1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile-workers b/docker/Dockerfile-workers
index 003a1cc3bf..0c2d4f3047 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile-workers
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile-workers
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ FROM matrixdotorg/synapse:$SYNAPSE_VERSION
     COPY --from=deps_base /etc/nginx /etc/nginx
     RUN rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
     RUN mkdir /var/log/nginx /var/lib/nginx
-    RUN chown www-data /var/log/nginx /var/lib/nginx
+    RUN chown www-data /var/lib/nginx
+
+    # have nginx log to stderr/out
+    RUN ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log
+    RUN ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log
 
     # Copy Synapse worker, nginx and supervisord configuration template files
     COPY ./docker/conf-workers/* /conf/