diff --git a/controllers/nginx/configuration.md b/controllers/nginx/configuration.md
index 7deb68dcf..97d970188 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/configuration.md
+++ b/controllers/nginx/configuration.md
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ the whole body or only its part is written to a temporary file. By default, buff
 This is 8K on x86, other 32-bit platforms, and x86-64. It is usually 16K on other 64-bit platforms. This annotation is
 applied to each location provided in the ingress rule.
 
-*Note:* The annotation value must be given in a valid format otherwise the 
+*Note:* The annotation value must be given in a valid format otherwise the
 For example to set the client-body-buffer-size the following can be done:
 * `ingress.kubernetes.io/client-body-buffer-size: "1000"` # 1000 bytes
 * `ingress.kubernetes.io/client-body-buffer-size: 1k` # 1 kilobyte
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ Example usage: `custom-http-errors: 404,415`
 
 **disable-access-log:** Disables the Access Log from the entire Ingress Controller. This is 'false' by default.
 
+**access-log-path:** Access log path. Goes to '/var/log/access.log' by default. http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.html#access_log
+
 **disable-ipv6:** Disable listening on IPV6. This is 'false' by default.
 
 **enable-dynamic-tls-records:** Enables dynamically sized TLS records to improve time-to-first-byte. Enabled by default. See [CloudFlare's blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/optimizing-tls-over-tcp-to-reduce-latency) for more information.
@@ -486,6 +488,7 @@ The following table shows the options, the default value and a description.
 |keep-alive|"75"|
 |log-format-stream|[$time_local] $protocol $status $bytes_sent $bytes_received $session_time|
 |log-format-upstream|[$the_real_ip] - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" $request_length $request_time [$proxy_upstream_name] $upstream_addr $upstream_response_length $upstream_response_time $upstream_status|
+|access-format-stream|[$time_local] $protocol $status $bytes_sent $bytes_received $session_time|
 |map-hash-bucket-size|"64"|
 |max-worker-connections|"16384"|
 |proxy-body-size|same as body-size|
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/pkg/config/config.go b/controllers/nginx/pkg/config/config.go
index 54e80788b..41110fad7 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/controllers/nginx/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	// By default this is disabled
 	AllowBackendServerHeader bool `json:"allow-backend-server-header"`
 
+	// AccessLogPath set the path of the access logs if enabled
+	// http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.html#access_log
+	// By default log go to /var/log/nginx/access.log
+	AccessLogPath string `json:"access-log-path,omitempty"`
+
 	// EnableDynamicTLSRecords enables dynamic TLS record sizes
 	// https://blog.cloudflare.com/optimizing-tls-over-tcp-to-reduce-latency
 	// By default this is enabled
@@ -340,6 +345,7 @@ func NewDefault() Configuration {
 	defIPCIDR = append(defIPCIDR, "0.0.0.0/0")
 	cfg := Configuration{
 		AllowBackendServerHeader:   false,
+		AccessLogPath:              "/var/log/nginx/access.log",
 		ClientHeaderBufferSize:     "1k",
 		ClientHeaderTimeout:        60,
 		ClientBodyBufferSize:       "8k",
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/pkg/template/configmap_test.go b/controllers/nginx/pkg/template/configmap_test.go
index b7aab61ac..573b7a0df 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/pkg/template/configmap_test.go
+++ b/controllers/nginx/pkg/template/configmap_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func TestMergeConfigMapToStruct(t *testing.T) {
 		"skip-access-log-urls":       "/log,/demo,/test",
 		"use-proxy-protocol":         "true",
 		"disable-access-log":         "true",
+		"access-log-path":            "/var/log/test",
 		"use-gzip":                   "true",
 		"enable-dynamic-tls-records": "false",
 		"gzip-types":                 "text/html",
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func TestMergeConfigMapToStruct(t *testing.T) {
 	def := config.NewDefault()
 	def.CustomHTTPErrors = []int{300, 400}
 	def.DisableAccessLog = true
+	def.AccessLogPath = "/var/log/test"
 	def.SkipAccessLogURLs = []string{"/log", "/demo", "/test"}
 	def.ProxyReadTimeout = 1
 	def.ProxySendTimeout = 2
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index 561057223..d0ff172c0 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ http {
     {{ if $cfg.DisableAccessLog }}
     access_log off;
     {{ else }}
-    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log upstreaminfo if=$loggable;
+    access_log {{ $cfg.AccessLogPath }} upstreaminfo if=$loggable;
     {{ end }}
     error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log {{ $cfg.ErrorLogLevel }};
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ stream {
     {{ if $cfg.DisableAccessLog }}
     access_log off;
     {{ else }}
-    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log log_stream;
+    access_log {{ $cfg.AccessLogPath }} log_stream;
     {{ end }}
 
     error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log;