diff --git a/dissect/target/loaders/log.py b/dissect/target/loaders/log.py
index e330c4fde..cf73f1458 100644
--- a/dissect/target/loaders/log.py
+++ b/dissect/target/loaders/log.py
@@ -11,13 +11,20 @@
 
 
 @arg("--log-hint", dest="hint", help="hint for file type")
+@arg("--path", dest="path", help="Map log file(s) to a specific path in the target filesystem")
 class LogLoader(Loader):
-    """Load separate log files without a target.
+    """Load separate log files without a target. By default attempts to map discovered log files based on their file
+    extension. The loader can also map log files to a specific path in the target filesystem using the ``--path``
+    option.
 
     Usage:
 
     ``target-query /evtx/* -L log -f evtx``
 
+    or by specifying a manual path, which can be a directory or a single file:
+
+    * ``target-query log://evidence/extracted_wtmp?path=/var/log/wtmp -f wtmp``
+    * ``target-query log://evidence/apache?path=/var/log/apache2 -f apache.access``
     """
 
     LOGS_DIRS = {
@@ -40,9 +47,19 @@ def map(self, target: Target) -> None:
         vfs = VirtualFilesystem(case_sensitive=False, alt_separator=target.fs.alt_separator)
         target.filesystems.add(vfs)
         target.fs.mount("/", vfs)
-        for entry in self.path.parent.glob(self.path.name):
-            ext = self.options.get("hint", entry.suffix.lower()).strip(".")
-            if (mapping := self.LOGS_DIRS.get(ext, None)) is None:
-                continue
-            mapping = str(vfs.path(mapping).joinpath(entry.name))
-            vfs.map_file(mapping, str(entry))
+        if manual_path := self.options.get("path"):
+            if self.path.is_dir():
+                for entry in self.path.glob("*"):
+                    # Map every entry in the directory to the manual path
+                    mapping = str(vfs.path(manual_path).joinpath(entry.name))
+                    vfs.map_file(mapping, str(entry))
+            else:
+                # Manual path is a single file, map it into the virtual filesystem
+                vfs.map_file(manual_path, str(self.path))
+        else:
+            for entry in self.path.parent.glob(self.path.name):
+                ext = self.options.get("hint", entry.suffix.lower()).strip(".")
+                if (mapping := self.LOGS_DIRS.get(ext, None)) is None:
+                    continue
+                mapping = str(vfs.path(mapping).joinpath(entry.name))
+                vfs.map_file(mapping, str(entry))
diff --git a/tests/loaders/test_log.py b/tests/loaders/test_log.py
index 82d31a10f..10fb7ed3e 100644
--- a/tests/loaders/test_log.py
+++ b/tests/loaders/test_log.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
         ("/dir/*.evt*", None, "/dir/test.evtx", "/sysvol/windows/system32/winevt/logs/test.evtx"),
         ("/dir/*.evt*", None, "/dir/test.evt", "/sysvol/windows/system32/config/test.evt"),
         ("/source/iis.log", "log:///dir/with/files/*.log?hint=iis", "/source/iis.log", "/sysvol/files/logs/iis.log"),
+        ("/source/", "log://?path=/var/log", "/source/test.log", "/var/log/test.log"),
+        ("/source/test.log", "log://test.log?path=/var/log/test.log", "/source/test.log", "/var/log/test.log"),
     ],
 )
 def test_log_loader(target_default: Target, path: str, uri: str, input_file: str, expected_mapping: str) -> None: