diff --git a/cfg/named.logging.conf b/cfg/named.logging.conf
index c33d4cd..38358bd 100644
--- a/cfg/named.logging.conf
+++ b/cfg/named.logging.conf
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ logging {
         print-severity yes;
         print-time iso8601-utc;
     };
+    channel "query" {
+        file "/var/log/named/queries.log" versions 6 size 1M suffix increment;
+        print-category yes;
+        print-severity yes;
+        print-time iso8601-utc;
+    };
     channel "default" {
         file "/var/log/named/named.log";
         print-category yes;
@@ -37,4 +43,5 @@ logging {
     category config { default; };
     category notify { xfr-out; };
     category zoneload { default; };
+    category queries { query; };
 };