diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index 0767b98f9..39259abb2 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ type Config struct {
 	// LogJson enables log output in a JSON format
 	LogJson bool `hcl:"log_json"`
 
+	// LogFile enables logging to a file
+	LogFile string `hcl:"log_file"`
+
+	// LogRotateDuration is the time period that logs should be rotated in
+	LogRotateDuration string `hcl:"log_rotate_duration"`
+
+	// LogRotateBytes is the max number of bytes that should be written to a file
+	LogRotateBytes int `hcl:"log_rotate_bytes"`
+
+	// LogRotateMaxFiles is the max number of log files to keep
+	LogRotateMaxFiles int `hcl:"log_rotate_max_files"`
+
 	// BindAddr is the address on which all of nomad's services will
 	// be bound. If not specified, this defaults to 127.0.0.1.
 	BindAddr string `hcl:"bind_addr"`
@@ -898,6 +910,18 @@ func (c *Config) Merge(b *Config) *Config {
 	if b.LogJson {
 		result.LogJson = true
 	}
+	if b.LogFile != "" {
+		result.LogFile = b.LogFile
+	}
+	if b.LogRotateDuration != "" {
+		result.LogRotateDuration = b.LogRotateDuration
+	}
+	if b.LogRotateBytes != 0 {
+		result.LogRotateBytes = b.LogRotateBytes
+	}
+	if b.LogRotateMaxFiles != 0 {
+		result.LogRotateMaxFiles = b.LogRotateMaxFiles
+	}
 	if b.BindAddr != "" {
 		result.BindAddr = b.BindAddr
 	}
diff --git a/command/agent/config_parse_test.go b/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
index 362bddb92..51368fd5d 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var basicConfig = &Config{
 	NodeName:    "my-web",
 	DataDir:     "/tmp/nomad",
 	PluginDir:   "/tmp/nomad-plugins",
+	LogFile:     "/var/log/nomad.log",
 	LogLevel:    "ERR",
 	LogJson:     true,
 	BindAddr:    "192.168.0.1",
@@ -409,14 +410,10 @@ func TestConfig_Parse(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tc.File, func(t *testing.T) {
 			require := require.New(t)
 			path, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join("./testdata", tc.File))
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("file: %s\n\n%s", tc.File, err)
-			}
+			require.NoError(err)
 
 			actual, err := ParseConfigFile(path)
-			if (err != nil) != tc.Err {
-				t.Fatalf("file: %s\n\n%s", tc.File, err)
-			}
+			require.NoError(err)
 
 			// ParseConfig used to re-merge defaults for these three objects,
 			// despite them already being merged in LoadConfig. The test structs
diff --git a/command/agent/testdata/basic.hcl b/command/agent/testdata/basic.hcl
index 03ce1c749..0f569b487 100644
--- a/command/agent/testdata/basic.hcl
+++ b/command/agent/testdata/basic.hcl
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ log_level = "ERR"
 
 log_json = true
 
+log_file = "/var/log/nomad.log"
+
 bind_addr = "192.168.0.1"
 
 enable_debug = true
diff --git a/command/agent/testdata/basic.json b/command/agent/testdata/basic.json
index 6eedcb85f..22bb3a36c 100644
--- a/command/agent/testdata/basic.json
+++ b/command/agent/testdata/basic.json
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
   ],
   "leave_on_interrupt": true,
   "leave_on_terminate": true,
+  "log_file": "/var/log/nomad.log",
   "log_json": true,
   "log_level": "ERR",
   "name": "my-web",