diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.c b/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.c
index d7b6ac19737c97693fa451ed655b8c7806533ca5..13a8879d239f8054d6d187c1b8efd46cafcae449 100755
--- a/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.c
+++ b/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.c
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ int logInit (void)
     g_log->log_component[RRC].filelog = 0;
     g_log->log_component[RRC].filelog_name = "/tmp/rrc.log";
 
+    g_log->log_component[NAS].name = "NAS";
+    g_log->log_component[NAS].level = LOG_TRACE;
+    g_log->log_component[NAS].flag = LOG_MED;
+    g_log->log_component[NAS].interval =  1;
+    g_log->log_component[NAS].fd = 0;
+    g_log->log_component[NAS].filelog = 0;
+    g_log->log_component[NAS].filelog_name = "/tmp/nas.log";
+
     g_log->log_component[EMU].name = "EMU";
     g_log->log_component[EMU].level = LOG_EMERG;
     g_log->log_component[EMU].flag =  LOG_MED;
diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h b/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h
index f23d85a6a4dc80de21fbedfc256c330b9e5eba00..293e31baa741314723469e9d150c52fdb718b121 100755
--- a/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h
+++ b/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ typedef enum {
     RLC,
     PDCP,
     RRC,
+    NAS,
     PERF,
     OIP,
     CLI,