diff --git a/caddy/caddymain/run.go b/caddy/caddymain/run.go
index f7269c88c..03c11a128 100644
--- a/caddy/caddymain/run.go
+++ b/caddy/caddymain/run.go
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&certmagic.Email, "email", "", "Default ACME CA account email address")
 	flag.DurationVar(&certmagic.HTTPTimeout, "catimeout", certmagic.HTTPTimeout, "Default ACME CA HTTP timeout")
 	flag.StringVar(&logfile, "log", "", "Process log file")
+	flag.IntVar(&logRollMB, "log-roll-mb", 100, "Roll process log when it reaches this many megabytes (0 to disable rolling)")
+	flag.BoolVar(&logRollCompress, "log-roll-compress", true, "Gzip-compress rolled process log files")
 	flag.StringVar(&caddy.PidFile, "pidfile", "", "Path to write pid file")
 	flag.BoolVar(&caddy.Quiet, "quiet", false, "Quiet mode (no initialization output)")
 	flag.StringVar(&revoke, "revoke", "", "Hostname for which to revoke the certificate")
@@ -84,12 +86,26 @@ func Run() {
 	case "":
 		log.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
 	default:
-		log.SetOutput(&lumberjack.Logger{
-			Filename:   logfile,
-			MaxSize:    100,
-			MaxAge:     14,
-			MaxBackups: 10,
-		})
+		if logRollMB > 0 {
+			log.SetOutput(&lumberjack.Logger{
+				Filename:   logfile,
+				MaxSize:    logRollMB,
+				MaxAge:     14,
+				MaxBackups: 10,
+				Compress:   logRollCompress,
+			})
+		} else {
+			err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(logfile), 0755)
+			if err != nil {
+				mustLogFatalf("%v", err)
+			}
+			f, err := os.OpenFile(logfile, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+			if err != nil {
+				mustLogFatalf("%v", err)
+			}
+			// don't close file; log should be writeable for duration of process
+			log.SetOutput(f)
+		}
 	}
 
 	//Load all additional envs as soon as possible
@@ -501,6 +517,8 @@ var (
 	cpu             string
 	envFile         string
 	logfile         string
+	logRollMB       int
+	logRollCompress bool
 	revoke          string
 	version         bool
 	plugins         bool
diff --git a/caddyhttp/httpserver/logger.go b/caddyhttp/httpserver/logger.go
index 1fc262419..cd2c26674 100644
--- a/caddyhttp/httpserver/logger.go
+++ b/caddyhttp/httpserver/logger.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog"
+	gsyslog "github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog"
 	"github.com/mholt/caddy"
 )
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ selectwriter:
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if l.Roller != nil {
+		if l.Roller != nil && !l.Roller.Disabled {
 			file.Close()
 			l.Roller.Filename = l.Output
 			l.writer = l.Roller.GetLogWriter()
diff --git a/caddyhttp/httpserver/roller.go b/caddyhttp/httpserver/roller.go
index 8f259ee9c..a87828fb2 100644
--- a/caddyhttp/httpserver/roller.go
+++ b/caddyhttp/httpserver/roller.go
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2"
+	lumberjack "gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2"
 )
 
 // LogRoller implements a type that provides a rolling logger.
 type LogRoller struct {
+	Disabled   bool
 	Filename   string
 	MaxSize    int
 	MaxAge     int
@@ -66,10 +67,11 @@ func IsLogRollerSubdirective(subdir string) bool {
 	return subdir == directiveRotateSize ||
 		subdir == directiveRotateAge ||
 		subdir == directiveRotateKeep ||
-		subdir == directiveRotateCompress
+		subdir == directiveRotateCompress ||
+		subdir == directiveRotateDisable
 }
 
-var invalidRollerParameterErr = errors.New("invalid roller parameter")
+var errInvalidRollParameter = errors.New("invalid roller parameter")
 
 // ParseRoller parses roller contents out of c.
 func ParseRoller(l *LogRoller, what string, where ...string) error {
@@ -79,16 +81,16 @@ func ParseRoller(l *LogRoller, what string, where ...string) error {
 
 	// rotate_compress doesn't accept any parameters.
 	// others only accept one parameter
-	if (what == directiveRotateCompress && len(where) != 0) ||
-		(what != directiveRotateCompress && len(where) != 1) {
-		return invalidRollerParameterErr
+	if ((what == directiveRotateCompress || what == directiveRotateDisable) && len(where) != 0) ||
+		((what != directiveRotateCompress && what != directiveRotateDisable) && len(where) != 1) {
+		return errInvalidRollParameter
 	}
 
 	var (
 		value int
 		err   error
 	)
-	if what != directiveRotateCompress {
+	if what != directiveRotateCompress && what != directiveRotateDisable {
 		value, err = strconv.Atoi(where[0])
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ func ParseRoller(l *LogRoller, what string, where ...string) error {
 	}
 
 	switch what {
+	case directiveRotateDisable:
+		l.Disabled = true
 	case directiveRotateSize:
 		l.MaxSize = value
 	case directiveRotateAge:
@@ -127,6 +131,7 @@ const (
 	// defaultRotateKeep is 10 files.
 	defaultRotateKeep = 10
 
+	directiveRotateDisable  = "rotate_disable"
 	directiveRotateSize     = "rotate_size"
 	directiveRotateAge      = "rotate_age"
 	directiveRotateKeep     = "rotate_keep"
@@ -134,5 +139,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // lumberjacks maps log filenames to the logger
-// that is being used to keep them rolled/maintained.
-var lumberjacks = make(map[string]*lumberjack.Logger)
+// that is being used to keep them rolled/maintained;
+// if rolling is disabled, it's just a regular
+// *os.File, not a lumberjack
+var lumberjacks = make(map[string]io.Writer)
diff --git a/vendor/gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2/lumberjack.go b/vendor/gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2/lumberjack.go
index ca19da440..46d97c553 100644
--- a/vendor/gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2/lumberjack.go
+++ b/vendor/gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2/lumberjack.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ type Logger struct {
 	LocalTime bool `json:"localtime" yaml:"localtime"`
 
 	// Compress determines if the rotated log files should be compressed
-	// using gzip.
+	// using gzip. The default is not to perform compression.
 	Compress bool `json:"compress" yaml:"compress"`
 
 	size int64
diff --git a/vendor/manifest b/vendor/manifest
index 97273930a..a2473037e 100644
--- a/vendor/manifest
+++ b/vendor/manifest
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
 			"importpath": "gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2",
 			"repository": "https://gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2",
 			"vcs": "git",
-			"revision": "df99d62fd42d8b3752c8a42c6723555372c02a03",
+			"revision": "7d6a1875575e09256dc552b4c0e450dcd02bd10e",
 			"branch": "v2.0",
 			"notests": true
 		},