diff --git a/schedule/config.go b/schedule/config.go
index 804b1fcb..0eb7e3e3 100644
--- a/schedule/config.go
+++ b/schedule/config.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Flags              map[string]string // flags added to the command line
 	AfterNetworkOnline bool
 	SystemdDropInFiles []string
+	Log                string
 	HideWindow         bool
 	removeOnly         bool
 }
diff --git a/schedule/handler_darwin.go b/schedule/handler_darwin.go
index 4800d6a2..f175f08e 100644
--- a/schedule/handler_darwin.go
+++ b/schedule/handler_darwin.go
@@ -183,9 +183,14 @@ func (h *HandlerLaunchd) Scheduled(profileName string) ([]Config, error) {
 
 func (h *HandlerLaunchd) getLaunchdJob(job *Config, schedules []*calendar.Event) *darwin.LaunchdJob {
 	name := getJobName(job.ProfileName, job.CommandName)
-	// we always set the log file in the job settings as a default
-	// if changed in the configuration via schedule-log the standard output will be empty anyway
-	logfile := name + ".log"
+	// Only set the log file when schedule-log is not configured.
+	// When schedule-log is set, resticprofile handles logging internally,
+	// so we omit StandardOutPath/StandardErrorPath from the plist to avoid
+	// creating empty log files (the plist fields have omitempty tags).
+	var logfile string
+	if job.Log == "" {
+		logfile = name + ".log"
+	}
 
 	// Format schedule env, adding PATH if not yet provided by the schedule config
 	env := util.NewDefaultEnvironment(job.Environment...)
diff --git a/schedule_jobs.go b/schedule_jobs.go
index f1dad950..96340445 100644
--- a/schedule_jobs.go
+++ b/schedule_jobs.go
@@ -239,5 +239,6 @@ func scheduleToConfig(sched *config.Schedule) *schedule.Config {
 		AfterNetworkOnline: sched.AfterNetworkOnline.IsTrue(),
 		SystemdDropInFiles: sched.SystemdDropInFiles,
 		HideWindow:         sched.HideWindow.IsTrue(),
+		Log:                sched.Log,
 	}
 }