diff --git a/genconfig.sh b/genconfig.sh
index 1b03d49..751d1db 100755
--- a/genconfig.sh
+++ b/genconfig.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ CONFIGMACRO="__CONFIG_H__"
 
 # Database path
 DB_PATH="/tmp/minidlna"
+# Log path
+LOG_PATH="${DB_PATH}"
 
 # detecting the OS name and version
 OS_NAME=`uname -s`
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ case $OS_NAME in
 			OS_NAME=Debian
 			OS_VERSION=`cat /etc/debian_version`
 			OS_URL=http://www.debian.org/
+			LOG_PATH="/var/log"
 			# use lsb_release (Linux Standard Base) when available
 			LSB_RELEASE=`which lsb_release 2>/dev/null`
 			if [ 0 -eq $? ]; then
@@ -146,6 +149,10 @@ echo "/* full path of the file database */" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 echo "#define DEFAULT_DB_PATH	\"${DB_PATH}\"" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 echo "" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 
+echo "/* full path of the log directory */" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
+echo "#define DEFAULT_LOG_PATH	\"${LOG_PATH}\"" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
+echo "" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
+
 echo "/* Comment the following line to use home made daemonize() func instead" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 echo " * of BSD daemon() */" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 echo "#define USE_DAEMON" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
diff --git a/minidlna.c b/minidlna.c
index 2971364..c555256 100644
--- a/minidlna.c
+++ b/minidlna.c
@@ -410,6 +410,18 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv)
 				}
 				strncpy(db_path, path, PATH_MAX);
 				break;
+			case UPNPLOGDIR:
+				path = realpath(ary_options[i].value, real_path);
+				if( !path )
+					path = (ary_options[i].value);
+				make_dir(path, S_ISVTX|S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO);
+				if( access(path, F_OK) != 0 )
+				{
+					DPRINTF(E_FATAL, L_GENERAL, "Log path not accessible! [%s]\n", path);
+					break;
+				}
+				strncpy(log_path, path, PATH_MAX);
+				break;
 			case UPNPINOTIFY:
 				if( (strcmp(ary_options[i].value, "yes") != 0) && !atoi(ary_options[i].value) )
 					CLEARFLAG(INOTIFY_MASK);
@@ -624,7 +636,7 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv)
 		#else
 		if( access(db_path, F_OK) != 0 )
 			make_dir(db_path, S_ISVTX|S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO);
-		sprintf(real_path, "%s/minidlna.log", db_path);
+		sprintf(real_path, "%s/minidlna.log", log_path);
 		log_init(real_path, "general,artwork,database,inotify,scanner,metadata,http,ssdp,tivo=warn");
 		#endif
 	}
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 144b1a2..c3b3d7f 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static const struct {
 	{ UPNPALBUMART_NAMES, "album_art_names"},
 	{ UPNPINOTIFY, "inotify" },
 	{ UPNPDBDIR, "db_dir" },
+	{ UPNPLOGDIR, "log_dir" },
 	{ ENABLE_TIVO, "enable_tivo" },
 	{ ENABLE_DLNA_STRICT, "strict_dlna" }
 };
diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index 4d9ceb2..e3ef97a 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ enum upnpconfigoptions {
 	UPNPMEDIADIR,			/* directory to search for UPnP-A/V content */
 	UPNPALBUMART_NAMES,		/* list of '/'-delimited file names to check for album art */
 	UPNPINOTIFY,			/* enable inotify on the media directories */
-	UPNPDBDIR,			/* base directory to store the database, log files, and album art cache */
+	UPNPDBDIR,			/* base directory to store the database and album art cache */
+	UPNPLOGDIR,			/* base directory to store the log file */
 	ENABLE_TIVO,			/* enable support for streaming images and music to TiVo */
 	ENABLE_DLNA_STRICT		/* strictly adhere to DLNA specs */
 };
diff --git a/upnpglobalvars.c b/upnpglobalvars.c
index c6eade7..ed47e51 100644
--- a/upnpglobalvars.c
+++ b/upnpglobalvars.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ sqlite3 * db;
 char dlna_no_conv[] = "DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0";
 char friendly_name[FRIENDLYNAME_MAX_LEN];
 char db_path[PATH_MAX] = DEFAULT_DB_PATH;
+char log_path[PATH_MAX] = DEFAULT_LOG_PATH;
 struct media_dir_s * media_dirs = NULL;
 struct album_art_name_s * album_art_names = NULL;
 struct client_cache_s clients[CLIENT_CACHE_SLOTS];
diff --git a/upnpglobalvars.h b/upnpglobalvars.h
index edf2ae7..58776b0 100644
--- a/upnpglobalvars.h
+++ b/upnpglobalvars.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ extern char dlna_no_conv[];
 #define FRIENDLYNAME_MAX_LEN (64)
 extern char friendly_name[];
 extern char db_path[];
+extern char log_path[];
 extern struct media_dir_s * media_dirs;
 extern struct album_art_name_s * album_art_names;
 extern struct client_cache_s clients[CLIENT_CACHE_SLOTS];