diff --git a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
index 0387fde203..18a390f52f 100644
--- a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
@@ -887,6 +887,10 @@ use = egg:swift#proxy_logging
 # access_log_level = INFO
 # access_log_address = /dev/log
 #
+# Log route for this filter. Useful if you want to have different configs for
+# the two proxy-logging filters.
+# access_log_route = proxy-server
+#
 # If set, access_log_udp_host will override access_log_address
 # access_log_udp_host =
 # access_log_udp_port = 514
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py b/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
index 157c63ff21..fd7b0d7ea4 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ class ProxyLoggingMiddleware(object):
             value = conf.get('access_' + key, conf.get(key, None))
             if value:
                 access_log_conf[key] = value
-        self.access_logger = logger or get_logger(access_log_conf,
-                                                  log_route='proxy-access')
+        self.access_logger = logger or get_logger(
+            access_log_conf,
+            log_route=conf.get('access_log_route', 'proxy-access'))
         self.access_logger.set_statsd_prefix('proxy-server')
         self.reveal_sensitive_prefix = int(
             conf.get('reveal_sensitive_prefix', 16))