diff --git a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/agent/boot.zeek b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/agent/boot.zeek
index 5863b0517d..d906b21558 100644
--- a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/agent/boot.zeek
+++ b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/agent/boot.zeek
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 ##!
 ##! If the current process is not the Zeek supervisor, this does nothing.
 
+@load base/utils/paths
+
 @load ./config
 
 # The agent needs the supervisor to listen for node management requests.  We
diff --git a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/agent/main.zeek b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/agent/main.zeek
index 117dc3f1c9..a623fa4e5b 100644
--- a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/agent/main.zeek
+++ b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/agent/main.zeek
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 ##! supervisor.
 
 @load base/frameworks/broker
+@load base/utils/paths
+
 @load policy/frameworks/management
 @load policy/frameworks/management/node/api
 @load policy/frameworks/management/node/config
@@ -204,6 +206,11 @@ event Management::Agent::API::set_configuration_request(reqid: string, config: M
 		# node.
 		nc$scripts[|nc$scripts|] = "policy/frameworks/management/node";
 
+		if ( Management::Node::stdout_file != "" )
+			nc$stdout_file = Management::Node::stdout_file;
+		if ( Management::Node::stderr_file != "" )
+			nc$stderr_file = Management::Node::stderr_file;
+
 		# XXX could use options to enable per-node overrides for
 		# directory, stdout, stderr, others?
 
diff --git a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/boot.zeek b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/boot.zeek
index f592e6b7a1..aaafca8c96 100644
--- a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/boot.zeek
+++ b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/boot.zeek
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 ##!
 ##! If the current process is not the Zeek supervisor, this does nothing.
 
+@load base/utils/paths
+
 @load ./config
 
 event zeek_init()
diff --git a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/node/config.zeek b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/node/config.zeek
index d17fd663a1..e15631aa87 100644
--- a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/node/config.zeek
+++ b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/node/config.zeek
@@ -6,4 +6,17 @@ export {
 	## The nodes' Broker topic. Cluster nodes automatically subscribe
 	## to it, to receive request events from the Management framework.
 	const node_topic = "zeek/management/node" &redef;
+
+	## Cluster node stdout log configuration. If the string is non-empty,
+	## Zeek will produce a free-form log (i.e., not one governed by Zeek's
+	## logging framework) in the node's working directory. If left empty, no
+	## such log results.
+	##
+	## Note that cluster nodes also establish a "proper" management log via
+	## the :zeek:see:`Management::Log` module.
+	const stdout_file = "stdout" &redef;
+
+	## Cluster node stderr log configuration. Like
+	## :zeek:see:`Management::Node::stdout_file`, but for the stderr stream.
+	const stderr_file = "stderr" &redef;
 }