diff --git a/pecan/__init__.py b/pecan/__init__.py
index 3dd9433..5eedf29 100644
--- a/pecan/__init__.py
+++ b/pecan/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from middleware.errordocument import ErrorDocumentMiddleware
 from middleware.recursive import RecursiveMiddleware
 from middleware.static import StaticFileMiddleware
 
-from configuration import set_config
+from configuration import set_config, Config
 from configuration import _runtime_conf as conf
 from logging.config import dictConfig as load_logging_config
 
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ def make_app(root, static_root=None, logging={}, debug=False,
 
     # Pass logging configuration (if it exists) on to the Python logging module
     if logging:
-        logging = logging.as_dict()
+        if isinstance(logging, Config):
+            logging = logging.as_dict()
         if 'version' not in logging:
             logging['version'] = 1
         load_logging_config(logging)
diff --git a/pecan/tests/test_base.py b/pecan/tests/test_base.py
index 452a084..0b5bc88 100644
--- a/pecan/tests/test_base.py
+++ b/pecan/tests/test_base.py
@@ -1073,6 +1073,68 @@ class TestNonCanonical(unittest.TestCase):
         assert len(wrapped_apps) == 1
 
 
+class TestLogging(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_logging_setup(self):
+        class RootController(object):
+            @expose()
+            def index(self):
+                import logging
+                logging.getLogger('pecantesting').info('HELLO WORLD')
+                return "HELLO WORLD"
+
+        from cStringIO import StringIO
+        f = StringIO()
+
+        app = TestApp(make_app(RootController(), logging={
+            'loggers': {
+                'pecantesting': {
+                    'level': 'INFO', 'handlers': ['memory']
+                }
+            },
+            'handlers': {
+                'memory': {
+                    'level': 'INFO',
+                    'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+                    'stream': f
+                }
+            }
+        }))
+
+        app.get('/')
+        assert f.getvalue() == 'HELLO WORLD\n'
+
+    def test_logging_setup_with_config_obj(self):
+        class RootController(object):
+            @expose()
+            def index(self):
+                import logging
+                logging.getLogger('pecantesting').info('HELLO WORLD')
+                return "HELLO WORLD"
+
+        from cStringIO import StringIO
+        f = StringIO()
+
+        from pecan.configuration import conf_from_dict
+        app = TestApp(make_app(RootController(), logging=conf_from_dict({
+            'loggers': {
+                'pecantesting': {
+                    'level': 'INFO', 'handlers': ['memory']
+                }
+            },
+            'handlers': {
+                'memory': {
+                    'level': 'INFO',
+                    'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+                    'stream': f
+                }
+            }
+        })))
+
+        app.get('/')
+        assert f.getvalue() == 'HELLO WORLD\n'
+
+
 class TestEngines(unittest.TestCase):
 
     template_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'templates')