diff --git a/lib/Updater.php b/lib/Updater.php
index 59614b6c..82871397 100644
--- a/lib/Updater.php
+++ b/lib/Updater.php
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ public function logException(\Exception $e) {
 	 * @throws LogException
 	 */
 	public function log($message) {
-		$updaterLogPath = $this->getUpdateDirectoryLocation() . '/updater.log';
+		$updaterLogPath = $this->getConfigOption('logfile_updater') ?? ($this->getUpdateDirectoryLocation() . '/updater.log');
 
 		$fh = fopen($updaterLogPath, 'a');
 		if ($fh === false) {