diff --git a/ajax/logging/clearlog.php b/ajax/logging/clearlog.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a798bb3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ajax/logging/clearlog.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once '../../includes/config.php';
+require_once '../../includes/functions.php';
+
+if (isset($_POST['svc'])) {
+    $tmplog = '/tmp/' .$_POST['svc']. '.log';
+
+    // clear log for requested service
+    exec("sudo truncate -s 0 $tmplog", $return);
+    echo json_encode($return);
+}