Index: net-p2p/transmission-cli/files/transmission.in
===================================================================
--- net-p2p/transmission-cli/files/transmission.in
+++ net-p2p/transmission-cli/files/transmission.in
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 # transmission_chown:	     By default, transmission checks and fixes the
 #			     permissions for its home directory.  If this
 #			     causes problems, set this variable to no.
+# transmission_log:	     Use alternate log file for transmission.
+# 			     If not specified, it sends log to rsyslog.
+# transmission_log_level:    Set to 'error', 'info' or 'debug' to configure
+# 			     log verbosity.
 #
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
@@ -48,6 +52,8 @@
 	${transmission_watch_dir:+-c ${transmission_watch_dir}} \
 	${transmission_conf_dir:+-g ${transmission_conf_dir}} \
 	${transmission_download_dir:+-w ${transmission_download_dir}} \
+	${transmission_log:+--logfile ${transmission_log}} \
+	${transmission_log_level:+--log-${transmission_log_level}} \
 	${pidfile:+-x $pidfile} \
 	${transmission_flags}"
 
@@ -65,6 +71,10 @@
 		TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME=$transmission_web_home
 		export TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME
 	fi
+	if [ -n "$transmission_log" ]; then
+		touch $transmission_log
+		chown $transmission_user:$transmission_group $transmission_log
+	fi
 }
 
 # Unfortunately there was a typo in a previous version, which may have