diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/icon.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/icon.ts
index 3c06ca2f3fe..d52de760053 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/icon.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/icon.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ export const availableIconsIndex = {
   'list-ol': true,
   lock: true,
   'map-marker': true,
+  'map-marker-plus': true,
+  'map-marker-minus': true,
   message: true,
   minus: true,
   'minus-circle': true,
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.tsx
index f28a511779f..eafd0f7551c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ interface Props extends Themeable2 {
   styles: LogRowStyles;
   permalinkedRowId?: string;
   scrollIntoView?: (element: HTMLElement) => void;
+  onPinLine?: (row: LogRowModel) => void;
+  onUnpinLine?: (row: LogRowModel) => void;
+  pinned?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface State {
@@ -236,6 +239,9 @@ class UnThemedLogRow extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
               onPermalinkClick={this.props.onPermalinkClick}
               app={app}
               styles={styles}
+              onPinLine={this.props.onPinLine}
+              onUnpinLine={this.props.onUnpinLine}
+              pinned={this.props.pinned}
             />
           )}
         </tr>
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRowMessage.test.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRowMessage.test.tsx
index 234706fd70d..a7133bdc999 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRowMessage.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRowMessage.test.tsx
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ describe('LogRowMessage', () => {
   });
 
   describe('with permalinking', () => {
-    it('should show permalinking button when no `onPermalinkClick` is defined', () => {
+    it('should show permalinking button when `onPermalinkClick` is defined', () => {
       setup({ onPermalinkClick: jest.fn() });
       expect(screen.queryByLabelText('Copy shortlink')).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
 
-    it('should not show permalinking button when `onPermalinkClick` is defined', () => {
+    it('should not show permalinking button when `onPermalinkClick` is not defined', () => {
       setup();
       expect(screen.queryByLabelText('Copy shortlink')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     });
@@ -83,4 +83,61 @@ describe('LogRowMessage', () => {
       expect(permalinkClick).toHaveBeenCalledWith(props.row);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('with pinning', () => {
+    describe('for `onPinLine`', () => {
+      it('should show pinning button when `onPinLine` is defined', () => {
+        setup({ onPinLine: jest.fn() });
+        expect(screen.queryByLabelText('Pin line')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      });
+
+      it('should not show pinning button when `onPinLine` and `pinned` is defined', () => {
+        setup({ onPinLine: jest.fn(), pinned: true });
+        expect(screen.queryByLabelText('Pin line')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      });
+
+      it('should not show pinning button when `onPinLine` is not defined', () => {
+        setup();
+        expect(screen.queryByLabelText('Pin line')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      });
+
+      it('should call `onPinLine` on click', async () => {
+        const onPinLine = jest.fn();
+        setup({ onPinLine });
+        const button = screen.getByLabelText('Pin line');
+
+        await userEvent.click(button);
+
+        expect(onPinLine).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('for `onUnpinLine`', () => {
+      it('should not show pinning button when `onUnpinLine` is defined', () => {
+        setup({ onUnpinLine: jest.fn() });
+        expect(screen.queryByLabelText('Unpin line')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      });
+
+      it('should show 2 pinning buttons when `onUnpinLine` and `pinned` is defined', () => {
+        // we show 2 because we now have an "always visible" menu, and a "hover" menu
+        setup({ onUnpinLine: jest.fn(), pinned: true });
+        expect(screen.queryAllByLabelText('Unpin line').length).toBe(2);
+      });
+
+      it('should not show pinning button when `onUnpinLine` is not defined', () => {
+        setup();
+        expect(screen.queryByLabelText('Unpin line')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      });
+
+      it('should call `onUnpinLine` on click', async () => {
+        const onUnpinLine = jest.fn();
+        setup({ onUnpinLine, pinned: true });
+        const button = screen.getAllByLabelText('Unpin line')[0];
+
+        await userEvent.click(button);
+
+        expect(onUnpinLine).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRowMessage.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRowMessage.tsx
index 5f1213354d7..d3055a9b972 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRowMessage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRowMessage.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ interface Props {
   showContextToggle?: (row?: LogRowModel) => boolean;
   onOpenContext: (row: LogRowModel) => void;
   onPermalinkClick?: (row: LogRowModel) => Promise<void>;
+  onPinLine?: (row: LogRowModel) => void;
+  onUnpinLine?: (row: LogRowModel) => void;
+  pinned?: boolean;
   styles: LogRowStyles;
 }
 
