diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 76e44ef1c..9f33ff551 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ Contributors:
     * Hollis Wu (holi0317)
     * Antonio Aguilar (crazybolillo)
     * Andrew M. MacFie (amacfie)
+    * saucoide
 
 Creator:
 --------
diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
index e09a3251e..b915f98e5 100644
--- a/changelog.rst
+++ b/changelog.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Features:
   displaying of all Postgres error fields received.
 * Show Postgres notifications.
 * Support sqlparse 0.5.x
+* Add `--log-file [filename]` cli argument and `\log-file [filename]` special commands to
+  log to an external file in addition to the normal output
 
 Bug fixes:
 ----------
diff --git a/pgcli/main.py b/pgcli/main.py
index 452706697..056a9403f 100644
--- a/pgcli/main.py
+++ b/pgcli/main.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import functools
 import datetime as dt
 import itertools
+import pathlib
 import platform
 from time import time, sleep
 from typing import Optional
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ def __init__(
         auto_vertical_output=False,
         warn=None,
         ssh_tunnel_url: Optional[str] = None,
+        log_file: Optional[str] = None,
     ):
         self.force_passwd_prompt = force_passwd_prompt
         self.never_passwd_prompt = never_passwd_prompt
@@ -310,6 +312,11 @@ def __init__(
         self.ssh_tunnel_url = ssh_tunnel_url
         self.ssh_tunnel = None
 
+        if log_file:
+            with open(log_file, "a+"):
+                pass  # ensure writeable
+        self.log_file = log_file
+
         # formatter setup
         self.formatter = TabularOutputFormatter(format_name=c["main"]["table_format"])
         register_new_formatter(self.formatter)
@@ -369,6 +376,12 @@ def register_special_commands(self):
             "\\o [filename]",
             "Send all query results to file.",
         )
+        self.pgspecial.register(
+            self.write_to_logfile,
+            "\\log-file",
+            "\\log-file [filename]",
+            "Log all query results to a logfile, in addition to the normal output destination.",
+        )
         self.pgspecial.register(
             self.info_connection, "\\conninfo", "\\conninfo", "Get connection details"
         )
@@ -508,6 +521,26 @@ def execute_from_file(self, pattern, **_):
             explain_mode=self.explain_mode,
         )
 
+    def write_to_logfile(self, pattern, **_):
+        if not pattern:
+            self.log_file = None
+            message = "Logfile capture disabled"
+            return [(None, None, None, message, "", True, True)]
+
+        log_file = pathlib.Path(pattern).expanduser().absolute()
+
+        try:
+            with open(log_file, "a+"):
+                pass  # ensure writeable
+        except OSError as e:
+            self.log_file = None
+            message = str(e) + "\nLogfile capture disabled"
+            return [(None, None, None, message, "", False, True)]
+
+        self.log_file = str(log_file)
+        message = 'Writing to file "%s"' % self.log_file
+        return [(None, None, None, message, "", True, True)]
+
     def write_to_file(self, pattern, **_):
         if not pattern:
             self.output_file = None
@@ -826,7 +859,7 @@ def execute_command(self, text, handle_closed_connection=True):
         else:
             try:
                 if self.output_file and not text.startswith(
-                    ("\\o ", "\\? ", "\\echo ")
+                    ("\\o ", "\\log-file", "\\? ", "\\echo ")
                 ):
                     try:
                         with open(self.output_file, "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
@@ -838,6 +871,23 @@ def execute_command(self, text, handle_closed_connection=True):
                 else:
                     if output:
                         self.echo_via_pager("\n".join(output))
+
+                # Log to file in addition to normal output
+                if (
+                    self.log_file
+                    and not text.startswith(("\\o ", "\\log-file", "\\? ", "\\echo "))
+                    and not text.strip() == ""
+                ):
+                    try:
+                        with open(self.log_file, "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                            click.echo(
+                                dt.datetime.now().isoformat(), file=f
+                            )  # timestamp log
+                            click.echo(text, file=f)
+                            click.echo("\n".join(output), file=f)
+                            click.echo("", file=f)  # extra newline
+                    except OSError as e:
+                        click.secho(str(e), err=True, fg="red")
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 pass
 
@@ -1428,6 +1478,11 @@ def echo_via_pager(self, text, color=None):
     default=None,
     help="Open an SSH tunnel to the given address and connect to the database from it.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--log-file",
+    default=None,
+    help="Write all queries & output into a file, in addition to the normal output destination.",
+)
 @click.argument("dbname", default=lambda: None, envvar="PGDATABASE", nargs=1)
 @click.argument("username", default=lambda: None, envvar="PGUSER", nargs=1)
 def cli(
@@ -1453,6 +1508,7 @@ def cli(
     list_dsn,
     warn,
     ssh_tunnel: str,
+    log_file: str,
 ):
     if version:
         print("Version:", __version__)
@@ -1511,6 +1567,7 @@ def cli(
         auto_vertical_output=auto_vertical_output,
         warn=warn,
         ssh_tunnel_url=ssh_tunnel,
+        log_file=log_file,
     )
 
     # Choose which ever one has a valid value.
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 4ff4e4cfa..3683d491f 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import platform
 import re
+import tempfile
+import datetime
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
@@ -333,6 +335,34 @@ def test_qecho_works(executor):
     assert result == ["asdf"]
 
 
+@dbtest
+def test_logfile_works(executor):
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        log_file = f"{tmpdir}/tempfile.log"
+        cli = PGCli(pgexecute=executor, log_file=log_file)
+        statement = r"\qecho hello!"
+        cli.execute_command(statement)
+        with open(log_file, "r") as f:
+            log_contents = f.readlines()
+        assert datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(log_contents[0].strip())
+        assert log_contents[1].strip() == r"\qecho hello!"
+        assert log_contents[2].strip() == "hello!"
+
+
+@dbtest
+def test_logfile_unwriteable_file(executor):
+    cli = PGCli(pgexecute=executor)
+    statement = r"\log-file forbidden.log"
+    with mock.patch("builtins.open") as mock_open:
+        mock_open.side_effect = PermissionError(
+            "[Errno 13] Permission denied: 'forbidden.log'"
+        )
+        result = run(executor, statement, pgspecial=cli.pgspecial)
+    assert result == [
+        "[Errno 13] Permission denied: 'forbidden.log'\nLogfile capture disabled"
+    ]
+
+
 @dbtest
 def test_watch_works(executor):
     cli = PGCli(pgexecute=executor)