diff --git a/core/logging.c b/core/logging.c
index 12441608..ec219aba 100644
--- a/core/logging.c
+++ b/core/logging.c
@@ -354,51 +354,51 @@ void uwsgi_setup_log() {
 
 static struct uwsgi_logger *setup_choosen_logger(struct uwsgi_string_list *usl) {
 	char *id = NULL;
-                char *name = usl->value;
+	char *name = usl->value;
 
-                char *space = strchr(name, ' ');
-                if (space) {
-                        int is_id = 1;
-                        int i;
-                        for (i = 0; i < (space - name); i++) {
-                                if (!isalnum((int)name[i])) {
-                                        is_id = 0;
-                                        break;
-                                }
-                        }
-                        if (is_id) {
-                                id = uwsgi_concat2n(name, space - name, "", 0);
-                                name = space + 1;
-                        }
-                }
+	char *space = strchr(name, ' ');
+	if (space) {
+		int is_id = 1;
+		int i;
+		for (i = 0; i < (space - name); i++) {
+			if (!isalnum((int)name[i])) {
+				is_id = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (is_id) {
+			id = uwsgi_concat2n(name, space - name, "", 0);
+			name = space + 1;
+		}
+	}
 
-                char *colon = strchr(name, ':');
-                if (colon) {
-                        *colon = 0;
-                }
+	char *colon = strchr(name, ':');
+	if (colon) {
+		*colon = 0;
+	}
 
-                struct uwsgi_logger *choosen_logger = uwsgi_get_logger(name);
-                if (!choosen_logger) {
-                        uwsgi_log("unable to find logger %s\n", name);
-                        exit(1);
-                }
+	struct uwsgi_logger *choosen_logger = uwsgi_get_logger(name);
+	if (!choosen_logger) {
+		uwsgi_log("unable to find logger %s\n", name);
+		exit(1);
+	}
 
-                // make a copy of the logger
-                struct uwsgi_logger *copy_of_choosen_logger = uwsgi_malloc(sizeof(struct uwsgi_logger));
-                memcpy(copy_of_choosen_logger, choosen_logger, sizeof(struct uwsgi_logger));
-                choosen_logger = copy_of_choosen_logger;
-                choosen_logger->id = id;
-                choosen_logger->next = NULL;
+	// make a copy of the logger
+	struct uwsgi_logger *copy_of_choosen_logger = uwsgi_malloc(sizeof(struct uwsgi_logger));
+	memcpy(copy_of_choosen_logger, choosen_logger, sizeof(struct uwsgi_logger));
+	choosen_logger = copy_of_choosen_logger;
+	choosen_logger->id = id;
+	choosen_logger->next = NULL;
 
-                if (colon) {
-                        choosen_logger->arg = colon + 1;
-                        // check for empty string
-                        if (*choosen_logger->arg == 0) {
-                                choosen_logger->arg = NULL;
-                        }
-                        *colon = ':';
-                }
-		return choosen_logger;
+	if (colon) {
+		choosen_logger->arg = colon + 1;
+		// check for empty string
+		if (*choosen_logger->arg == 0) {
+			choosen_logger->arg = NULL;
+		}
+		*colon = ':';
+	}
+	return choosen_logger;
 }
 
 void uwsgi_setup_log_master(void) {
@@ -519,40 +519,46 @@ void uwsgi_check_logrotate(void) {
 	}
 }
 
