diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 0bb7313cd..beb2726e7 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -2138,6 +2138,12 @@ default-server [param*]
 enable
   This re-enables a disabled peers section which was previously disabled.
 
+log <address> [len <length>] [format <format>] [sample <ranges>:<smp_size>]
+    <facility> [<level> [<minlevel>]]
+  "peers" sections support the same "log" keyword as for the proxies to
+  log information about the "peers" listener. See "log" option for proxies for
+  more details.
+
 peer <peername> <ip>:<port> [param*]
   Defines a peer inside a peers section.
   If <peername> is set to the local peer name (by default hostname, or forced
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index eaad6c2cd..2e200e885 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -714,6 +714,17 @@ int cfg_parse_peers(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 		}
 		err_code |= parse_server(file, linenum, args, curpeers->peers_fe, NULL, 0);
 	}
+	else if (strcmp(args[0], "log") == 0) {
+		if (init_peers_frontend(file, linenum, NULL, curpeers) != 0) {
+			err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_ABORT;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		if (!parse_logsrv(args, &curpeers->peers_fe->logsrvs, (kwm == KWM_NO), &errmsg)) {
+			ha_alert("parsing [%s:%d] : %s : %s\n", file, linenum, args[0], errmsg);
+			err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 	else if (strcmp(args[0], "peers") == 0) { /* new peers section */
 		/* Initialize these static variables when entering a new "peers" section*/
 		bind_line = peer_line = 0;