diff --git a/log-handler.c b/log-handler.c
index 9a387fd..79c3a1a 100644
--- a/log-handler.c
+++ b/log-handler.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 };
 
 
-static const char *filename = LOCALSTATEDIR "/log/openbmc-console.log";
+static const char *default_filename = LOCALSTATEDIR "/log/openbmc-console.log";
 
 static const size_t logsize = 16 * 1024;
 
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 		struct config *config __attribute__((unused)))
 {
 	struct log_handler *lh = to_log_handler(handler);
+	const char *filename;
 	int rc;
 
 	lh->console = console;
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@
 	lh->pagesize = 4096;
 	lh->size = 0;
 
+	filename = config_get_value(config, "logfile");
+	if (!filename)
+		filename = default_filename;
+
 	lh->fd = open(filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644);
 	if (lh->fd < 0) {
 		warn("Can't open log buffer file %s", filename);