diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index dbf97fb7c7..67885f73a3 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -605,7 +605,13 @@ void DBImpl::FindObsoleteFiles(JobContext* job_context, bool force,
     // find newly obsoleted log files
     while (alive_log_files_.begin()->number < min_log_number) {
       auto& earliest = *alive_log_files_.begin();
-      job_context->log_delete_files.push_back(earliest.number);
+      if (db_options_.recycle_log_file_num > log_recycle_files.size()) {
+        Log(InfoLogLevel::INFO_LEVEL, db_options_.info_log,
+            "adding log %" PRIu64 " to recycle list\n", earliest.number);
+        log_recycle_files.push_back(earliest.number);
+      } else {
+        job_context->log_delete_files.push_back(earliest.number);
+      }
       total_log_size_ -= earliest.size;
       alive_log_files_.pop_front();
       // Current log should always stay alive since it can't have
@@ -4076,6 +4082,12 @@ Status DBImpl::SwitchMemtable(ColumnFamilyData* cfd, WriteContext* context) {
   // Do this without holding the dbmutex lock.
   assert(versions_->prev_log_number() == 0);
   bool creating_new_log = !log_empty_;
+  uint64_t recycle_log_number = 0;
+  if (creating_new_log && db_options_.recycle_log_file_num &&
+      !log_recycle_files.empty()) {
+    recycle_log_number = log_recycle_files.front();
+    log_recycle_files.pop_front();
+  }
   uint64_t new_log_number =
       creating_new_log ? versions_->NewFileNumber() : logfile_number_;
   SuperVersion* new_superversion = nullptr;
@@ -4086,14 +4098,23 @@ Status DBImpl::SwitchMemtable(ColumnFamilyData* cfd, WriteContext* context) {
     if (creating_new_log) {
       EnvOptions opt_env_opt =
           env_->OptimizeForLogWrite(env_options_, db_options_);
-      s = NewWritableFile(env_,
-                          LogFileName(db_options_.wal_dir, new_log_number),
-                          &lfile, opt_env_opt);
+      if (recycle_log_number) {
+        Log(InfoLogLevel::INFO_LEVEL, db_options_.info_log,
+            "reusing log %" PRIu64 " from recycle list\n", recycle_log_number);
+        s = env_->ReuseWritableFile(
+            LogFileName(db_options_.wal_dir, new_log_number),
+            LogFileName(db_options_.wal_dir, recycle_log_number), &lfile,
+            opt_env_opt);
+      } else {
+				s = NewWritableFile(env_,
+														LogFileName(db_options_.wal_dir, new_log_number),
+														&lfile, opt_env_opt);
+      }
       if (s.ok()) {
         // Our final size should be less than write_buffer_size
         // (compression, etc) but err on the side of caution.
-        lfile->SetPreallocationBlockSize(
-            1.1 * mutable_cf_options.write_buffer_size);
+        lfile->SetPreallocationBlockSize(1.1 *
+                                         mutable_cf_options.write_buffer_size);
         unique_ptr<WritableFileWriter> file_writer(
             new WritableFileWriter(std::move(lfile), opt_env_opt));
         new_log = new log::Writer(std::move(file_writer));
diff --git a/db/db_impl.h b/db/db_impl.h
index 3d8754634e..277c542418 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.h
+++ b/db/db_impl.h
@@ -556,6 +556,8 @@ class DBImpl : public DB {
   // * whenever there is an error in background flush or compaction
   InstrumentedCondVar bg_cv_;
   uint64_t logfile_number_;
+  std::deque<uint64_t>
+      log_recycle_files;  // a list of log files that we can recycle
   bool log_dir_synced_;
   bool log_empty_;
   ColumnFamilyHandleImpl* default_cf_handle_;