diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index fb9522de734ad..18be576841a5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.TEST_CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID }}
           WRANGLER: pnpm --silent --package ${{ steps.find-wrangler.outputs.dir}} dlx wrangler
           NODE_OPTIONS: "--max_old_space_size=8192"
-          WRANGLER_DEBUG_LOG: ${{ runner.temp }}/wrangler-debug-logs/
+          WRANGLER_LOG_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/wrangler-debug-logs/
 
       - name: Upload debug logs
         if: always()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pullrequests.yml b/.github/workflows/pullrequests.yml
index 5ca23991678e5..e2d3a6878599e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pullrequests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pullrequests.yml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
           TMP_CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN }}
           TMP_CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID }}
           NODE_OPTIONS: "--max_old_space_size=8192"
-          WRANGLER_DEBUG_LOG: ${{ runner.temp }}/wrangler-debug-logs/
+          WRANGLER_LOG_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/wrangler-debug-logs/
 
       - name: Upload debug logs
         if: always()
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/environment-variables/factory.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/environment-variables/factory.ts
index 826b651cd8130..83359581b4a6d 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/environment-variables/factory.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/environment-variables/factory.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ type VariableNames =
 	| "WRANGLER_C3_COMMAND"
 	| "WRANGLER_CF_AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN"
 	| "WRANGLER_CLIENT_ID"
-	| "WRANGLER_DEBUG_LOG"
 	| "WRANGLER_LOG"
+	| "WRANGLER_LOG_DIR"
 	| "WRANGLER_REVOKE_URL"
 	| "WRANGLER_SEND_METRICS"
 	| "WRANGLER_TOKEN_URL";
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/utils/debug-log-file.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/utils/debug-log-file.ts
index b37a49defffd8..9c1cffb91d244 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/utils/debug-log-file.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/utils/debug-log-file.ts
@@ -5,26 +5,29 @@ import { getEnvironmentVariableFactory } from "../environment-variables/factory"
 import { getBasePath } from "../paths";
 import type { LoggerLevel } from "../logger";
 
-const getDebugFilepath = getEnvironmentVariableFactory({
-	variableName: "WRANGLER_DEBUG_LOG",
-	defaultValue: () => {
-		const date = new Date()
-			.toISOString()
-			.replaceAll(":", "-")
-			.replace(".", "_")
-			.replace("T", "_")
-			.replace("Z", "");
-		const absoluteFilepath = path.join(
-			getBasePath(),
-			".wrangler",
-			"debug-logs",
-			`wrangler-debug-${date}.log`
-		);
-
-		return absoluteFilepath;
-	},
+const getDebugFileDir = getEnvironmentVariableFactory({
+	variableName: "WRANGLER_LOG_DIR",
 });
 
+function getDebugFilepath() {
+	const dir =
+		getDebugFileDir() ?? path.join(getBasePath(), ".wrangler", "debug-logs");
+
+	const date = new Date()
+		.toISOString()
+		.replaceAll(":", "-")
+		.replace(".", "_")
+		.replace("T", "_")
+		.replace("Z", "");
+
+	const filepath = dir.endsWith(".log")
+		? dir // allow the user to provide an exact filepath
+		: path.join(dir, `wrangler-debug-${date}.log`);
+
+	// use path.resolve to allow the user-provided env var to be a relative path
+	return path.resolve(filepath);
+}
+
 async function ensureDirectoryExists(filepath: string) {
 	const dirpath = path.dirname(filepath);