diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 378521dc45..23d5376dbe 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ endif()
 if(NANO_GUI OR RAIBLOCKS_GUI)
   install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config-node.toml.sample DESTINATION .)
   install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config-rpc.toml.sample DESTINATION .)
+  install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config-log.toml.sample DESTINATION .)
   if(WIN32)
     set(PLATFORM_QT_PACKAGES WinExtras)
   else()
diff --git a/nano/nano_node/CMakeLists.txt b/nano/nano_node/CMakeLists.txt
index 5da26671ee..48d42d3586 100644
--- a/nano/nano_node/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nano/nano_node/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ add_custom_command(
   COMMAND nano_node --generate_config node >
           ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config-node.toml.sample
   COMMAND nano_node --generate_config rpc >
-          ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config-rpc.toml.sample)
+          ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config-rpc.toml.sample
+  COMMAND nano_node --generate_config log >
+          ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config-log.toml.sample)
 
 if((NANO_GUI OR RAIBLOCKS_GUI) AND NOT APPLE)
   if(WIN32)
diff --git a/nano/node/cli.cpp b/nano/node/cli.cpp
index 9ec0539b4c..2636f5a144 100644
--- a/nano/node/cli.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/cli.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void nano::add_node_options (boost::program_options::options_description & descr
 	("rebuild_database", "Rebuild LMDB database with vacuum for best compaction")
 	("migrate_database_lmdb_to_rocksdb", "Migrates LMDB database to RocksDB")
 	("diagnostics", "Run internal diagnostics")
-	("generate_config", boost::program_options::value<std::string> (), "Write configuration to stdout, populated with defaults suitable for this system. Pass the configuration type node, rpc or tls. See also use_defaults.")
+	("generate_config", boost::program_options::value<std::string> (), "Write configuration to stdout, populated with defaults suitable for this system. Pass the configuration type node, rpc or log. See also use_defaults.")
 	("key_create", "Generates a adhoc random keypair and prints it to stdout")
 	("key_expand", "Derive public key and account number from <key>")
 	("wallet_add_adhoc", "Insert <key> in to <wallet>")
@@ -671,6 +671,12 @@ std::error_code nano::handle_node_options (boost::program_options::variables_map
 			nano::rpc_config config{ nano::dev::network_params.network };
 			config.serialize_toml (toml);
 		}
+		else if (type == "log")
+		{
+			valid_type = true;
+			nano::log_config config{ nano::log_config::daemon_default () };
+			config.serialize_toml (toml);
+		}
 		else if (type == "tls")
 		{
 			valid_type = true;