ignoreLayersName: ['logger'],
+        }),
+        false
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });