diff --git a/roles/2-common/tasks/fl.yml b/roles/2-common/tasks/fl.yml
index 35ee81fd4..1198be6d0 100644
--- a/roles/2-common/tasks/fl.yml
+++ b/roles/2-common/tasks/fl.yml
@@ -36,3 +36,15 @@
     src: "{{ doc_root }}/common/fonts"
     path: "{{ doc_root }}/common/webfonts"
     state: link
+
+- name: Create log files which apache and nginx can write
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    owner: www-data
+    group: www-data
+    mode: 0660
+    state: directory
+  with_items:
+    - /var/log/apache2
+    - "{{ nginx_log_dir }}"
+
diff --git a/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf b/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf
index 26937a067..f77fea38f 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf
+++ b/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ http {
 	# Logging Settings
 	##
 
-	access_log {{ apache_log_dir }}/access.log;
-	error_log {{ apache_log_dir }}/error.log;
+   log_format awstats
+   '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
+   '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
+   '"$http_user_agent" "http_x_forwarded_for"';
+
+	access_log {{ nginx_log_dir }}/access.log awstats;
+	error_log {{ nginx_log_dir }}/error.log;
    log_format scripts '$request > $document_root$fastcgi_script_name $fastcgi_path_info';
 
 
diff --git a/vars/default_vars.yml b/vars/default_vars.yml
index d4c4d04bb..4619ad3e2 100644
--- a/vars/default_vars.yml
+++ b/vars/default_vars.yml
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ nginx_interface: "0.0.0.0"
 nginx_install: True
 nginx_enabled: True
 nginx_config_dir: /etc/nginx/conf.d
+nginx_log_dir: /var/log/nginx
 
 # See also Apache vars {default_language, language_priority} @ top of this file
 #