diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8b731d..742526a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ When the container is started the [Webmin](http://www.webmin.com/) service is al
 
 The launch of Webmin can be disabled by adding `--env WEBMIN_ENABLED=false` to the `docker run` command. Note that the `ROOT_PASSWORD` parameter has no effect when the launch of Webmin is disabled.
 
+To allow bind log to file by adding `--env BIND_LOG_STDERR=false` to the `docker run` command. That make bind not force all log to STDERR by using -f instead of -g to start the named process.
+
 Read the blog post [Deploying a DNS Server using Docker](http://www.damagehead.com/blog/2015/04/28/deploying-a-dns-server-using-docker/) for an example use case.
 
 ## Command-line arguments
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 3381555..79d299b 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -132,7 +132,11 @@ if [[ -z ${1} ]]; then
   fi
 
   echo "Starting named..."
-  exec "$(command -v named)" -u ${BIND_USER} -g ${EXTRA_ARGS}
+  if [ "${BIND_LOG_STDERR:-true}" == "true" ]; then
+    exec "$(command -v named)" -u ${BIND_USER} -g ${EXTRA_ARGS}
+  else
+    exec "$(command -v named)" -u ${BIND_USER} -f ${EXTRA_ARGS}
+  fi
 else
   exec "$@"
 fi