diff --git a/container_files/usr-local-bin/libraryPrep.sh b/container_files/usr-local-bin/libraryPrep.sh
index 867d0604..dcd0c042 100644
--- a/container_files/usr-local-bin/libraryPrep.sh
+++ b/container_files/usr-local-bin/libraryPrep.sh
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ prep_finishBegin() {
     if [ -z "$GROUPER_TOMCAT_AJP_PORT" ]; then export GROUPER_TOMCAT_AJP_PORT=8009; fi
     if [ -z "$GROUPER_TOMCAT_SHUTDOWN_PORT" ]; then export GROUPER_TOMCAT_SHUTDOWN_PORT=8005; fi
     
+    if [ -z "$GROUPER_SHIB_LOG_USE_PIPE" ]; then export GROUPER_SHIB_LOG_USE_PIPE=true; fi
+    
 }
 
 prep_finishEnd() {
diff --git a/container_files/usr-local-bin/librarySetupFilesForProcess.sh b/container_files/usr-local-bin/librarySetupFilesForProcess.sh
index 16b6473f..acd896f8 100644
--- a/container_files/usr-local-bin/librarySetupFilesForProcess.sh
+++ b/container_files/usr-local-bin/librarySetupFilesForProcess.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ setupFilesForProcess_shib() {
     
     if [ "$GROUPER_RUN_SHIB_SP" = "true" ]
       then
-        setupPipe_shibdLog
+        if [ "$GROUPER_SHIB_LOG_USE_PIPE" = "true" ]
+          then
+            setupPipe_shibdLog
+        fi
         export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/shibboleth/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
         cat /opt/tier-support/supervisord-shibsp.conf >> /opt/tier-support/supervisord.conf
         cp -v /opt/tier-support/httpd-shib.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/