diff --git a/http/apache/apache_service.inc b/http/apache/apache_service.inc
index bf5dc218aafed84a62557c97224e39435c6ed49e..300578622fe6afad5d3879a16b554b0bbb85f368 100644
--- a/http/apache/apache_service.inc
+++ b/http/apache/apache_service.inc
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 class provisionService_http_apache extends provisionService_http_public {
   protected $application_name = 'apache';
   protected $has_restart_cmd = TRUE;
+  protected $has_log_directory = TRUE;
 
   function default_restart_cmd() {
     return provisionService_http_apache::apache_restart_cmd();
   }
 
+  function default_log_directory() {
+    return provisionService_http_apache::apache_log_directory();
+  }
+
   function cloaked_db_creds() {
     return TRUE;
   }
@@ -47,6 +52,21 @@ class provisionService_http_apache extends provisionService_http_public {
     return "sudo $command graceful";
   }
 
+  public static function apache_log_directory() {
+    $log_directory = '/var/log/apache2'; #debian/ubuntu
+    $options[] = '/var/log/apache'; #centos?
+    $options[] = '/var/log/httpd'; #redhat/centos ?
+    $options[] = $log_directory;
+
+    foreach ($options as $test) {
+      if(is_dir($test)) {
+        $log_directory = $test;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+   return $log_directory;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Restart apache to pick up the new config files.
    */ 
diff --git a/http/apache/vhost.tpl.php b/http/apache/vhost.tpl.php
index bc29d5217b03bf79f45fda4f0878ca8fc0826483..8d8e063ebe1c06d20c3e0643d24357d5a2510836 100644
--- a/http/apache/vhost.tpl.php
+++ b/http/apache/vhost.tpl.php
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ if ($this->redirection || $ssl_redirection) {
     print " RewriteRule ^/*(.*)$ http://{$this->uri}/$1 [L,R=301]\n";
   }
 }
+
+if ($this->split_logfiles) {
+  print " CustomLog " . $http_log_directory . "/" . $this->uri . ".log combined";
+}
 ?>
 
 
diff --git a/http/http.drush.inc b/http/http.drush.inc
index 3f12b56cf6565383b31307f798bf775842766037..737a0197026dd3dfe2c3ef2131877af4fb7fd310 100644
--- a/http/http.drush.inc
+++ b/http/http.drush.inc
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ class provisionService_http_public extends provisionService_http {
 
     $data['http_port'] = $this->server->http_port;
 
+    $data['http_log_directory'] = $this->server->http_log_directory;
+
     // We assign this generic catch all for standard http.
     // The SSL based services will override this with the
     // correct ip address.
diff --git a/provision.context.site.inc b/provision.context.site.inc
index 397e312cca9bedaeaf712429fc6e751d7905b2f3..6060cac0ddc96ebdf38663e21798e0c07b8a29d4 100644
--- a/provision.context.site.inc
+++ b/provision.context.site.inc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class provisionContext_site extends provisionContext {
     $this->setProperty('client_email');
     $this->setProperty('aliases', array(), TRUE);
     $this->setProperty('redirection', FALSE);
+    $this->setProperty('split_logfiles', FALSE);
 
     // this can potentially be handled by a Drupal sub class
     $this->setProperty('profile', 'default');
diff --git a/provision.service.inc b/provision.service.inc
index 92ecd725b94774a55078567d10d468726ee36f4c..b882dfefbb4154cabaf529dfaa89d4dc829f79c8 100644
--- a/provision.service.inc
+++ b/provision.service.inc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class provisionService extends provisionChainedState {
 
   protected $has_restart_cmd = FALSE;
   protected $has_port = FALSE;
+  protected $has_log_directory = FALSE;
 
   protected $configs = array();
 
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ class provisionService extends provisionChainedState {
       if ($this->has_restart_cmd) {
         $this->server->setProperty($this->service . '_restart_cmd', $this->default_restart_cmd());
       }
+      if ($this->has_log_directory) {
+        $this->server->setProperty($this->service . '_log_directory', $this->default_log_directory());
+      }
     }
     return TRUE;
   }
@@ -70,6 +74,10 @@ class provisionService extends provisionChainedState {
     return false;
   }
 
+  function default_log_directory() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set the currently active configuration object.
    *