@@ -77,7 +80,17 @@ export class LogRowMessage extends PureComponent<Props> {
   };
 
   render() {
-    const { row, wrapLogMessage, prettifyLogMessage, showContextToggle, styles, onPermalinkClick } = this.props;
+    const {
+      row,
+      wrapLogMessage,
+      prettifyLogMessage,
+      showContextToggle,
+      styles,
+      onPermalinkClick,
+      onUnpinLine,
+      onPinLine,
+      pinned,
+    } = this.props;
     const { hasAnsi, raw } = row;
     const restructuredEntry = restructureLog(raw, prettifyLogMessage);
     const shouldShowContextToggle = showContextToggle ? showContextToggle(row) : false;
@@ -101,7 +114,20 @@ export class LogRowMessage extends PureComponent<Props> {
           </div>
         </td>
         <td className={cx('log-row-menu-cell', styles.logRowMenuCell)}>
-          <span className={cx('log-row-menu', styles.rowMenu)} onClick={this.onLogRowClick}>
+          {pinned && (
+            <span className={cx('log-row-menu', 'log-row-menu-visible', styles.rowMenu)} onClick={this.onLogRowClick}>
+              <IconButton
+                className={styles.unPinButton}
+                size="md"
+                name="map-marker-minus"
+                onClick={() => onUnpinLine && onUnpinLine(row)}
+                tooltip="Unpin line"
+                tooltipPlacement="top"
+                aria-label="Unpin line"
+              />
+            </span>
+          )}
+          <span className={cx('log-row-menu', styles.rowMenu, styles.hidden)} onClick={this.onLogRowClick}>
             {shouldShowContextToggle && (
               <IconButton
                 size="md"
@@ -122,6 +148,28 @@ export class LogRowMessage extends PureComponent<Props> {
               tooltip="Copy to clipboard"
               tooltipPlacement="top"
             />
+            {pinned && onUnpinLine && (
+              <IconButton
+                className={styles.unPinButton}
+                size="md"
+                name="map-marker-minus"
+                onClick={() => onUnpinLine && onUnpinLine(row)}
+                tooltip="Unpin line"
+                tooltipPlacement="top"
+                aria-label="Unpin line"
+              />
+            )}
+            {!pinned && onPinLine && (
+              <IconButton
+                className={styles.unPinButton}
+                size="md"
+                name="map-marker-plus"
+                onClick={() => onPinLine && onPinLine(row)}
+                tooltip="Pin line"
+                tooltipPlacement="top"
+                aria-label="Pin line"
+              />
+            )}
             {onPermalinkClick && row.uid && (
               <IconButton
                 tooltip="Copy shortlink"
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRows.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRows.tsx
index 67497540bc7..919bfc6cd14 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRows.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRows.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import memoizeOne from 'memoize-one';
-import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
+import React, { ComponentProps, PureComponent } from 'react';
 
 import {
   TimeZone,
@@ -42,11 +42,14 @@ export interface Props extends Themeable2 {
   getFieldLinks?: (field: Field, rowIndex: number, dataFrame: DataFrame) => Array<LinkModel<Field>>;
   onClickShowField?: (key: string) => void;
   onClickHideField?: (key: string) => void;
+  onPinLine?: (row: LogRowModel) => void;
+  onUnpinLine?: (row: LogRowModel) => void;
   onLogRowHover?: (row?: LogRowModel) => void;
   onOpenContext?: (row: LogRowModel, onClose: () => void) => void;
   onPermalinkClick?: (row: LogRowModel) => Promise<void>;
   permalinkedRowId?: string;
   scrollIntoView?: (element: HTMLElement) => void;
+  pinnedRowId?: string;
 }
 
 interface State {
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ class UnThemedLogRows extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     // React profiler becomes unusable if we pass all rows to all rows and their labels, using getter instead
     const getRows = this.makeGetRows(orderedRows);
 
-    const getLogRowProperties = (row: LogRowModel) => {
+    const getLogRowProperties = (row: LogRowModel): ComponentProps<typeof LogRow> => {
       return {
         getRows: getRows,
         row: row,
@@ -169,6 +172,9 @@ class UnThemedLogRows extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
         onPermalinkClick: this.props.onPermalinkClick,
         scrollIntoView: this.props.scrollIntoView,
         permalinkedRowId: this.props.permalinkedRowId,
+        onPinLine: this.props.onPinLine,
+        onUnpinLine: this.props.onUnpinLine,
+        pinned: this.props.pinnedRowId === row.uid,
       };
     };
     return (
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/getLogRowStyles.ts b/public/app/features/logs/components/getLogRowStyles.ts
index f83afd0a4a0..c586473e257 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/getLogRowStyles.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/getLogRowStyles.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ export const getLogRowStyles = memoizeOne((theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
           z-index: 1;
         }
 
