diff --git a/src/Common.Logging.EntLib60/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter.cs b/src/Common.Logging.EntLib60/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter.cs
index dfc595c..3f33ef5 100644
--- a/src/Common.Logging.EntLib60/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter.cs
+++ b/src/Common.Logging.EntLib60/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #endregion
 
+using System;
 using Common.Logging.Configuration;
 using Common.Logging.Factory;
 using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.Configuration;
@@ -123,8 +124,11 @@ private LogWriter GetWriter()
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         public EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter()
-            : this(EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTPRIORITY, EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT, null)
-        { }
+            : this(
+                EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTPRIORITY, EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT, null,
+                EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTLOGCATEGORY)
+        {
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter"/> class
@@ -133,14 +137,16 @@ public EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter()
         /// <param name="defaultPriority">defaults to <see cref="EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTPRIORITY"/></param>
         /// <param name="exceptionFormat">defaults to <see cref="EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT"/></param>
         /// <param name="logWriter">a <see cref="LogWriter"/> instance to use</param>
-        public EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter(int defaultPriority, string exceptionFormat, LogWriter logWriter)
+        /// <param name="logCategory">defaults to <see cref="EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTLOGCATEGORY"/></param>
+        public EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter(int defaultPriority, string exceptionFormat, LogWriter logWriter,
+            string logCategory)
             : base(true)
         {
             if (exceptionFormat.Length == 0)
             {
                 exceptionFormat = null;
             }
-            _settings = new EntLibLoggerSettings(defaultPriority, exceptionFormat);
+            _settings = new EntLibLoggerSettings(defaultPriority, exceptionFormat, logCategory);
             _logWriter = logWriter;
         }
 
@@ -151,17 +157,20 @@ public EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter(int defaultPriority, string exceptionFormat, L
         /// <param name="properties">The properties.</param>
         public EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter(NameValueCollection properties)
             : this(ArgUtils.TryParse(EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTPRIORITY, ArgUtils.GetValue(properties, "priority"))
-                 , ArgUtils.Coalesce(ArgUtils.GetValue(properties, "exceptionFormat"), EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT)
-                 , null
+                , ArgUtils.Coalesce(ArgUtils.GetValue(properties, "exceptionFormat"), EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT)
+                , null
+                , ArgUtils.Coalesce(ArgUtils.GetValue(properties, "logCategory"), EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTLOGCATEGORY)
             )
-        { }
+        {
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new <see cref="EntLibLogger"/> instance.
         /// </summary>
         protected override ILog CreateLogger(string name)
         {
-            return CreateLogger(name, LogWriter, _settings);
+            var logCategory = String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_settings.logCategory) ? name : _settings.logCategory;
+            return CreateLogger(logCategory, LogWriter, _settings);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Common.Logging.EntLib60/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerSettings.cs b/src/Common.Logging.EntLib60/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerSettings.cs
index 7be168a..6b8c685 100644
--- a/src/Common.Logging.EntLib60/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Common.Logging.EntLib60/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerSettings.cs
@@ -39,23 +39,35 @@ public class EntLibLoggerSettings
         /// </remarks>
         public static readonly string DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT = "Exception[ message = $(exception.message), source = $(exception.source), targetsite = $(exception.targetsite), stacktrace = $(exception.stacktrace) ]";
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// the default log category used for logging in Enterprise Library.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly string DEFAULTLOGCATEGORY = "";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// the default priority to be used.
         /// </summary>
         public readonly int priority = DEFAULTPRIORITY;
+
         //format like nlog is better? - i.e. ${exception:format=message,stacktrace:separator=, }
         /// <summary>
         /// the exception format to be used.
         /// </summary>
         public readonly string exceptionFormat = DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// the default log category used for logging in Enterprise Library.
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly string logCategory = DEFAULTLOGCATEGORY;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance.
         /// </summary>
-        public EntLibLoggerSettings(int defaultPriority, string exceptionFormat)
+        public EntLibLoggerSettings(int defaultPriority, string exceptionFormat, string defaultLogCategory)
         {
             this.priority = defaultPriority;
             this.exceptionFormat = exceptionFormat;
+            this.logCategory = defaultLogCategory;
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Common.Logging.EntLib60.Tests/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapterTests.cs b/test/Common.Logging.EntLib60.Tests/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapterTests.cs
index 0dfc9dc..4ddc578 100644
--- a/test/Common.Logging.EntLib60.Tests/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapterTests.cs
+++ b/test/Common.Logging.EntLib60.Tests/Logging/EntLib/EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapterTests.cs
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ private static TestEntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter CreateTestEntLibLoggerFactoryAdapt
                 , true
                 );
 
-            return new TestEntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter(5, EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT, logWriter);
+            return new TestEntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter(5, EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT, logWriter, EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTLOGCATEGORY);
         }
 
         private class TestEntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter: EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter
         {
             public LogEntry LastLogEntry;
 
-            public TestEntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter(int defaultPriority, string exceptionFormat, LogWriter logWriter) 
-                : base(defaultPriority, exceptionFormat, logWriter)
+            public TestEntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter(int defaultPriority, string exceptionFormat, LogWriter logWriter, string logCategory) 
+                : base(defaultPriority, exceptionFormat, logWriter, logCategory)
             {
             }
 
diff --git a/test/Common.Logging.EntLib60.Tests/Logging/EntLib/EntLibTests.cs b/test/Common.Logging.EntLib60.Tests/Logging/EntLib/EntLibTests.cs
index c7c3651..5b3d8ca 100644
--- a/test/Common.Logging.EntLib60.Tests/Logging/EntLib/EntLibTests.cs
+++ b/test/Common.Logging.EntLib60.Tests/Logging/EntLib/EntLibTests.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class EntLibTests : ILogTestsBase
         protected override ILoggerFactoryAdapter GetLoggerFactoryAdapter()
         {
             LogWriter lw = new LogWriter(new List<ILogFilter>(), new List<LogSource>(), new LogSource("errorSource"), "default");
-            return new EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter(EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTPRIORITY, EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT, lw);
+            return new EntLibLoggerFactoryAdapter(EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTPRIORITY, EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTEXCEPTIONFORMAT, lw, EntLibLoggerSettings.DEFAULTLOGCATEGORY);
         }
 
         [Test]