diff --git a/rffmpeg b/rffmpeg
index 60d769b..5010282 100755
--- a/rffmpeg
+++ b/rffmpeg
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from re import search
 from sqlite3 import connect as sqlite_connect
 from subprocess import run, PIPE
 from time import sleep
+from datetime import datetime
 
 
 # Set up the logger
@@ -108,6 +109,10 @@ def load_config():
     # Parse the keys from the logging group
     config["log_to_file"] = config_logging.get("log_to_file", True)
     config["logfile"] = config_logging.get("logfile", "/var/log/jellyfin/rffmpeg.log")
+    config["datedlogfiles"] = config_logging.get("datedlogfiles", False)
+    if config["datedlogfiles"] is True:
+        config["datedlogdir"] = config_logging.get("datedlogdir", "/var/log/jellyfin")
+        config["logfile"] = f"{config['datedlogdir']}/{datetime.today().strftime('%Y%m%d')}_rffmpeg.log"
     config["logdebug"] = config_logging.get("debug", False)
 
     # Parse the keys from the state group
diff --git a/rffmpeg.yml.sample b/rffmpeg.yml.sample
index d5b4602..840c048 100644
--- a/rffmpeg.yml.sample
+++ b/rffmpeg.yml.sample
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ rffmpeg:
         # Log messages to this file.
         # Ensure the user running rffmpeg can write to this directory.
         #logfile: "/var/log/jellyfin/rffmpeg.log"
+        
+        # Use a Jellyfin-logging compatible dated log format, e.g. "20221223_rffmpeg.log"
+        # Supersedes the "logfile" directive above
+        #datedlogfiles: false
+        
+        # Use this base directory for Jellyfin-logging compatible dated log files if you enable "datedlogfiles"
+        # Set this to your Jellyfin logging directory if it differs from the default
+        #datedlogdir: /var/log/jellyfin
 
         # Show debugging messages
         #debug: false