diff --git a/jetty-distribution/src/main/resources/bin/jetty.sh b/jetty-distribution/src/main/resources/bin/jetty.sh
index 0315fc804f1..bc6482cbbcf 100644
--- a/jetty-distribution/src/main/resources/bin/jetty.sh
+++ b/jetty-distribution/src/main/resources/bin/jetty.sh
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ case "$ACTION" in
         CH_USER="-c$JETTY_USER"
       fi
 
-      start-stop-daemon -S -p"$JETTY_PID" $CH_USER -d"$JETTY_HOME" -b -m -a "$JAVA" -- "${RUN_ARGS[@]}" --daemon
+      start-stop-daemon -S -p"$JETTY_PID" $CH_USER -d"$JETTY_HOME" -b -m -a "$JAVA" -- "${RUN_ARGS[@]}" start-log-file="$JETTY_LOGS/start.log"
 
     else
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ case "$ACTION" in
         chown "$JETTY_USER" "$JETTY_PID"
         # FIXME: Broken solution: wordsplitting, pathname expansion, arbitrary command execution, etc.
         su - "$JETTY_USER" -c "
-          exec ${RUN_CMD[*]} --daemon &
+          exec ${RUN_CMD[*]} start-log-file="$JETTY_LOGS/start.log" &
           disown \$!
           echo \$! > '$JETTY_PID'"
       else
diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartLog.java b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartLog.java
index 0d16858746b..c411d0dae87 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartLog.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/StartLog.java
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ public class StartLog
                 // Output about error is lost in majority of cases.
                 throw new UsageException(UsageException.ERR_LOGGING,new IOException("Unable to write to: " + startLog.getAbsolutePath()));
             }
+            
+            System.out.println("Logging to " + logfile);
+            
             PrintStream logger = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(startLog,false));
             System.setOut(logger);
             System.setErr(logger);