diff --git a/plugins/ChannelLogger/config.py b/plugins/ChannelLogger/config.py
index b7a1ce46c..40e6d3f2f 100644
--- a/plugins/ChannelLogger/config.py
+++ b/plugins/ChannelLogger/config.py
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ conf.registerChannelValue(ChannelLogger, 'filenameTimestamp',
     for the timestamp are in the time.strftime docs at python.org.  In order
     for your logs to be rotated, you'll also have to enable
     supybot.plugins.ChannelLogger.rotateLogs.""")))
+conf.registerChannelValue(ChannelLogger, 'rewriteRelayed',
+    registry.Boolean(False, _("""Determines whether the bot will rewrite
+    outgoing relayed messages (eg. from the Relay plugin) to use the original
+    nick instead of the bot's nick.""")))
 
 conf.registerGlobalValue(ChannelLogger, 'directories',
     registry.Boolean(True, _("""Determines whether the bot will partition its
diff --git a/plugins/ChannelLogger/plugin.py b/plugins/ChannelLogger/plugin.py
index 247e1baff..e9534bcaf 100644
--- a/plugins/ChannelLogger/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/ChannelLogger/plugin.py
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ class ChannelLogger(callbacks.Plugin):
                 except KeyError:
                     logChannelMessages = True
                 nick = msg.nick or irc.nick
-                if msg.tagged('ChannelLogger__relayed'):
+                rewriteRelayed = self.registryValue('rewriteRelayed',
+                                                    channel, irc.network)
+                if rewriteRelayed and msg.tagged('ChannelLogger__relayed'):
                     (nick, text) = text.split(' ', 1)
                     nick = nick[1:-1]
                     msg.args = (recipients, text)