diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg b/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg
index b81f584d0b..370f5028eb 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ CRAWLER_RSYNC_PARAMETERS = '--no-motd --timeout 14400'
 # Configuration options used by the crons
 ###
 
+# If this variable is set (and the directory exists)
+# the crawler will create per host log files with <hostid>.log
+# which can the be used in the web interface by the mirror admins
+CRAWLER_LOG_DIR = '/var/log/mirrormanager/crawler'
 
 # Specify whether the crawler should send a report by email
 CRAWLER_SEND_EMAIL =  False