diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
index 285608d508a..3a65729bf35 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
@@ -614,6 +614,16 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</> </optional> <replaceable>dbname</>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--log-prefix=<replaceable>prefix</></option></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Set the filename prefix for the transaction log file created by
+        <option>--log</>.  The default is <replaceable>pgbench_log</>.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
     </variablelist>
    </para>
 
@@ -1121,15 +1131,17 @@ END;
    With the <option>-l</> option but without the <option>--aggregate-interval</option>,
    <application>pgbench</> writes the time taken by each transaction
    to a log file.  The log file will be named
-   <filename>pgbench_log.<replaceable>nnn</></filename>, where
-   <replaceable>nnn</> is the PID of the <application>pgbench</application> process.
-   If the <option>-j</> option is 2 or higher, creating multiple worker
-   threads, each will have its own log file. The first worker will use the
-   same name for its log file as in the standard single worker case.
+   <filename><replaceable>prefix</>.<replaceable>nnn</></filename>,
+   where <replaceable>prefix</> defaults to <literal>pgbench_log</>, and
+   <replaceable>nnn</> is the PID of the
+   <application>pgbench</application> process. If the <option>-j</> option is 2 or higher,
+   creating multiple worker threads, each will have its own log file. The first worker will
+   use the same name for its log file as in the standard single worker case.
    The additional log files for the other workers will be named
-   <filename>pgbench_log.<replaceable>nnn</>.<replaceable>mmm</></filename>,
+   <filename><replaceable>pgbench_log</>.<replaceable>nnn</>.<replaceable>mmm</></filename>,
    where <replaceable>mmm</> is a sequential number for each worker starting
-   with 1.
+   with 1.  The prefix can be changed by using the <option>--log-prefix</>
+   option.
   </para>
 
   <para>
diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index d44cfdab49b..a7fdd8ac940 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ char	   *pghost = "";
 char	   *pgport = "";
 char	   *login = NULL;
 char	   *dbName;
+char	   *logfile_prefix = NULL;
 const char *progname;
 
 #define WSEP '@'				/* weight separator */
@@ -511,6 +512,8 @@ usage(void)
 		   "  --aggregate-interval=NUM aggregate data over NUM seconds\n"
 		"  --progress-timestamp     use Unix epoch timestamps for progress\n"
 		   "  --sampling-rate=NUM      fraction of transactions to log (e.g., 0.01 for 1%%)\n"
+		   "  --log-prefix=PREFIX      prefix for transaction time log file\n"
+		   "                           (default: \"pgbench_log\")\n"
 		   "\nCommon options:\n"
 		   "  -d, --debug              print debugging output\n"
 	  "  -h, --host=HOSTNAME      database server host or socket directory\n"
@@ -3643,6 +3646,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"sampling-rate", required_argument, NULL, 4},
 		{"aggregate-interval", required_argument, NULL, 5},
 		{"progress-timestamp", no_argument, NULL, 6},
+		{"log-prefix", required_argument, NULL, 7},
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 	};
 
@@ -3990,6 +3994,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				progress_timestamp = true;
 				benchmarking_option_set = true;
 				break;
+			case 7:
+				benchmarking_option_set = true;
+				logfile_prefix = pg_strdup(optarg);
+				break;
 			default:
 				fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
 				exit(1);
@@ -4087,6 +4095,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
+	if (!use_log && logfile_prefix)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "log file prefix (--log-prefix) is allowed only when logging transactions (-l)\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	if (duration > 0 && agg_interval > duration)
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, "number of seconds for aggregation (%d) must not be higher than test duration (%d)\n", agg_interval, duration);
@@ -4388,11 +4402,13 @@ threadRun(void *arg)
 	if (use_log)
 	{
 		char		logpath[64];
+		char		*prefix = logfile_prefix ? logfile_prefix : "pgbench_log";
 
 		if (thread->tid == 0)
-			snprintf(logpath, sizeof(logpath), "pgbench_log.%d", main_pid);
+			snprintf(logpath, sizeof(logpath), "%s.%d", prefix, main_pid);
 		else
-			snprintf(logpath, sizeof(logpath), "pgbench_log.%d.%d", main_pid, thread->tid);
+			snprintf(logpath, sizeof(logpath), "%s.%d.%d", prefix, main_pid, thread->tid);
+
 		thread->logfile = fopen(logpath, "w");
 
 		if (thread->logfile == NULL)