diff --git a/manifests/server/conf.pp b/manifests/server/conf.pp
index 7944be2ee..158c55adc 100644
--- a/manifests/server/conf.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/conf.pp
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
 #   and the value is an array of config lines. Default: empty
 #  $includes:
 #   Array of absolute paths to named.conf include files. Default: empty
+#  $logging:
+#   Hash containing two subhashes: 'channels' and 'categories'. Each key is 
+#   the name for the channel/category and has an Array of config lines. Def: Empty
 #
 # Sample Usage :
 #  bind::server::conf { '/etc/named.conf':
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@
   $keys                   = {},
   $includes               = [],
   $views                  = {},
+  $logging                = {},
 ) {
 
   # OS Defaults
diff --git a/templates/named.conf.erb b/templates/named.conf.erb
index 39cd72b8c..dee99ee9e 100644
--- a/templates/named.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/named.conf.erb
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ options {
 };
 
 logging {
+<% if @logging.empty? -%>
     channel main_log {
         file "/var/log/named/named.log" versions 3 size 5m;
         severity info;
@@ -115,7 +116,18 @@ logging {
     category lame-servers {
         null;
     };
+<% else -%>
+    <%- @logging['channels'].sort.each do |key,value| -%>
+    channel "<%= key %>" {
+        <%= value.join(";\n        ") %> ; 
+    };
+    <%- end -%>
+    <%- @logging['categories'].sort.each do |key,value| -%>
+    category "<%= key %>" { <%= value.join('; ') -%>; };
+    <%- end -%>
+<%- end -%>
 };
+
 <% if !@views.empty? -%>
 
 <% @views.sort_by {|key,value| key}.each do |key,value| -%>