diff --git a/doc/user/frr-reload.rst b/doc/user/frr-reload.rst
index bd295dbbad2a..586d6103b583 100644
--- a/doc/user/frr-reload.rst
+++ b/doc/user/frr-reload.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ There are several options that control the behavior of ``frr-reload``:
 * ``--stdout``: print output to stdout
 * ``--bindir BINDIR``: path to the vtysh executable
 * ``--confdir CONFDIR``: path to the existing daemon config files
+* ``--logfile FILENAME``: file (with path) to logfile for the reload operation.
+  Default is ``/var/log/frr/frr-reload.log``
 * ``--rundir RUNDIR``: path to a folder to be used to write the temporary files
   needed by the script to do its job. The script should have write access to it
 * ``--daemon DAEMON``: by default ``frr-reload.py`` assumes that we are using
diff --git a/tools/frr-reload.py b/tools/frr-reload.py
index ef92e8b59faf..01684729e821 100755
--- a/tools/frr-reload.py
+++ b/tools/frr-reload.py
@@ -1904,11 +1904,17 @@ def compare_context_objects(newconf, running):
         help="Used by topotest to not delete debug or log file commands",
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--logfile",
+        help="logfile for frr-reload",
+        default="/var/log/frr/frr-reload.log",
+    )
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # Logging
     # For --test log to stdout
-    # For --reload log to /var/log/frr/frr-reload.log
+    # For --reload log to --logfile (default: "/var/log/frr/frr-reload.log")
     if args.test or args.stdout:
         logging.basicConfig(format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)5s: %(message)s")
 
@@ -1921,11 +1927,11 @@ def compare_context_objects(newconf, running):
         )
 
     elif args.reload:
-        if not os.path.isdir("/var/log/frr/"):
-            os.makedirs("/var/log/frr/", mode=0o0755)
+        if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(args.logfile)):
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(args.logfile), mode=0o0755)
 
         logging.basicConfig(
-            filename="/var/log/frr/frr-reload.log",
+            filename=args.logfile,
             format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)5s: %(message)s",
         )