diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 193b0be0b629272926b4b3000f554f961b322ad6..00c68454c739ada96f326484bbe0a491a27efe01 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ bininstall: _all installdirs $(SUBDIRS_INSTALL)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/scripts/astgenkey $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/scripts/autosupport $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/
 	if [ ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/safe_asterisk -a ! -f /sbin/launchd ]; then \
-		cat contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk | sed 's|__ASTERISK_SBIN_DIR__|$(ASTSBINDIR)|;s|__ASTERISK_VARRUN_DIR__|$(ASTVARRUNDIR)|;' > contrib/scripts/safe.tmp ; \
+		cat contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk | sed 's|__ASTERISK_SBIN_DIR__|$(ASTSBINDIR)|;s|__ASTERISK_VARRUN_DIR__|$(ASTVARRUNDIR)|;s|__ASTERISK_LOG_DIR__|$(ASTLOGDIR)|;' > contrib/scripts/safe.tmp ; \
 		$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/scripts/safe.tmp $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/safe_asterisk ; \
 		rm -f contrib/scripts/safe.tmp ; \
 	fi
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
index 96333e4a896460ea23c1596a244d1190573a3b20..61290906bb9f7f32292d1e70287b9263c61c75c2 100644
--- a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
+++ b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # vim:textwidth=80:tabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:smartindent:autoindent
 
-CLIARGS="$*"				# Grab any args passed to safe_asterisk
+ASTSBINDIR=__ASTERISK_SBIN_DIR__
+ASTVARRUNDIR=__ASTERISK_VARRUN_DIR__
+ASTVARLOGDIR=__ASTERISK_LOG_DIR__
+
+CLIARGS="$*"					# Grab any args passed to safe_asterisk
 TTY=9						# TTY (if you want one) for Asterisk to run on
 CONSOLE=yes					# Whether or not you want a console
-#NOTIFY=ben@alkaloid.net	# Who to notify about crashes
-#EXEC=/path/to/somescript	# Run this command if Asterisk crashes
-#LOGFILE=/path/to/logfile	# Where to place the normal logfile (disabled if blank)
-#SYSLOG=local0				# Which syslog facility to use (disabled if blank)
-MACHINE=`hostname`			# To specify which machine has crashed when getting the mail
+#NOTIFY=root@localhost.localdomain		# Who to notify about crashes
+#EXEC=/path/to/somescript			# Run this command if Asterisk crashes
+#LOGFILE=${ASTVARLOGDIR}/safe_asterisk.log	# Where to place the normal logfile (disabled if blank)
+#SYSLOG=local0					# Which syslog facility to use (disabled if blank)
+MACHINE=`hostname`				# To specify which machine has crashed when getting the mail
 DUMPDROP=/tmp
 SLEEPSECS=4
-ASTSBINDIR=__ASTERISK_SBIN_DIR__
-ASTVARRUNDIR=__ASTERISK_VARRUN_DIR__
 ASTPIDFILE=${ASTVARRUNDIR}/asterisk.pid
 
 # comment this line out to have this script _not_ kill all mpg123 processes when