diff --git a/Dalamud.Boot/DalamudStartInfo.cpp b/Dalamud.Boot/DalamudStartInfo.cpp
index 5a825f4a0..76e60a78e 100644
--- a/Dalamud.Boot/DalamudStartInfo.cpp
+++ b/Dalamud.Boot/DalamudStartInfo.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ void from_json(const nlohmann::json& json, DalamudStartInfo& config) {
     config.GameVersion = json.value("GameVersion", config.GameVersion);
     config.DelayInitializeMs = json.value("DelayInitializeMs", config.DelayInitializeMs);
 
+    config.BootLogPath = json.value("BootLogPath", config.BootLogPath);
     config.BootShowConsole = json.value("BootShowConsole", config.BootShowConsole);
     config.BootDisableFallbackConsole = json.value("BootDisableFallbackConsole", config.BootDisableFallbackConsole);
     config.BootWaitMessageBox = json.value("BootWaitMessageBox", config.BootWaitMessageBox);
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ void from_json(const nlohmann::json& json, DalamudStartInfo& config) {
 }
 
 void DalamudStartInfo::from_envvars() {
+    BootLogPath = utils::get_env<std::string>(L"DALAMUD_BOOT_LOGFILE");
     BootShowConsole = utils::get_env<bool>(L"DALAMUD_SHOW_CONSOLE");
     BootDisableFallbackConsole = utils::get_env<bool>(L"DALAMUD_DISABLE_FALLBACK_CONSOLE");
     BootWaitMessageBox = static_cast<WaitMessageboxFlags>(utils::get_env<int>(L"DALAMUD_WAIT_MESSAGEBOX"));
diff --git a/Dalamud.Boot/DalamudStartInfo.h b/Dalamud.Boot/DalamudStartInfo.h
index 3dd19fc0c..dcf75d663 100644
--- a/Dalamud.Boot/DalamudStartInfo.h
+++ b/Dalamud.Boot/DalamudStartInfo.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct DalamudStartInfo {
     std::string GameVersion;
     int DelayInitializeMs = 0;
 
+    std::string BootLogPath;
     bool BootShowConsole = false;
     bool BootDisableFallbackConsole = false;
     WaitMessageboxFlags BootWaitMessageBox = WaitMessageboxFlags::None;
diff --git a/Dalamud.Boot/dllmain.cpp b/Dalamud.Boot/dllmain.cpp
index 72c56e939..01e09cd0b 100644
--- a/Dalamud.Boot/dllmain.cpp
+++ b/Dalamud.Boot/dllmain.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "pch.h"
 
+#include <codecvt>
+
 #include "DalamudStartInfo.h"
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "utils.h"
@@ -26,8 +28,10 @@ DllExport DWORD WINAPI Initialize(LPVOID lpParam, HANDLE hMainThreadContinue) {
     
     logging::update_dll_load_status(true);
 
+    const auto logFilePath = unicode::convert<std::wstring>(g_startInfo.BootLogPath);
+
     auto attemptFallbackLog = false;
-    if (const auto logFilePath = utils::get_env<std::wstring>("DALAMUD_BOOT_LOGFILE"); logFilePath.empty()) {
+    if (logFilePath.empty()) {
         attemptFallbackLog = true;
         
         logging::I("No log file path given; not logging to file.");