diff --git a/components/ogreinit/ogreinit.cpp b/components/ogreinit/ogreinit.cpp
index 01b8764c2..5827645f5 100644
--- a/components/ogreinit/ogreinit.cpp
+++ b/components/ogreinit/ogreinit.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 #include "ogreinit.hpp"
 
 #include <string>
+#include <ctime>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #include <OgreRoot.h>
 #include <OgreParticleEmitterFactory.h>
 #include <OgreParticleSystemManager.h>
 #include <OgreLogManager.h>
+#include <OgreLog.h>
 
 #if OGRE_PLATFORM == OGRE_PLATFORM_APPLE
 #include <OSX/macUtils.h>
@@ -13,8 +17,47 @@
 
 #include <components/nifogre/particles.hpp>
 
+#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
+#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
+
 #include "ogreplugin.hpp"
 
+namespace bfs = boost::filesystem;
+
+namespace
+{
+    class LogListener : public Ogre::LogListener
+    {
+        bfs::ofstream file;
+        char buffer[16];
+
+
+    public:
+
+        LogListener(const std::string &path)
+            : file((bfs::path(path)))
+        {
+            memset(buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0);
+        }
+
+        void timestamp()
+        {
+            int local = time(0) % 86400;
+            int sec = local % 60;
+            int min = (local / 60) % 60;
+            int hrs = local / 3600;
+            sprintf(buffer, "%02d:%02d:%02d: ", hrs, min, sec);
+        }
+
+        virtual void messageLogged(const std::string &msg, Ogre::LogMessageLevel lvl, bool mask, const std::string &logName, bool &skip)
+        {
+            timestamp();
+            file << buffer << msg << std::endl;
+            skip = true;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 namespace OgreInit
 {
 
@@ -43,6 +86,10 @@ namespace OgreInit
         new Ogre::LogManager;
         Ogre::Log *log = Ogre::LogManager::getSingleton().createLog(logPath);
 
+    #if OGRE_PLATFORM == OGRE_PLATFORM_WIN32
+        log->addListener(new LogListener(logPath));
+    #endif
+
         // Disable logging to cout/cerr
         log->setDebugOutputEnabled(false);