-void uwsgi_log_rotate() {
-	if (!uwsgi.logfile) return;
-	char *rot_name = uwsgi.log_backupname;
-                int need_free = 0;
-                if (rot_name == NULL) {
-                        char *ts_str = uwsgi_num2str((int) uwsgi_now());
-                        rot_name = uwsgi_concat3(uwsgi.logfile, ".", ts_str);
-                        free(ts_str);
-                        need_free = 1;
-                }
-		// this will be rawly written to the logfile
-                uwsgi_logfile_write("logsize: %llu, triggering rotation to %s...\n", (unsigned long long) uwsgi.shared->logsize, rot_name);
-                if (rename(uwsgi.logfile, rot_name) == 0) {
-                        // reopen logfile and dup'it, on dup2 error, exit(1)
-                        int fd = open(uwsgi.logfile, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP);
-                        if (fd < 0) {
-				// this will be written to the original file
-                                uwsgi_error_open(uwsgi.logfile);
+void uwsgi_log_do_rotate(char *logfile, char *rotatedfile, off_t logsize, int log_fd) {
+	int need_free = 0;
+	char *rot_name = rotatedfile;
+
+	if (rot_name == NULL) {
+		char *ts_str = uwsgi_num2str((int) uwsgi_now());
+		rot_name = uwsgi_concat3(logfile, ".", ts_str);
+		free(ts_str);
+		need_free = 1;
+	}
+	// this will be rawly written to the logfile
+	uwsgi_logfile_write("logsize: %llu, triggering rotation to %s...\n", (unsigned long long) logsize, rot_name);
+	if (rename(logfile, rot_name) == 0) {
+		// reopen logfile and dup'it, on dup2 error, exit(1)
+		int fd = open(logfile, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP);
+		if (fd < 0) {
+			// this will be written to the original file
+			uwsgi_error_open(logfile);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		else {
+			if (dup2(fd, log_fd) < 0) {
+				// this could be lost :(
+				uwsgi_error("uwsgi_log_do_rotate()/dup2()");
 				exit(1);
-                        }
-                        else {
-                                if (dup2(fd, uwsgi.original_log_fd) < 0) {
-					// this could be lost :(
-                                        uwsgi_error("uwsgi_log_rotate()/dup2()");
-					exit(1);
-                                }
-                                close(fd);
-                        }
-                }
-                else {
-                        uwsgi_error("unable to rotate log: rename()");
-                }
-                if (need_free)
-                        free(rot_name);
+			}
+			close(fd);
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		uwsgi_error("unable to rotate log: rename()");
+	}
+	if (need_free)
+		free(rot_name);
+}
+
+void uwsgi_log_rotate() {
+	if (!uwsgi.logfile)
+		return;
+	uwsgi_log_do_rotate(uwsgi.logfile, uwsgi.log_backupname, uwsgi.shared->logsize, uwsgi.original_log_fd);
 }
 
 void uwsgi_log_reopen() {
diff --git a/plugins/logfile/logfile.c b/plugins/logfile/logfile.c
index 2d027c34..a33e9858 100644
--- a/plugins/logfile/logfile.c
+++ b/plugins/logfile/logfile.c
@@ -1,10 +1,49 @@
 #include <uwsgi.h>
 
+struct logfile_data {
+	char *logfile;
+	char *backupname;
+	uint64_t maxsize;
+};
+
 static ssize_t uwsgi_file_logger(struct uwsgi_logger *ul, char *message, size_t len) {
 
 	if (!ul->configured) {
 		if (ul->arg) {
-			ul->fd = open(ul->arg, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP);
+			int is_keyval = 0;
+			char *backupname = NULL;
+			char *maxsize = NULL;
+			char *logfile = NULL;
+
+			if (strchr(ul->arg, '=')) {
+				if (uwsgi_kvlist_parse(ul->arg, strlen(ul->arg), ',', '=',
+					"logfile", &logfile, "backupname", &backupname, "maxsize", &maxsize, NULL)) {
+					uwsgi_log("[uwsgi-logfile] invalid keyval syntax\n");
+					exit(1);
+				}
+				is_keyval = 1;
+			}
+			if (is_keyval) {
+				if (!logfile) {
+					uwsgi_log("[uwsgi-logfile] missing logfile key\n");
+					return 0;
+				}
+
+				if (maxsize) {
+					struct logfile_data *data = uwsgi_malloc(sizeof(struct logfile_data));
+					data->logfile = logfile;
+					data->backupname = backupname;
+					data->maxsize = (uint64_t)strtoull(maxsize, NULL, 10);
+					ul->data = data;
+
+					free(maxsize);
+					maxsize = NULL;
+				}
+			} else {
+				logfile = ul->arg;
+			}
+
+			ul->fd = open(logfile, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP);
 			if (ul->fd >= 0) {
 				ul->configured = 1;
 			}	
@@ -12,10 +51,21 @@ static ssize_t uwsgi_file_logger(struct uwsgi_logger *ul, char *message, size_t
 	}
 
 	if (ul->fd >= 0) {
-		return write(ul->fd, message, len);
-	}
-	return 0;
+		ssize_t written = write(ul->fd, message, len);
 
+		if (ul->data) {
+			struct logfile_data *data = ul->data;
+			off_t logsize = lseek(ul->fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+
+			if (data->maxsize > 0 && (uint64_t) logsize > data->maxsize) {
+				uwsgi_log_do_rotate(data->logfile, data->backupname, logsize, ul->fd);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return written;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static ssize_t uwsgi_fd_logger(struct uwsgi_logger *ul, char *message, size_t len) {
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index 7d43db90..3c7f6f1f 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -4592,6 +4592,7 @@ void uwsgi_master_fifo_prepare();
 int uwsgi_master_fifo();
 int uwsgi_master_fifo_manage(int);
 
+void uwsgi_log_do_rotate(char *, char *, off_t, int);
 void uwsgi_log_rotate();
 void uwsgi_log_reopen();
 void uwsgi_reload_workers();