+        .log-row-menu-visible {
+          visibility: hidden;
+        }
+
         background: ${hoverBgColor};
       }
 
@@ -248,7 +252,6 @@ export const getLogRowStyles = memoizeOne((theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       box-shadow: ${theme.shadows.z3};
       padding: ${theme.spacing(0.5, 1, 0.5, 1)};
       z-index: 100;
-      visibility: hidden;
       gap: ${theme.spacing(0.5)};
 
       & > button {
@@ -302,6 +305,14 @@ export const getLogRowStyles = memoizeOne((theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
         padding-top: ${theme.spacing(0.5)};
       }
     `,
+    hidden: css`
+      label: hidden;
+      visibility: hidden;
+    `,
+    unPinButton: css`
+      height: ${theme.spacing(3)};
+      line-height: ${theme.spacing(2.5)};
+    `,
   };
 });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/log-context/LogRowContextModal.test.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/log-context/LogRowContextModal.test.tsx
index aec1364f483..85cf8c0213a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/log-context/LogRowContextModal.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/log-context/LogRowContextModal.test.tsx
@@ -334,4 +334,44 @@ describe('LogRowContextModal', () => {
 
     await waitFor(() => expect(dispatchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(splitOpenSym));
   });
+
+  it('should make the center row sticky on load', async () => {
+    render(
+      <LogRowContextModal
+        row={row}
+        open={true}
+        onClose={() => {}}
+        getRowContext={getRowContext}
+        timeZone={timeZone}
+        logsSortOrder={LogsSortOrder.Descending}
+      />
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const rows = screen.getByTestId('entry-row');
+      expect(rows).toHaveStyle('position: sticky');
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should make the center row unsticky on unPinClick', async () => {
+    render(
+      <LogRowContextModal
+        row={row}
+        open={true}
+        onClose={() => {}}
+        getRowContext={getRowContext}
+        timeZone={timeZone}
+        logsSortOrder={LogsSortOrder.Descending}
+      />
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const rows = screen.getByTestId('entry-row');
+      expect(rows).toHaveStyle('position: sticky');
+    });
+    const unpinButtons = screen.getAllByLabelText('Unpin line')[0];
+    await userEvent.click(unpinButtons);
+    const rows = screen.getByTestId('entry-row');
+    expect(rows).not.toHaveStyle('position: sticky');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/log-context/LogRowContextModal.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/log-context/LogRowContextModal.tsx
index 648e78665f7..226e03faa58 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/log-context/LogRowContextModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/log-context/LogRowContextModal.tsx
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       left: 50%;
       transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
     `,
-    entry: css`
+    sticky: css`
       position: sticky;
       z-index: 1;
       top: -1px;
       bottom: -1px;
+    `,
+    entry: css`
       & > td {
         padding: ${theme.spacing(1)} 0 ${theme.spacing(1)} 0;
       }
@@ -54,6 +56,10 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       & > table {
         margin-bottom: 0;
       }
+
+      & .log-row-menu {
+        margin-top: -6px;
+      }
     `,
     datasourceUi: css`
       padding-bottom: ${theme.spacing(1.25)};
@@ -178,6 +184,8 @@ export const LogRowContextModal: React.FunctionComponent<LogRowContextModalProps
   const theme = useTheme2();
   const styles = getStyles(theme);
 
+  const [sticky, setSticky] = useState(true);
+
   // we need to keep both the "above" and "below" rows
   // in the same react-state, to be able to atomically change both
   // at the same time.
@@ -448,7 +456,7 @@ export const LogRowContextModal: React.FunctionComponent<LogRowContextModalProps
               </td>
             </tr>
             <tr ref={preEntryElement}></tr>
-            <tr ref={entryElement} className={styles.entry}>
+            <tr ref={entryElement} className={cx(styles.entry, sticky ? styles.sticky : null)} data-testid="entry-row">
               <td className={styles.noMarginBottom}>
                 <LogRows
                   logRows={[row]}
@@ -462,6 +470,9 @@ export const LogRowContextModal: React.FunctionComponent<LogRowContextModalProps
                   displayedFields={displayedFields}
                   onClickShowField={showField}
                   onClickHideField={hideField}
+                  onUnpinLine={() => setSticky(false)}
+                  onPinLine={() => setSticky(true)}
+                  pinnedRowId={sticky ? row.uid : undefined}
                 />
               </td>
             </tr>