diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/api.zeek b/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/api.zeek
index d335a04543..09a80d6cb5 100644
--- a/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/api.zeek
+++ b/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/api.zeek
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export {
 		name: string;
 		interface: string &optional;
 		directory: string &optional;
+		stdout_file: string &optional;
+		stderr_file: string &optional;
 		scripts: vector of string &default = vector();
 		cpu_affinity: int &optional;
 		cluster: table[string] of ClusterEndpoint &default=table();
diff --git a/src/Supervisor.cc b/src/Supervisor.cc
index 1aef520686..ff26ca1f28 100644
--- a/src/Supervisor.cc
+++ b/src/Supervisor.cc
@@ -732,6 +732,16 @@ Supervisor::Node Supervisor::Node::FromRecord(const RecordVal* node)
 	if ( directory_val )
 		rval.directory = directory_val->AsString()->CheckString();
 
+	auto stdout_val = node->Lookup("stdout_file");
+
+	if ( stdout_val )
+		rval.stdout_file = stdout_val->AsString()->CheckString();
+
+	auto stderr_val = node->Lookup("stderr_file");
+
+	if ( stderr_val )
+		rval.stderr_file = stderr_val->AsString()->CheckString();
+
 	auto affinity_val = node->Lookup("cpu_affinity");
 
 	if ( affinity_val )
@@ -786,6 +796,12 @@ Supervisor::Node Supervisor::Node::FromJSON(std::string_view json)
 	if ( auto it = j.find("directory"); it != j.end() )
 		rval.directory = *it;
 
+	if ( auto it = j.find("stdout_file"); it != j.end() )
+		rval.stdout_file= *it;
+
+	if ( auto it = j.find("stderr_file"); it != j.end() )
+		rval.stderr_file= *it;
+
 	if ( auto it = j.find("cpu_affinity"); it != j.end() )
 		rval.cpu_affinity = *it;
 
@@ -841,6 +857,12 @@ IntrusivePtr<RecordVal> Supervisor::Node::ToRecord() const
 	if ( directory )
 		rval->Assign(rt->FieldOffset("directory"), new StringVal(*directory));
 
+	if ( stdout_file )
+		rval->Assign(rt->FieldOffset("stdout_file"), new StringVal(*stdout_file));
+
+	if ( stderr_file )
+		rval->Assign(rt->FieldOffset("stderr_file"), new StringVal(*stderr_file));
+
 	if ( cpu_affinity )
 		rval->Assign(rt->FieldOffset("cpu_affinity"), val_mgr->GetInt(*cpu_affinity));
 
diff --git a/src/Supervisor.h b/src/Supervisor.h
index 623afc36a0..1eeab43998 100644
--- a/src/Supervisor.h
+++ b/src/Supervisor.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public:
 		std::string name;
 		std::optional<std::string> interface;
 		std::optional<std::string> directory;
+		std::optional<std::string> stdout_file;
+		std::optional<std::string> stderr_file;
 		std::optional<int> cpu_affinity;
 		std::vector<std::string> scripts;
 		std::map<std::string, ClusterEndpoint> cluster;
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 021c5207aa..81c138ee11 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -936,22 +936,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		{
 		// TODO: probably all of this block could move to a new
 		// zeek::supervised_node->Init(options) method
-		options.filter_supervised_node_options(zeek::supervised_node);
 		const auto& node_name = zeek::supervised_node->name;
 
-		if ( zeek::supervised_node->interface )
-			options.interfaces.emplace_back(*zeek::supervised_node->interface);
-
-		if ( ! zeek::supervised_node->cluster.empty() )
-			{
-			if ( setenv("CLUSTER_NODE", node_name.data(), true) == -1 )
-				{
-				fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to setenv: %s\n",
-				        node_name.data(), strerror(errno));
-				exit(1);
-				}
-			}
-
 		if ( zeek::supervised_node->directory )
 			{
 			if ( chdir(zeek::supervised_node->directory->data()) )
@@ -964,6 +950,38 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 				}
 			}
 
+		if ( zeek::supervised_node->stderr_file )
+			{
+			auto fd = open(zeek::supervised_node->stderr_file->data(),
+			               O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_APPEND | O_CLOEXEC,
+			               0600);
+
+			if ( fd == -1 || dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO) == -1 )
+				{
+				fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to create stderr file %s: %s\n",
+				        node_name.data(),
+				        zeek::supervised_node->stderr_file->data(),
+				        strerror(errno));
+				exit(1);
+				}
+			}
+
+		if ( zeek::supervised_node->stdout_file )
+			{
+			auto fd = open(zeek::supervised_node->stdout_file->data(),
+			               O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_APPEND | O_CLOEXEC,
+			               0600);
+
+			if ( fd == -1 || dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1 )
+				{
+				fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to create stdout file %s: %s\n",
+				        node_name.data(),
+				        zeek::supervised_node->stdout_file->data(),
+				        strerror(errno));
+				exit(1);
+				}
+			}
+
 		if ( zeek::supervised_node->cpu_affinity )
 			{
 			auto res = zeek::set_affinity(*zeek::supervised_node->cpu_affinity);
@@ -973,6 +991,21 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 				        node_name.data(), strerror(errno));
 			}
 
+		options.filter_supervised_node_options(zeek::supervised_node);
+
+		if ( zeek::supervised_node->interface )
+			options.interfaces.emplace_back(*zeek::supervised_node->interface);
+
+		if ( ! zeek::supervised_node->cluster.empty() )
+			{
+			if ( setenv("CLUSTER_NODE", node_name.data(), true) == -1 )
+				{
+				fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to setenv: %s\n",
+				        node_name.data(), strerror(errno));
+				exit(1);
+				}
+			}
+
 		for ( const auto& s : zeek::supervised_node->scripts )
 			options.scripts_to_load.emplace_back(s);
 		}