diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/log.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/log.rb
index 81f972b028..22a3ee11dd 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/log.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/log.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module Homebrew
       EOS
     end
     args = ARGV.options_only
-    args += ["--", path] unless path.nil?
+    args += ["--follow", "--", path] unless path.nil?
     exec "git", "log", *args
   end
 end