diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b8bf0996..712796ae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ require (
 	go.temporal.io/server v1.23.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
+	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	istio.io/api v1.22.3-0.20240703105953-437a88321a16
 	istio.io/client-go v1.22.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3fc552fd..2a7e629e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntN
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 h1:73M5CoZyi3ZLMOyDlQh031Cx6N9NDJ2Vvfl76EDAgDc=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
+gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1 h1:bBRl1b0OH9s/DuPhuXpNl+VtCaJXFZ5/uEFST95x9zc=
+gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:YD8tP3GAjkrDg1eZH7EGmyESg/lsYskCTPBJVb9jqSc=
 gopkg.in/validator.v2 v2.0.0-20200605151824-2b28d334fa05/go.mod h1:o4V0GXN9/CAmCsvJ0oXYZvrZOe7syiDZSN1GWGZTGzc=
 gopkg.in/validator.v2 v2.0.1 h1:xF0KWyGWXm/LM2G1TrEjqOu4pa6coO9AlWSf3msVfDY=
 gopkg.in/validator.v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:lIUZBlB3Im4s/eYp39Ry/wkR02yOPhZ9IwIRBjuPuG8=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4f2b596d..4f253a1f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2"
+	"io"
 	"os"
-
 	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
 	// to ensure that exec-entrypoint and run can make use of them.
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
@@ -66,21 +67,27 @@ func main() {
 		metricsAddr          string
 		enableLeaderElection bool
 		probeAddr            string
+		logOutputFile        string
 	)
 
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "leader-elect", false,
 		"Enable leader election for controller manager. Enabling this will ensure there is only one active controller manager.")
+	flag.StringVar(&logOutputFile, "logOutputFile", "",
+		"Log to output file using go lumberjack in addition to stdout.")
 
+	flag.Parse()
 	opts := zap.Options{
 		Development: true,
+		DestWriter:  logWriter(logOutputFile),
 	}
 	opts.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
-	flag.Parse()
 
 	ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.UseFlagOptions(&opts)))
 
+	setupLog.Info("logOutputFile " + logOutputFile)
+
 	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), ctrl.Options{
 		Scheme: scheme,
 		Metrics: metricsserver.Options{
@@ -162,3 +169,16 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
+
+func logWriter(outputFile string) io.Writer {
+	if len(outputFile) > 0 {
+		return io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, &lumberjack.Logger{
+			Filename:   outputFile,
+			MaxSize:    2, // megabytes
+			MaxBackups: 100,
+			MaxAge:     30,   // days
+			Compress:   true, // compress rotated log files
+		})
+	}
+	return os.Stdout
+}