diff --git a/spectrum/src/sample.cfg b/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
index 6d512fb9..6b16b3c2 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ backend=../../backends/libpurple/spectrum_libpurple_backend
 protocol=prpl-msn
 #protocol=prpl-icq
 
+[logging]
+#config=logging.cfg # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file
+#backend_config=backend_logging.cfg # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file for backends
+#config=test.cfg
+
 [database]
 type = sqlite3 # or "none" without database backend
 database = test.sql
diff --git a/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg b/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg
index 9cd0b64b..9b9365b0 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ protocol=prpl-jabber
 #protocol=prpl-msn
 #protocol=prpl-icq
 
+[logging]
+#config=logging.cfg # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file
+#backend_config=backend_logging.cfg # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file for backends
+
 [database]
 type = none # "sqlite3" or "none" without database backend
 database = test.sql
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 2ac7836b..a94dbb9e 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ bool Config::load(const std::string &configfile, boost::program_options::options
 		("database.type", value<std::string>()->default_value("none"), "Database type.")
 		("database.database", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Database used to store data")
 		("database.prefix", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Prefix of tables in database")
+		("logging.config", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Path to log4cxx config file which is used for Spectrum 2 instance")
+		("logging.backend_config", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Path to log4cxx config file which is used for backends")
 	;
 
 	store(parse_config_file(ifs, opts), m_variables);
diff --git a/src/transport.cpp b/src/transport.cpp
index 965a2688..ee61e876 100644
--- a/src/transport.cpp
+++ b/src/transport.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "log4cxx/logger.h"
 #include "log4cxx/consoleappender.h"
 #include "log4cxx/patternlayout.h"
+#include "log4cxx/propertyconfigurator.h"
 
 using namespace Swift;
 using namespace boost;
@@ -68,10 +69,13 @@ Component::Component(Swift::EventLoop *loop, Config *config, Factory *factory) {
 	m_factory = factory;
 	m_loop = loop;
 
-// 	BasicConfigurator::configure();
-
-	LoggerPtr root = Logger::getRootLogger();
-	root->addAppender(new ConsoleAppender(new PatternLayout("%d %-5p %c: %m%n")));
+	if (CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "logging.config").empty()) {
+		LoggerPtr root = Logger::getRootLogger();
+		root->addAppender(new ConsoleAppender(new PatternLayout("%d %-5p %c: %m%n")));
+	}
+	else {
+		log4cxx::PropertyConfigurator::configure(CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "logging.config"));
+	}
 
 
 	m_jid = Swift::JID(CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.jid"));