diff --git a/TODO.logging b/TODO.logging
index 3e612eab5a..5ddca90ec7 100644
--- a/TODO.logging
+++ b/TODO.logging
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ List of the things not implemented yet:
         - "redef LogAscii::separator = '\t'"
         - "redef LogAscii::headers = T"
 
-    - Extended filter manipualtion interface on the script level:
-        - Disalbe stream altogether.
-        - Change individual options of an existing filter.
-
 Notes about remote logging:
 
     - The receiver must create the stream locally via
diff --git a/policy/logging.bro b/policy/logging.bro
index e362435cf4..07baa98902 100644
--- a/policy/logging.bro
+++ b/policy/logging.bro
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ export {
 	const no_filter: Filter = [$name="<not found>"]; # Sentinel.
 
 	global create_stream: function(id: ID, stream: Stream) : bool;
+	global enable_stream: function(id: ID) : bool;
+	global disable_stream: function(id: ID) : bool;
 	global add_filter: function(id: ID, filter: Filter) : bool;
 	global remove_filter: function(id: ID, name: string) : bool;
 	global get_filter: function(id: ID, name: string) : Filter; # Returns no_filter if not found.
@@ -128,6 +130,12 @@ function create_stream(id: ID, stream: Stream) : bool
 
 	return add_default_filter(id);
 	}
+
+function disable_stream(id: ID) : bool
+	{
+	if ( ! __disable_stream(id) )
+		return F;
+	}
 						   
 function add_filter(id: ID, filter: Filter) : bool
 	{
diff --git a/src/LogMgr.cc b/src/LogMgr.cc
index 76feb0e0ea..0873ca991e 100644
--- a/src/LogMgr.cc
+++ b/src/LogMgr.cc
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct LogMgr::WriterInfo {
 
 struct LogMgr::Stream {
  	EnumVal* id;
+	bool enabled;
 	string name;
 	RecordType* columns;
 	EventHandlerPtr event;
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ bool LogMgr::CreateStream(EnumVal* id, RecordVal* sval)
 	// Create new stream.
 	streams[idx] = new Stream;
 	streams[idx]->id = id->Ref()->AsEnumVal();
+	streams[idx]->enabled = true;
 	streams[idx]->name = id->Type()->AsEnumType()->Lookup(idx);
 	streams[idx]->event = event ? event_registry->Lookup(event->GetID()->Name()) : 0;
 	streams[idx]->columns = columns->Ref()->AsRecordType();
@@ -344,6 +346,36 @@ bool LogMgr::CreateStream(EnumVal* id, RecordVal* sval)
 	return true;
 	}
 
+bool LogMgr::EnableStream(EnumVal* id)
+	{
+	Stream* stream = FindStream(id);
+	if ( ! stream )
+		return false;
+
+	if ( stream->enabled )
+		return true;
+
+	stream->enabled = true;
+
+	DBG_LOG(DBG_LOGGING, "Reenabled logging stream '%s'", stream->name.c_str());
+	return true;
+	}
+
+bool LogMgr::DisableStream(EnumVal* id)
+	{
+	Stream* stream = FindStream(id);
+	if ( ! stream )
+		return false;
+
+	if ( ! stream->enabled )
+		return true;
+
+	stream->enabled = false;
+
+	DBG_LOG(DBG_LOGGING, "Disabled logging stream '%s'", stream->name.c_str());
+	return true;
+	}
+
 // Helper for recursive record field unrolling.
 bool LogMgr::TraverseRecord(Filter* filter, RecordType* rt, TableVal* include, TableVal* exclude, string path, list<int> indices)
 	{
@@ -554,6 +586,9 @@ bool LogMgr::Write(EnumVal* id, RecordVal* columns)
 	if ( ! stream )
 		return false;
 
+	if ( ! stream->enabled )
+		return true;
+
 	columns = columns->CoerceTo(stream->columns);
 
 	if ( ! columns )
@@ -833,6 +868,9 @@ bool LogMgr::Write(EnumVal* id, EnumVal* writer, string path, int num_fields, Lo
 		return false;
 		}
 
+	if ( ! stream->enabled )
+		return true;
+
 	Stream::WriterMap::iterator w = stream->writers.find(Stream::WriterPathPair(writer->AsEnum(), path));
 
 	if ( w == stream->writers.end() )
@@ -891,6 +929,9 @@ bool LogMgr::Flush(EnumVal* id)
 	if ( ! stream )
 		return false;
 
+	if ( ! stream->enabled )
+		return true;
+
 	for ( Stream::WriterMap::iterator i = stream->writers.begin(); i != stream->writers.end(); i++ )
 		i->second->writer->Flush();
 
diff --git a/src/LogMgr.h b/src/LogMgr.h
index 3a356b4e88..8f8d991c00 100644
--- a/src/LogMgr.h
+++ b/src/LogMgr.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ public:
     // These correspond to the BiFs visible on the scripting layer. The
     // actual BiFs just forward here.
     bool CreateStream(EnumVal* id, RecordVal* stream);
+    bool EnableStream(EnumVal* id);
+    bool DisableStream(EnumVal* id);
     bool AddFilter(EnumVal* id, RecordVal* filter);
 	bool RemoveFilter(EnumVal* id, StringVal* name);
     bool RemoveFilter(EnumVal* id, string name);
diff --git a/src/logging.bif b/src/logging.bif
index 0babf75a06..a4b56bb8d3 100644
--- a/src/logging.bif
+++ b/src/logging.bif
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ function Log::__create_stream%(id: Log::ID, stream: Log::Stream%) : bool
 	return new Val(result, TYPE_BOOL);
     %}
 
+function Log::__enable_stream%(id: Log::ID%) : bool
+    %{
+	bool result = log_mgr->EnableStream(id->AsEnumVal());
+	return new Val(result, TYPE_BOOL);
+    %}
+
+function Log::__disable_stream%(id: Log::ID%) : bool
+    %{
+	bool result = log_mgr->DisableStream(id->AsEnumVal());
+	return new Val(result, TYPE_BOOL);
+    %}
+
 function Log::__add_filter%(id: Log::ID, filter: Log::Filter%) : bool
     %{
 	bool result = log_mgr->AddFilter(id->AsEnumVal(), filter->AsRecordVal());
diff --git a/testing/btest/logging/disable-stream.bro b/testing/btest/logging/disable-stream.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97b47298e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/logging/disable-stream.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#
+# @TEST-EXEC: bro %INPUT
+# @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, [$columns=Log]);
+
+	Log::disable_stream(SSH);
+
+    local cid = [$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"]);
+	
+}
+