diff --git a/api/tasks.go b/api/tasks.go
index 04056da21..8b2ae3927 100644
--- a/api/tasks.go
+++ b/api/tasks.go
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ func (t *Task) Constrain(c *Constraint) *Task {
 	return t
 }
 
+// SetLogConfig sets a log config to a task
+func (t *Task) SetLogConfig(l *LogConfig) *Task {
+	t.LogConfig = l
+	return t
+}
+
 // TaskState tracks the current state of a task and events that caused state
 // transistions.
 type TaskState struct {
diff --git a/api/util_test.go b/api/util_test.go
index 30feafdd3..190e0f3e7 100644
--- a/api/util_test.go
+++ b/api/util_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ func testJob() *Job {
 		MemoryMB: 256,
 		DiskMB:   25,
 		IOPS:     10,
+	}).
+		SetLogConfig(&LogConfig{
+		MaxFiles:      10,
+		MaxFileSizeMB: 10,
 	})
 
 	group := NewTaskGroup("group1", 1).