diff --git a/plugins/python/pyloader.c b/plugins/python/pyloader.c
index b0099281..868ca219 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pyloader.c
+++ b/plugins/python/pyloader.c
@@ -655,6 +655,25 @@ PyObject *uwsgi_paste_loader(void *arg1) {
 	PyObject *paste_arg, *paste_app;
 
 	uwsgi_log( "Loading paste environment: %s\n", paste);
+
+	if (up.paste_logger) {
+		PyObject *paste_logger_dict = get_uwsgi_pydict("paste.script.util.logging_config");	
+		if (paste_logger_dict) {
+			PyObject *paste_logger_fileConfig = PyDict_GetItemString(paste_logger_dict, "fileConfig");
+			if (paste_logger_fileConfig) {
+				PyObject *paste_logger_arg = PyTuple_New(1);
+				if (!paste_logger_arg) {
+					PyErr_Print();
+					exit(UWSGI_FAILED_APP_CODE);
+				}
+				PyTuple_SetItem(paste_logger_arg, 0, PyString_FromString(paste));
+				if (python_call(paste_logger_fileConfig, paste_logger_arg, 0, NULL)) {
+					PyErr_Print();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	paste_module = PyImport_ImportModule("paste.deploy");
 	if (!paste_module) {
 		PyErr_Print();
diff --git a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
index 9bd96586..4f25d172 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ void uwsgi_opt_ini_paste(char *opt, char *value, void *foobar) {
 	else {
 		up.paste = uwsgi_concat2("config:", value);
         }
+
+	if (!strcmp("ini-paste-logged", opt)) {
+		up.paste_logger = 1;
+	}
 	
 }
 #endif
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@ struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_python_options[] = {
 	{"optimize", required_argument, 'O', "set python optimization level", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &up.optimize, 0},
 
 	{"paste", required_argument, 0, "load a paste.deploy config file", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &up.paste, 0},
+	{"paste-logger", required_argument, 0, "enable paste fileConfig logger", uwsgi_opt_true, &up.paste_logger, 0},
 
 
 	{"web3", required_argument, 0, "load a web3 app", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &up.web3, 0},
@@ -95,6 +100,7 @@ struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_python_options[] = {
 	{"wsgi-lite", required_argument, 0, "load a wsgi-lite app", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &up.wsgi_lite, 0},
 #ifdef UWSGI_INI
 	{"ini-paste", required_argument, 0, "load a paste.deploy config file containing uwsgi section", uwsgi_opt_ini_paste, NULL, UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
+	{"ini-paste-logged", required_argument, 0, "load a paste.deploy config file containing uwsgi section (load loggers too)", uwsgi_opt_ini_paste, NULL, UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
 #endif
 	{"catch-exceptions", no_argument, 0, "report exception has http output (discouraged)", uwsgi_opt_true, &up.catch_exceptions, 0},
 	{"ignore-script-name", no_argument, 0, "ignore SCRIPT_NAME", uwsgi_opt_true, &up.ignore_script_name, 0},
diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h b/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h
index 01964405..06d14458 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct uwsgi_python {
 	char *wsgi_config;
 	char *file_config;
 	char *paste;
+	int paste_logger;
 	char *eval;
 
 	char *web3;