diff --git a/doc/htconfig.md b/doc/htconfig.md
index 8a98dc103..e09c37b74 100644
--- a/doc/htconfig.md
+++ b/doc/htconfig.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Example: To set the automatic database cleanup process add this line to your .ht
 * **disable_email_validation** (Boolean) - Disables the check if a mail address is in a valid format and can be resolved via DNS.
 * **disable_url_validation** (Boolean) - Disables the DNS lookup of an URL.
 * **dlogfile - location of the developer log file
+* **dlogip - restricts develop log writes to requests originating from this IP address
 * **frontend_worker_timeout** - Value in minutes after we think that a frontend task was killed by the webserver. Default value is 10.
 * **hsts** (Boolean) - Enables the sending of HTTP Strict Transport Security headers
 * **ignore_cache** (Boolean) - For development only. Disables the item cache.
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index dc604124f..26b153549 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -737,12 +737,16 @@ function dlogger($msg, $level = 0) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$logfile = Config::get('system','dlogfile');
-
+	$logfile = Config::get('system', 'dlogfile');
 	if (! $logfile) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	$dlogip = Config::get('system', 'dlogip');
+	if (!is_null($dlogip) && $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != $dlogip) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (count($LOGGER_LEVELS) == 0) {
 		foreach (get_defined_constants() as $k => $v) {
 			if (substr($k, 0, 7) == "LOGGER_") {