diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
index 1a5d2efaa5..aa4f52a645 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ else
   HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY+"Cellar"
 end
 
-HOMEBREW_LOGS = Pathname.new('~/Library/Logs/Homebrew/').expand_path
+HOMEBREW_LOGS = Pathname.new(ENV['HOMEBREW_LOGS'] || '~/Library/Logs/Homebrew/').expand_path
 
 RUBY_BIN = Pathname.new(RbConfig::CONFIG['bindir'])
 RUBY_PATH = RUBY_BIN + RbConfig::CONFIG['ruby_install_name'] + RbConfig::CONFIG['EXEEXT']