diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index 55f1caa48de1..3e906b17836b 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 - `space-orbit` package has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. Debian upstream stopped tracking it in 2011.
 - `command-not-found` package is now disabled by default; it works only for nix-channels based systems, and requires setup for it to work.
 
+- `victoriametrics` no longer contains VictoriaLogs components. These have been separated into the new package `victorialogs`.
+
 - `gnome-keyring` no longer ships with an SSH agent anymore because it has been deprecated upstream. You should use `gcr_4` instead, which provides the same features. More information on why this was done can be found on [the relevant GCR upstream PR](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gcr/-/merge_requests/67).
 
 - `lima` package now only includes the guest agent for the host's architecture by default. If your guest VM's architecture differs from your Lima host's, you'll need to enable the `lima-additional-guestagents` package by setting `withAdditionalGuestAgents = true` when overriding lima with this input.
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index 29a5391b41ff..33da2dbb3990 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 
 - `vmalert` now supports multiple instances with the option `services.vmalert.instances."".enable`
 
+- [`services.victorialogs.package`](#opt-services.victorialogs.package) now defaults to `victorialogs`, as `victoriametrics` no longer contains the VictoriaLogs binaries.
+
 - The `wstunnel` module was converted to RFC42-style settings, you will need to update your NixOS config if you make use of this module.
 
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-25.11-notable-changes}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/victorialogs.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/victorialogs.nix
index 9d1324b2821e..8a246ad666e3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/victorialogs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/victorialogs.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ in
 {
   options.services.victorialogs = {
     enable = mkEnableOption "VictoriaLogs is an open source user-friendly database for logs from VictoriaMetrics";
-    package = mkPackageOption pkgs "victoriametrics" { };
+    package = mkPackageOption pkgs "victorialogs" { };
     listenAddress = mkOption {
       default = ":9428";
       type = types.str;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 2ef61d4f5784..f2071a9f68e8 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -1478,6 +1478,7 @@ in
   vector = import ./vector { inherit runTest; };
   velocity = runTest ./velocity.nix;
   vengi-tools = runTest ./vengi-tools.nix;
+  victorialogs = runTest ./victorialogs.nix;
   victoriametrics = handleTest ./victoriametrics { };
   vikunja = runTest ./vikunja.nix;
   virtualbox = handleTestOn [ "x86_64-linux" ] ./virtualbox.nix { };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/victorialogs.nix b/nixos/tests/victorialogs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9545b61c402f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/victorialogs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+{
+  name = "victorialogs";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ marie ];
+
+  nodes.machine =
+    { pkgs, ... }:
+    {
+      services.victorialogs.enable = true;
+
+      services.journald.upload = {
+        enable = true;
+        settings = {
+          Upload.URL = "http://localhost:9428/insert/journald";
+        };
+      };
+      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.curl ];
+    };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_unit("victorialogs.service")
+
+    machine.succeed("echo 'meow' | systemd-cat -p info")
+    machine.wait_until_succeeds("curl --fail http://localhost:9428/select/logsql/query -d 'query=\"meow\"' | grep meow")
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/victorialogs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/victorialogs/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a84434bc9520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/victorialogs/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildGoModule,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
+  nixosTests,
+}:
+
+buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "VictoriaLogs";
+  version = "1.24.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "VictoriaMetrics";
+    repo = "VictoriaMetrics";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}-victorialogs";
+    hash = "sha256-E52hvxazzbz9FcPFZFcRHs2vVg6fJJQ8HsieQovQSi4=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = null;
+
+  subPackages = [
+    "app/victoria-logs"
+    "app/vlinsert"
+    "app/vlselect"
+    "app/vlstorage"
+    "app/vlogsgenerator"
+    "app/vlogscli"
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # main module (github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics) does not contain package
+    # github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmui/packages/vmui/web
+    #
+    # This appears to be some kind of test server for development purposes only.
+    # rm -f app/vmui/packages/vmui/web/{go.mod,main.go}
+
+    # Increase timeouts in tests to prevent failure on heavily loaded builders
+    substituteInPlace lib/storage/storage_test.go \
+      --replace-fail "time.After(10 " "time.After(120 " \
+      --replace-fail "time.NewTimer(30 " "time.NewTimer(120 " \
+      --replace-fail "time.NewTimer(time.Second * 10)" "time.NewTimer(time.Second * 120)" \
+  '';
+
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/buildinfo.Version=${finalAttrs.version}"
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    # `lib/querytracer/tracer_test.go` expects `buildinfo.Version` to be unset
+    export ldflags=''${ldflags//=${finalAttrs.version}/=}
+  '';
+
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    tests = {
+      inherit (nixosTests)
+        victorialogs
+        ;
+    };
+    updateScript = nix-update-script {
+      extraArgs = [ "--version-regex=(.*)-victorialogs" ];
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/";
+    description = "User friendly log database from VictoriaMetrics";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ marie ];
+    changelog = "https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    mainProgram = "victoria-logs";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix
index 5d9cd54783a6..b4a72734f194 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   withVmAuth ? true, # HTTP proxy for authentication
   withBackupTools ? true, # vmbackup, vmrestore
   withVmctl ? true, # vmctl is used to migrate time series
-  withVictoriaLogs ? true, # logs server
 }:
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
@@ -43,12 +42,6 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     ++ lib.optionals withBackupTools [
       "app/vmbackup"
       "app/vmrestore"
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals withVictoriaLogs [
-      "app/victoria-logs"
-      "app/vlinsert"
-      "app/vlselect"
-      "app/vlstorage"
     ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vm/vmagent/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vm/vmagent/package.nix
index 650ad38f0a40..b1c8f33bcb50 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vm/vmagent/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vm/vmagent/package.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 lib.addMetaAttrs { mainProgram = "vmagent"; } (
   victoriametrics.override {
     withServer = false;
-    withVictoriaLogs = false;
     withVmAlert = false;
     withVmAuth = false;
     withBackupTools = false;