--- mylvmbackup-0.15.org/mylvmbackup	2015-09-18 15:41:13.081129425 +0200
+++ mylvmbackup-0.15/mylvmbackup	2015-09-18 15:39:15.538253178 +0200
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ my $host;
 my $innodb_recover;
 my $recoveryopts;
 my $skip_flush_tables;
+my $flush_logs;
 my $skip_hooks;
 my $skip_mycnf;
 my $errorstate;
@@ -394,6 +395,7 @@ sub load_config 
   $recoveryopts=$cfg->val ('misc', 'recoveryopts', $recoveryopts);
   $pidfile=$cfg->val ('misc', 'pidfile', $pidfile);
   $skip_flush_tables=$cfg->val ('misc', 'skip_flush_tables', $skip_flush_tables);
+  $flush_logs=$cfg->val ('misc', 'flush_logs', $flush_logs);
   $extra_flush_tables=$cfg->val ('misc', 'extra_flush_tables', $extra_flush_tables);
   $skip_mycnf=$cfg->val ('misc', 'skip_mycnf', $skip_mycnf);
   $rsyncarg=$cfg->val ('misc', 'rsyncarg', $rsyncarg);
@@ -478,6 +480,7 @@ sub load_args
     "recoveryopts=s" => \$recoveryopts,
     "pidfile=s" => \$pidfile,
     "skip_flush_tables" => \&skip_flush_tables,
+    "flush_logs" => \&flush_logs,
     "extra_flush_tables" => \&extra_flush_tables,
     "skip_mycnf" => \&skip_mycnf,
     "tararg=s" => \$tararg,
@@ -556,6 +559,7 @@ sub load_defaults
   $recoveryopts='--skip-networking --skip-grant --bootstrap --skip-syslog --skip-slave-start';
   $pidfile = '$TMP/mylvmbackup_recoverserver.pid';
   $skip_flush_tables=0;
+  $flush_logs=0;
   $extra_flush_tables=0;
   $skip_mycnf=0;
   $tararg='cf';
@@ -617,6 +621,12 @@ sub flush_tables 
 
   log_msg ("Flushing tables with read lock...", LOG_INFO);
   $dbh->do("FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK") or log_msg ($DBI::errstr, LOG_ERR);
+
+  if($flush_logs)
+  {
+    log_msg ("Flushing logs (local only)...", LOG_INFO);
+    $dbh->do("FLUSH LOCAL LOGS") or log_msg ($DBI::errstr, LOG_ERR);
+  }
 }
 
 sub unlock_tables {
@@ -938,6 +948,10 @@ sub skip_flush_tables {
   $skip_flush_tables = 1;
 }
 
+sub flush_logs {
+  $flush_logs = 1;
+}
+
 sub extra_flush_tables {
   $extra_flush_tables = 1;
 }