diff --git a/debian/p2pool.service b/debian/p2pool.service
index 699c83c..13ffc27 100644
--- a/debian/p2pool.service
+++ b/debian/p2pool.service
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ExecStart=/opt/p2pool/p2pool \
   --p2p 0.0.0.0:37889 \
   --data-api /var/lib/p2pool/data-api \
   --local-api \
+  --log-file /var/log/p2pool/p2pool.log \
   --loglevel 3
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=10s