diff --git a/nginx/manifests/init.pp b/nginx/manifests/init.pp
index faed91b..a80280e 100644
--- a/nginx/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/nginx/manifests/init.pp
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ class nginx(
         $user = '_nginx'
         $group = '_nginx'
       }
+      $logdir = '/var/www/logs'
     }
     default: {
       $user = 'nginx'
       $group = 'nginx'
+      $logdir = '/var/log/nginx'
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.erb b/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.erb
index 6f2bb90..6d235f9 100644
--- a/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ user <%= @user %>;
 worker_processes <%= @workers %>;
 worker_rlimit_nofile 1024;
 
+error_log <%= @logdir %>/error.log;
+
 events {
     worker_connections 1024;
 }
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@ http {
     include mime.types;
     default_type application/octet-stream;
 
+    access_log <%= @logdir %>/access.log combined;
+
     server_tokens off;
 
     include conf.d/*.conf;