diff --git a/roles/httpd_php/templates/php_fpm_ansible_pools.conf.j2 b/roles/httpd_php/templates/php_fpm_ansible_pools.conf.j2
index 36869b6..1c49561 100644
--- a/roles/httpd_php/templates/php_fpm_ansible_pools.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/httpd_php/templates/php_fpm_ansible_pools.conf.j2
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ request_terminate_timeout = {{ conf.request_terminate_timeout | default('5m') }}
 
 php_flag[display_errors] = {{ conf.display_errors | default(False) | ternary('on','off') }}
 php_admin_flag[log_errors] = {{ conf.log_errors | default(True) | ternary('on','off') }}
-php_admin_value[error_log] = syslog
+php_admin_value[error_log] = {{ conf.error_log | default('syslog') }}
 php_admin_value[memory_limit] = {{ conf.memory_limit | default('128M') }}
 php_admin_value[session.save_path] = {{ conf.session_save_path | default('/var/lib/php/session') }}
 php_admin_value[upload_tmp_dir] = {{ conf.tmp_dir | default('/tmp') }}