diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
index df39fabb0..090196a4f 100644
--- a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
+++ b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
@@ -184,7 +184,11 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			session_impl(
 				std::pair<int, int> listen_port_range
 				, fingerprint const& cl_fprint
-				, char const* listen_interface = "0.0.0.0");
+				, char const* listen_interface
+#if defined(TORRENT_VERBOSE_LOGGING) || defined(TORRENT_LOGGING)
+				, fs::path const& logpath
+#endif
+				);
 			~session_impl();
 
 #ifndef TORRENT_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS
@@ -575,6 +579,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			// whe shutting down process
 			std::list<boost::shared_ptr<tracker_logger> > m_tracker_loggers;
 
+			fs::path m_logpath;
 		public:
 			boost::shared_ptr<logger> m_logger;
 		private:
diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/debug.hpp b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/debug.hpp
index 0d3158417..96c2c9dc7 100755
--- a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/debug.hpp
+++ b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/debug.hpp
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ namespace libtorrent
 
 	struct logger
 	{
-		logger(fs::path const& filename, int instance, bool append = true)
+		logger(fs::path const& logpath, fs::path const& filename, int instance, bool append = true)
 		{
 			try
 			{
-				fs::path dir(fs::complete("libtorrent_logs" + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(instance)));
+				fs::path dir(fs::complete(logpath / ("libtorrent_logs" + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(instance))));
 				if (!fs::exists(dir)) fs::create_directories(dir);
 				m_file.open((dir / filename).string().c_str(), std::ios_base::out | (append ? std::ios_base::app : std::ios_base::out));
 				*this << "\n\n\n*** starting log ***\n";
diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/session.hpp b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/session.hpp
index 5093e2336..1d29e03b3 100755
--- a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/session.hpp
+++ b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/session.hpp
@@ -121,11 +121,19 @@ namespace libtorrent
 	public:
 
 		session(fingerprint const& print = fingerprint("LT"
-			, LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MAJOR, LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MINOR, 0, 0));
+			, LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MAJOR, LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MINOR, 0, 0)
+#if defined(TORRENT_VERBOSE_LOGGING) || defined(TORRENT_LOGGING)
+			, fs::path logpath = "."
+#endif
+				);
 		session(
 			fingerprint const& print
 			, std::pair<int, int> listen_port_range
-			, char const* listen_interface = "0.0.0.0");
+			, char const* listen_interface = "0.0.0.0"
+#if defined(TORRENT_VERBOSE_LOGGING) || defined(TORRENT_LOGGING)
+			, fs::path logpath = "."
+#endif
+			);
 			
 		~session();
 
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/session.cpp b/libtorrent/src/session.cpp
index 5bdb6b07e..0b8aecff7 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/session.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/session.cpp
@@ -106,8 +106,16 @@ namespace libtorrent
 	session::session(
 		fingerprint const& id
 		, std::pair<int, int> listen_port_range
-		, char const* listen_interface)
-		: m_impl(new session_impl(listen_port_range, id, listen_interface))
+		, char const* listen_interface
+#if defined(TORRENT_VERBOSE_LOGGING) || defined(TORRENT_LOGGING)
+		, fs::path logpath
+#endif
+		)
+		: m_impl(new session_impl(listen_port_range, id, listen_interface
+#if defined(TORRENT_VERBOSE_LOGGING) || defined(TORRENT_LOGGING)
+					, logpath
+#endif
+					))
 	{
 		// turn off the filename checking in boost.filesystem
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(listen_port_range.first > 0);
@@ -121,8 +129,16 @@ namespace libtorrent
 #endif
 	}
 
-	session::session(fingerprint const& id)
-		: m_impl(new session_impl(std::make_pair(0, 0), id))
+	session::session(fingerprint const& id
+#if defined(TORRENT_VERBOSE_LOGGING) || defined(TORRENT_LOGGING)
+		, fs::path logpath
+#endif
+		)
+#if defined(TORRENT_VERBOSE_LOGGING) || defined(TORRENT_LOGGING)
+		: m_impl(new session_impl(std::make_pair(0, 0), id, "0.0.0.0", logpath))
+#else
+		: m_impl(new session_impl(std::make_pair(0, 0), id, "0.0.0.0"))
+#endif
 	{
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 		boost::function0<void> test = boost::ref(*m_impl);
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/session_impl.cpp b/libtorrent/src/session_impl.cpp
index b3eba0bf7..c41079fdc 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/session_impl.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/session_impl.cpp
@@ -545,7 +545,11 @@ namespace detail
 	session_impl::session_impl(
 		std::pair<int, int> listen_port_range
 		, fingerprint const& cl_fprint
-		, char const* listen_interface)
+		, char const* listen_interface
+#if defined(TORRENT_VERBOSE_LOGGING) || defined(TORRENT_LOGGING)
+		, fs::path const& logpath
+#endif
+		)
 		: m_send_buffers(send_buffer_size)
 		, m_files(40)
 		, m_strand(m_io_service)
@@ -570,6 +574,9 @@ namespace detail
 #endif
 		, m_timer(m_io_service)
 		, m_next_connect_torrent(0)
+#if defined(TORRENT_VERBOSE_LOGGING) || defined(TORRENT_LOGGING)
+		, m_logpath(logpath)
+#endif
 		, m_checker_impl(*this)
 	{
 #ifdef WIN32
@@ -1602,7 +1609,7 @@ namespace detail
 		, int instance, bool append)
 	{
 		// current options are file_logger, cout_logger and null_logger
-		return boost::shared_ptr<logger>(new logger(name + ".log", instance, append));
+		return boost::shared_ptr<logger>(new logger(m_logpath, name + ".log", instance, append));
 	}
 #endif