diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 8d2fd2b..b03c8ed 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ opt_param_env_vars:
   - {env_var: "USER_PASSWORD", env_value: "password", desc: "Optionally set a sudo password for `linuxserver.io`, the ssh user. If this or `USER_PASSWORD_FILE` are not set but `SUDO_ACCESS` is set to true, the user will have passwordless sudo access."}
   - {env_var: "USER_PASSWORD_FILE", env_value: "/path/to/file", desc: "Optionally specify a file that contains the password. This setting supersedes the `USER_PASSWORD` option (works with docker secrets)."}
   - {env_var: "USER_NAME", env_value: "linuxserver.io", desc: "Optionally specify a user name (Default:`linuxserver.io`)"}
+  - {env_var: "LOG_STDOUT", env_value: "", desc: "Set to `true` to log to stdout instead of file."}
 # application setup block
 app_setup_block_enabled: true
 app_setup_block: |
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/log-openssh-server/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/log-openssh-server/run
index a4200cd..7c2a436 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/log-openssh-server/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/log-openssh-server/run
@@ -3,5 +3,10 @@
 
 USER_NAME=${USER_NAME:-linuxserver.io}
 
-exec \
-    s6-setuidgid "${USER_NAME}" s6-log n30 s10000000 S30000000 T !"gzip -nq9" /config/logs/openssh
+if [[ "${LOG_STDOUT,,}" == "true" ]]; then
+    exec \
+        s6-setuidgid "${USER_NAME}" s6-log +.* 1
+else
+    exec \
+        s6-setuidgid "${USER_NAME}" s6-log n30 s10000000 S30000000 T !"gzip -nq9" /config/logs/openssh
+fi