diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG b/railties/CHANGELOG
index 4cb507759f..7a0d0ad1cc 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Added Rake target clear_logs that'll truncate all the *.log files in log/ to zero #1079 [Lucas Carlson]
+
 * Added lazy typing for generate, such that ./script/generate cn == ./script/generate controller and the likes #1051 [k@v2studio.com]
 
 * Fixed that ownership is brought over in pg_dump during tests for PostgreSQL #1060 [pburleson@gmail.com]
diff --git a/railties/fresh_rakefile b/railties/fresh_rakefile
index b6991bf076..b563af722b 100755
--- a/railties/fresh_rakefile
+++ b/railties/fresh_rakefile
@@ -178,3 +178,11 @@ task :purge_test_database => :environment do
       raise "Unknown database adapter '#{abcs["test"]["adapter"]}'"
   end
 end
+
+desc "Clears all *.log files in log/"
+task :clear_logs => :environment do
+  FileList["log/*.log"].each do |log_file|
+    f = File.open(log_file, "w")
+    f.close
+  end
+end
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