diff --git a/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
index 681375f..db015f7 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ nginx_ssl_session_cache: shared:SSL:1m
 nginx_ssl_session_timeout: 10m
 nginx_ssl_ciphers: '{{ nginx_default_ssl_ciphers }}'
 nginx_log_syslog: true
+nginx_error_log_file: /var/log/nginx/error.log
+nginx_access_log_file: /var/log/nginx/access.log
 nginx_redirect_http_https: false
 nginx_keep_num_logs: 10
diff --git a/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index 5b3f8b7..ba327ed 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 user {{ nginx_user }};
 worker_processes auto;
-error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
+{% if nginx_error_log_file %}
+error_log {{ nginx_error_log_file }};
+{% endif %}
 {% if nginx_log_syslog|bool %}
 error_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,facility=daemon,nohostname;
 {% endif %}
@@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ http {
                       '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                       '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
 
-    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;
+{% if nginx_access_log_file %}
+    access_log  {{ nginx_access_log_file }}  main;
+{% endif %}
 {% if nginx_log_syslog|bool %}
     access_log  syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,facility=daemon,nohostname main;
 {% endif %}