diff -Nru wget-1.11.4.orig/src/log.c wget-1.11.4/src/log.c
--- wget-1.11.4.orig/src/log.c	2008-04-27 06:48:23.000000000 +0200
+++ wget-1.11.4/src/log.c	2008-09-08 02:44:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -516,12 +516,19 @@
 {
   if (file)
     {
-      logfp = fopen (file, appendp ? "a" : "w");
-      if (!logfp)
+      if (strcmp(file, "-"))
         {
-          fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n", exec_name, file, strerror (errno));
-          exit (1);
+          logfp = fopen (file, appendp ? "a" : "w");
+          if (!logfp)
+            {
+              fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n", exec_name, file, strerror (errno));
+              exit (1);
+            }
         }
+      else
+        {
+          logfp = stdout;
+        }
     }
   else
     {