diff --git a/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini b/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini
index 228bcc54b5521c0bd05fb34cabe59e040f19c5fd..ed4b842b74bf74526a2c16e54088458da96943aa 100644
--- a/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini
+++ b/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ Basic.MainMenu.Help.Logs="&Log Files"
 Basic.MainMenu.Help.Logs.ShowLogs="&Show Log Files"
 Basic.MainMenu.Help.Logs.UploadCurrentLog="Upload &Current Log File"
 Basic.MainMenu.Help.Logs.UploadLastLog="Upload &Last Log File"
+Basic.MainMenu.Help.Logs.ViewCurrentLog="&View Current Log"
 Basic.MainMenu.Help.CheckForUpdates="Check For Updates"
 
 # basic mode settings dialog
diff --git a/obs/forms/OBSBasic.ui b/obs/forms/OBSBasic.ui
index 6ca35868665a5061850cfac52a580f9b7866bf59..16676849199dbdb3937b59f10bbde4d3e7b25d09 100644
--- a/obs/forms/OBSBasic.ui
+++ b/obs/forms/OBSBasic.ui
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@
      <addaction name="actionShowLogs"/>
      <addaction name="actionUploadCurrentLog"/>
      <addaction name="actionUploadLastLog"/>
+     <addaction name="actionViewCurrentLog"/>
     </widget>
     <addaction name="menuLogFiles"/>
     <addaction name="actionCheckForUpdates"/>
@@ -806,6 +807,11 @@
     <string>Basic.MainMenu.Help.Logs.UploadCurrentLog</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionViewCurrentLog">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Basic.MainMenu.Help.Logs.ViewCurrentLog</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
   <action name="actionUndo">
    <property name="enabled">
     <bool>false</bool>
diff --git a/obs/window-basic-main.cpp b/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
index 596dd2b36f1b1775b004467b654454fefb3ccd18..6526e4fa674fda61e4078e2995d36422e7e4afee 100644
--- a/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -2111,6 +2111,22 @@ void OBSBasic::on_actionUploadLastLog_triggered()
 	UploadLog(App()->GetLastLog());
 }
 
+void OBSBasic::on_actionViewCurrentLog_triggered()
+{
+	char logDir[512];
+	if (os_get_config_path(logDir, sizeof(logDir), "obs-studio/logs") <= 0)
+		return;
+
+	const char* log = App()->GetCurrentLog();
+
+	string path = (char*)logDir;
+	path += "/";
+	path += log;
+
+	QUrl url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(QT_UTF8(path.c_str()));
+	QDesktopServices::openUrl(url);
+}
+
 void OBSBasic::on_actionCheckForUpdates_triggered()
 {
 	CheckForUpdates();
diff --git a/obs/window-basic-main.hpp b/obs/window-basic-main.hpp
index b74c4e44971948ffe07f44a0562e0e1a6d3f1ced..66969334c2224275211310662263ad629ca71740 100644
--- a/obs/window-basic-main.hpp
+++ b/obs/window-basic-main.hpp
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ private slots:
 	void on_actionShowLogs_triggered();
 	void on_actionUploadCurrentLog_triggered();
 	void on_actionUploadLastLog_triggered();
+	void on_actionViewCurrentLog_triggered();
 	void on_actionCheckForUpdates_triggered();
 
 	void on_actionEditTransform_triggered();