diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
index 8a08a64f3d0..0b07f3947cb 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
@@ -1456,9 +1456,6 @@ sub command_like
 Run a command on the node, then verify that $expected_sql appears in the
 server log file.
 
-Reads the whole log file so be careful when working with large log outputs.
-The log file is truncated prior to running the command, however.
-
 =cut
 
 sub issues_sql_like
@@ -1468,10 +1465,11 @@ sub issues_sql_like
 	local $ENV{PGHOST} = $self->host;
 	local $ENV{PGPORT} = $self->port;
 
-	truncate $self->logfile, 0;
+	my $log_location = -s $self->logfile;
+
 	my $result = TestLib::run_log($cmd);
 	ok($result, "@$cmd exit code 0");
-	my $log = TestLib::slurp_file($self->logfile);
+	my $log = TestLib::slurp_file($self->logfile, $log_location);
 	like($log, $expected_sql, "$test_name: SQL found in server log");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm b/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm
index 8319727cf6e..cc4fa53a24d 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use warnings;
 use Config;
 use Cwd;
 use Exporter 'import';
+use Fcntl qw(:mode :seek);
 use File::Basename;
 use File::Spec;
 use File::Temp ();
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ BEGIN
 	if ($windows_os)
 	{
 		require Win32API::File;
-		Win32API::File->import(qw(createFile OsFHandleOpen CloseHandle));
+		Win32API::File->import(qw(createFile OsFHandleOpen CloseHandle setFilePointer));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -215,13 +216,18 @@ sub slurp_dir
 
 sub slurp_file
 {
-	my ($filename) = @_;
+	my ($filename, $offset) = @_;
 	local $/;
 	my $contents;
 	if ($Config{osname} ne 'MSWin32')
 	{
 		open(my $in, '<', $filename)
 		  or die "could not read \"$filename\": $!";
+		if (defined($offset))
+		{
+			seek($in, $offset, SEEK_SET)
+			  or die "could not seek \"$filename\": $!";
+		}
 		$contents = <$in>;
 		close $in;
 	}
@@ -231,6 +237,11 @@ sub slurp_file
 		  or die "could not open \"$filename\": $^E";
 		OsFHandleOpen(my $fh = IO::Handle->new(), $fHandle, 'r')
 		  or die "could not read \"$filename\": $^E\n";
+		if (defined($offset))
+		{
+			setFilePointer($fh, $offset, qw(FILE_BEGIN))
+			  or die "could not seek \"$filename\": $^E\n";
+		}
 		$contents = <$fh>;
 		CloseHandle($fHandle)
 		  or die "could not close \"$filename\": $^E\n";