diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27e0dea..46e354a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ $ restclient put http://example.com/resource < input_body
 
 ## Logging
 
-To enable logging you can:
+To enable logging globally you can:
 
 - set RestClient.log with a Ruby Logger, or
 - set an environment variable to avoid modifying the code (in this case you can use a file name, "stdout" or "stderr"):
@@ -506,7 +506,14 @@ To enable logging you can:
 ```ruby
 $ RESTCLIENT_LOG=stdout path/to/my/program
 ```
-Either produces logs like this:
+
+You can also set individual loggers when instantiating a Resource:
+
+```ruby
+resource = RestClient::Resource.new 'http://example.com/resource', log: Logger.new(STDOUT)
+```
+
+All options produce logs like this:
 
 ```ruby
 RestClient.get "http://some/resource"
diff --git a/lib/restclient/request.rb b/lib/restclient/request.rb
index 144c3fe..7f16614 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/request.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/request.rb
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ module RestClient
         end
       end
 
+      @log = args[:log]
       @tf = nil # If you are a raw request, this is your tempfile
       @max_redirects = args[:max_redirects] || 10
       @processed_headers = make_headers headers
@@ -525,19 +526,24 @@ module RestClient
       redacted_uri.to_s
     end
 
+    # Default to the global logger if there's not a request-specific one
+    def log
+      @log || RestClient.log
+    end
+
     def log_request
-      return unless RestClient.log
+      return unless log
 
       out = []
 
       out << "RestClient.#{method} #{redacted_url.inspect}"
       out << payload.short_inspect if payload
       out << processed_headers.to_a.sort.map { |(k, v)| [k.inspect, v.inspect].join("=>") }.join(", ")
-      RestClient.log << out.join(', ') + "\n"
+      log << out.join(', ') + "\n"
     end
 
     def log_response res
-      return unless RestClient.log
+      return unless log
 
       size = if @raw_response
                File.size(@tf.path)
@@ -545,7 +551,7 @@ module RestClient
                res.body.nil? ? 0 : res.body.size
              end
 
-      RestClient.log << "# => #{res.code} #{res.class.to_s.gsub(/^Net::HTTP/, '')} | #{(res['Content-type'] || '').gsub(/;.*$/, '')} #{size} bytes\n"
+      log << "# => #{res.code} #{res.class.to_s.gsub(/^Net::HTTP/, '')} | #{(res['Content-type'] || '').gsub(/;.*$/, '')} #{size} bytes\n"
     end
 
     # Return a hash of headers whose keys are capitalized strings
@@ -776,13 +782,13 @@ module RestClient
         http_response.read_body do |chunk|
           @tf.write chunk
           size += chunk.size
-          if RestClient.log
+          if log
             if size == 0
-              RestClient.log << "%s %s done (0 length file)\n" % [@method, @url]
+              log << "%s %s done (0 length file)\n" % [@method, @url]
             elsif total == 0
-              RestClient.log << "%s %s (zero content length)\n" % [@method, @url]
+              log << "%s %s (zero content length)\n" % [@method, @url]
             else
-              RestClient.log << "%s %s %d%% done (%d of %d)\n" % [@method, @url, (size * 100) / total, size, total]
+              log << "%s %s %d%% done (%d of %d)\n" % [@method, @url, (size * 100) / total, size, total]
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/lib/restclient/resource.rb b/lib/restclient/resource.rb
index 955f682..a5c41ac 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/resource.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ module RestClient
       Request.execute(options.merge(
               :method => :get,
               :url => url,
-              :headers => headers), &(block || @block))
+              :headers => headers,
+              :log => log), &(block || @block))
     end
 
     def head(additional_headers={}, &block)
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ module RestClient
       Request.execute(options.merge(
               :method => :head,
               :url => url,
-              :headers => headers), &(block || @block))
+              :headers => headers,
+              :log => log), &(block || @block))
     end
 
     def post(payload, additional_headers={}, &block)
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ module RestClient
               :method => :post,
               :url => url,
               :payload => payload,
-              :headers => headers), &(block || @block))
+              :headers => headers,
+              :log => log), &(block || @block))
     end
 
     def put(payload, additional_headers={}, &block)
@@ -77,7 +80,8 @@ module RestClient
               :method => :put,
               :url => url,
               :payload => payload,
-              :headers => headers), &(block || @block))
+              :headers => headers,
+              :log => log), &(block || @block))
     end
 
     def patch(payload, additional_headers={}, &block)
@@ -86,7 +90,8 @@ module RestClient
               :method => :patch,
               :url => url,
               :payload => payload,
-              :headers => headers), &(block || @block))
+              :headers => headers,
+              :log => log), &(block || @block))
     end
 
     def delete(additional_headers={}, &block)
@@ -94,7 +99,8 @@ module RestClient
       Request.execute(options.merge(
               :method => :delete,
               :url => url,
-              :headers => headers), &(block || @block))
+              :headers => headers,
+              :log => log), &(block || @block))
     end
 
     def to_s
@@ -121,6 +127,10 @@ module RestClient
       options[:open_timeout]
     end
 
+    def log
+      options[:log] || RestClient.log
+    end
+
     # Construct a subresource, preserving authentication.
     #
     # Example:
diff --git a/lib/restclient/response.rb b/lib/restclient/response.rb
