diff --git a/man/logger.1 b/man/logger.1
index 3cd3288..96308de 100644
--- a/man/logger.1
+++ b/man/logger.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .Nd Send messages to system log, or a log file
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl chisv
+.Op Fl chinsv
 .Op Fl f Ar FILE
 .Op Fl p Ar PRIO
 .Op Fl r Ar SIZE:NUM
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ as an alias for
 .It Fl i
 Log the process id of the logger process with each line
 .Ql ( LOG_PID ) .
+.It Fl n
+Open log file immediately
+.Ql ( LOG_NDELAY ) .
 .It Fl p Ar PRIO
 Priority, numeric or
 .Ar facility.severity
diff --git a/src/logger.c b/src/logger.c
index 2007032..8b85c63 100644
--- a/src/logger.c
+++ b/src/logger.c
@@ -182,11 +182,12 @@ static int usage(int code)
 	       "\n"
 	       "Write MESSAGE (or line-by-line stdin) to syslog, or file (with logrotate).\n"
 	       "\n"
-	       "  -c       Log to console (LOG_CONS) on failure\n"
-	       "  -i       Log the process ID of the logger process with each line (LOG_PID)\n"
-	       "  -p PRIO  Log message priority (numeric or facility.severity pair)\n"
-	       "  -t TAG   Log using the specified tag (defaults to user name)\n"
-	       "  -s       Log to stderr as well as the system log\n"
+	       "  -c        Log to console (LOG_CONS) on failure\n"
+	       "  -i        Log the process ID of the logger process with each line (LOG_PID)\n"
+	       "  -n        Open log file immediately (LOG_NDELAY)\n"
+	       "  -p PRIO   Log message priority (numeric or facility.severity pair)\n"
+	       "  -t TAG    Log using the specified tag (defaults to user name)\n"
+	       "  -s        Log to stderr as well as the system log\n"
 	       "\n"
 	       "  -u SOCK  Log to UNIX domain socket `SOCK` instead of default %s\n"
 	       "  -f FILE  Log file to write messages to, instead of syslog daemon\n"
@@ -207,14 +208,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int c, num = 5;
 	int facility = LOG_USER;
 	int severity = LOG_INFO;
-	int log_opts = LOG_NDELAY;
+	int log_opts = 0;
 	int rotate = 0;
 	off_t size = 200 * 1024;
 	char *ident = NULL, *logfile = NULL;
 	char *sockpath = NULL;
 	char buf[512] = "";
 
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "?cf:ip:r:st:u:v")) != EOF) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "?cf:inp:r:st:u:v")) != EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'c':
 			log_opts |= LOG_CONS;
@@ -228,6 +229,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			log_opts |= LOG_PID;
 			break;
 
+		case 'n':
+			log_opts |= LOG_NDELAY;
+			break;
+
 		case 'p':
 			if (parse_prio(optarg, &facility, &severity))
 				return usage(1);