diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile-logstash b/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile-logstash
index 7117b90847..e105713035 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile-logstash
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile-logstash
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 FROM logstash:5-alpine
 COPY logstash.conf /
+RUN touch /logstash.log
+RUN chown logstash:logstash /logstash.log
 CMD ["-f", "/logstash.conf"]
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/logstash.conf b/tools/docker-compose/logstash.conf
index 9ab5145642..b340bfe195 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/logstash.conf
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/logstash.conf
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@ filter {
 }
 
 output {
-   stdout { codec => rubydebug }
+	stdout { codec => rubydebug }
+	file {
+		path => "/logstash.log"
+	}
 }