diff --git a/TODO.logging b/TODO.logging
index 5ddca90ec7..1aa9132a55 100644
--- a/TODO.logging
+++ b/TODO.logging
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ List of the things not implemented yet:
 
     - Not sure if the logging does the right thing with &optional and
       &default values. Needs testing.
-    - Spawning writers in separate threads (not clear if we want that initially).
     - Check the new event-value code.
 
     - Configure Ascii Writer:
diff --git a/src/LogWriterAscii.cc b/src/LogWriterAscii.cc
index 6ba3f812f7..c38e49eb21 100644
--- a/src/LogWriterAscii.cc
+++ b/src/LogWriterAscii.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ LogWriterAscii::~LogWriterAscii()
 
 bool LogWriterAscii::DoInit(string path, int num_fields, const LogField* const * fields)
 	{
-	fname = path + ".log";
+	fname = IsSpecial(path) ? path : path + ".log";
 
 	if ( ! (file = fopen(fname.c_str(), "w")) )
 		{
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ bool LogWriterAscii::DoWrite(int num_fields, const LogField* const * fields, Log
 
 bool LogWriterAscii::DoRotate(string rotated_path, string postprocessor, double open, double close, bool terminating)
 	{
+	if ( ! IsSpecial(Path()) )
+		// Don't rotate special files.
+		return true;
+
 	fclose(file);
 
 	string nname = rotated_path + ".log";
diff --git a/src/LogWriterAscii.h b/src/LogWriterAscii.h
index 9732242fba..0e060ea97e 100644
--- a/src/LogWriterAscii.h
+++ b/src/LogWriterAscii.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ protected:
     virtual void DoFinish();
 
 private:
+	bool IsSpecial(string path) 	{ return path.find("/dev/") == 0; }
+
 	FILE* file;
 	string fname;
 };
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/logging.stdout/output b/testing/btest/Baseline/logging.stdout/output
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7dcbd4e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/logging.stdout/output
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# t	id.orig_h	id.orig_p	id.resp_h	id.resp_p	status	country	
+1299635864.89679	1.2.3.4	1234	2.3.4.5	80	success	unknown
+1299635864.89679	1.2.3.4	1234	2.3.4.5	80	failure	US
+1299635864.89679	1.2.3.4	1234	2.3.4.5	80	failure	UK
+1299635864.89679	1.2.3.4	1234	2.3.4.5	80	success	BR
+1299635864.89679	1.2.3.4	1234	2.3.4.5	80	failure	MX
diff --git a/testing/btest/logging/stdout.bro b/testing/btest/logging/stdout.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15fd071b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/logging/stdout.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#
+# @TEST-EXEC: bro %INPUT >output
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff output
+# @TEST-EXEC: test '!' -e ssh.log
+
+module SSH;
+
+export {
+	redef enum Log::ID += { SSH };
+
+	type Log: record {
+		t: time;
+		id: conn_id; # Will be rolled out into individual columns.
+		status: string &optional;
+		country: string &default="unknown";
+	};
+}
+
+event bro_init()
+{
+	Log::create_stream(SSH, [$columns=Log]);
+
+	local filter = Log::get_filter(SSH, "default");
+	filter$path= "/dev/stdout";
+	Log::add_filter(SSH, filter);
+
+    local cid = [$orig_h=1.2.3.4, $orig_p=1234/tcp, $resp_h=2.3.4.5, $resp_p=80/tcp];
+
+	Log::write(SSH, [$t=network_time(), $id=cid, $status="success"]);
+	Log::write(SSH, [$t=network_time(), $id=cid, $status="failure", $country="US"]);
+	Log::write(SSH, [$t=network_time(), $id=cid, $status="failure", $country="UK"]);
+	Log::write(SSH, [$t=network_time(), $id=cid, $status="success", $country="BR"]);
+	Log::write(SSH, [$t=network_time(), $id=cid, $status="failure", $country="MX"]);
+	
+}
+