index 1f0ba89..2683fb5 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/response.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/response.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ module RestClient
       "<RestClient::Response #{code.inspect} #{body_truncated(10).inspect}>"
     end
 
+    def log
+      request.log
+    end
+
     def self.create(body, net_http_res, request)
       result = self.new(body || '')
 
@@ -54,8 +58,8 @@ module RestClient
       begin
         encoding = Encoding.find(charset) if charset
       rescue ArgumentError
-        if RestClient.log
-          RestClient.log << "No such encoding: #{charset.inspect}"
+        if response.log
+          response.log << "No such encoding: #{charset.inspect}"
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/request_spec.rb b/spec/unit/request_spec.rb
index fbce5ee..9854f79 100644
--- a/spec/unit/request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/request_spec.rb
@@ -687,6 +687,12 @@ describe RestClient::Request, :include_helpers do
       RestClient::Request.new(:method => :get, :url => 'http://user:password@url', :headers => {:user_agent => 'rest-client'}).log_request
       expect(log[0]).to eq %Q{RestClient.get "http://user:REDACTED@url", "Accept"=>"*/*", "Accept-Encoding"=>"gzip, deflate", "User-Agent"=>"rest-client"\n}
     end
+
+    it 'logs to a passed logger, if provided' do
+      logger = double('logger', '<<' => true)
+      expect(logger).to receive(:<<)
+      RestClient::Request.new(:method => :get, :url => 'http://user:password@url', log: logger).log_request
+    end
   end
 
   it "strips the charset from the response content type" do
diff --git a/spec/unit/resource_spec.rb b/spec/unit/resource_spec.rb
index 3777767..676e95d 100644
--- a/spec/unit/resource_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/resource_spec.rb
@@ -7,37 +7,37 @@ describe RestClient::Resource do
 
   context "Resource delegation" do
     it "GET" do
-      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :get, :url => 'http://some/resource', :headers => {'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass')
+      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :get, :url => 'http://some/resource', :headers => {'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass', :log => nil)
       @resource.get
     end
 
     it "HEAD" do
-      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :head, :url => 'http://some/resource', :headers => {'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass')
+      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :head, :url => 'http://some/resource', :headers => {'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass', :log => nil)
       @resource.head
     end
 
     it "POST" do
-      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :post, :url => 'http://some/resource', :payload => 'abc', :headers => {:content_type => 'image/jpg', 'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass')
+      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :post, :url => 'http://some/resource', :payload => 'abc', :headers => {:content_type => 'image/jpg', 'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass', :log => nil)
       @resource.post 'abc', :content_type => 'image/jpg'
     end
 
     it "PUT" do
-      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :put, :url => 'http://some/resource', :payload => 'abc', :headers => {:content_type => 'image/jpg', 'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass')
+      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :put, :url => 'http://some/resource', :payload => 'abc', :headers => {:content_type => 'image/jpg', 'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass', :log => nil)
       @resource.put 'abc', :content_type => 'image/jpg'
     end
 
     it "PATCH" do
-      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :patch, :url => 'http://some/resource', :payload => 'abc', :headers => {:content_type => 'image/jpg', 'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass')
+      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :patch, :url => 'http://some/resource', :payload => 'abc', :headers => {:content_type => 'image/jpg', 'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass', :log => nil)
       @resource.patch 'abc', :content_type => 'image/jpg'
     end
 
     it "DELETE" do
-      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :delete, :url => 'http://some/resource', :headers => {'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass')
+      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :delete, :url => 'http://some/resource', :headers => {'X-Something' => '1'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass', :log => nil)
       @resource.delete
     end
 
     it "overrides resource headers" do
-      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :get, :url => 'http://some/resource', :headers => {'X-Something' => '2'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass')
+      expect(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(:method => :get, :url => 'http://some/resource', :headers => {'X-Something' => '2'}, :user => 'jane', :password => 'mypass', :log => nil)
       @resource.get 'X-Something' => '2'
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/unit/response_spec.rb b/spec/unit/response_spec.rb
index 096c2ab..1d62d76 100644
--- a/spec/unit/response_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/response_spec.rb
@@ -238,4 +238,16 @@ describe RestClient::Response, :include_helpers do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "logging" do
+    it "uses the request's logger" do
+      stub_request(:get, 'http://some/resource').to_return(body: 'potato', status: 200)
+
+      logger = double('logger', '<<' => true)
+      request = RestClient::Request.new(url: 'http://some/resource', method: :get, log: logger)
+
+      expect(logger).to receive(:<<)
+
+      request.execute
+    end
+  end
 end