diff --git a/include/transport/Logging.h b/include/transport/Logging.h
index d79fa8a50c9d41015ca8ec9e9ae5e7bd33c4b5ae..9b24c6e6d5ce740f5e076397b50e14ddf19c11ea 100644
--- a/include/transport/Logging.h
+++ b/include/transport/Logging.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ namespace Logging {
 
 void initBackendLogging(Config *config);
 void initMainLogging(Config *config);
+void initManagerLogging(Config *config);
 void shutdownLogging();
 void redirect_stderr();
 
diff --git a/libtransport/Logging.cpp b/libtransport/Logging.cpp
index 36f5d5f12b7f3ea8e09514746f1e259524d299ce..44614034d5606f4c1fa1f242e4241cc2900f6e74 100644
--- a/libtransport/Logging.cpp
+++ b/libtransport/Logging.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ void initMainLogging(Config *config) {
 	initLogging(config, "logging.config");
 	initLogging(config, "logging.backend_config", true);
 }
+void initManagerLogging(Config *config) {
+        initLogging(config, "logging.config");
+}
 
 void redirect_stderr() {
 	 intercepter_cerr = new intercept_stream(std::cerr, "cerr");
diff --git a/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt b/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a098605718f779de115d1be4befbff20b9a8124..d97d27eabd606461a650c5f87c1fd3fef2e75f64 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,4 +49,8 @@ INSTALL(FILES
 	DESTINATION /etc/spectrum2
 	)
 
+INSTALL(FILES
+	manager-logging.cfg
+	DESTINATION /etc/spectrum2
+	)
 
diff --git a/spectrum/src/manager-logging.cfg b/spectrum/src/manager-logging.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..607a3d8364615e19a357bda9ec72d1a50f9ba64b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spectrum/src/manager-logging.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+log4j.rootLogger=debug, R
+
+log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.R.File=/var/log/spectrum2/spectrum_manager.log
+
+log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=10000KB
+# Keep one backup file
+log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=1
+
+log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %c: %m%n
diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp b/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
index 915df32e51c90b0892d4ece72864aaac7a18290e..e24ad09a56a2a8ce16cfeac8a6025decb851246a 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ bool ManagerConfig::load(const std::string &configfile, boost::program_options::
 		("database.password", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Database Password.")
 		("database.port", value<int>()->default_value(0), "Database port.")
 		("database.prefix", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Prefix of tables in database")
+		("logging.config", value<std::string>()->default_value("/etc/spectrum2/manager_logging.cfg"), "Logging configuration file")
 	;
 
 	store(parse_config_file(ifs, opts), m_variables);
diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/server.cpp b/spectrum_manager/src/server.cpp
index 29b6ea34432d3b1db6dbea556775ba3f625e2b42..27edfa71950090bbca9f31c0ef31257f2d833b1c 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/server.cpp
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/server.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ Server::Server(ManagerConfig *config, const std::string &config_file) {
 
 	m_storageCfg = new Config();
 	m_storageCfg->load(config_file);
-
+	
+	Logging::initManagerLogging(m_storageCfg);
 	std::string error;
 	m_storage = StorageBackend::createBackend(m_storageCfg, error);
 	if (m_storage == NULL) {
diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/server.h b/spectrum_manager/src/server.h
index 8b9b03a94fa5e4dad5294a37d831b0b2a3194165..ac3cd8801b3e94d1353e01cc05901d85dbc43f20 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/server.h
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/server.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "managerconfig.h"
 
 #include "transport/Config.h"
+#include "transport/Logging.h"
 #include "transport/SQLite3Backend.h"
 #include "transport/MySQLBackend.h"
 #include "transport/PQXXBackend.h"