diff --git a/ui/status/log.go b/ui/status/log.go
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+// Copyright 2018 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package status
+
+import (
+	"android/soong/ui/logger"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type verboseLog struct {
+	w io.WriteCloser
+}
+
+func NewVerboseLog(log logger.Logger, filename string) StatusOutput {
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(filename, ".gz") {
+		filename += ".gz"
+	}
+
+	f, err := logger.CreateFileWithRotation(filename, 5)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to create verbose log file:", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	w := gzip.NewWriter(f)
+
+	return &verboseLog{
+		w: w,
+	}
+}
+
+func (v *verboseLog) StartAction(action *Action, counts Counts) {}
+
+func (v *verboseLog) FinishAction(result ActionResult, counts Counts) {
+	cmd := result.Command
+	if cmd == "" {
+		cmd = result.Description
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(v.w, "[%d/%d] %s\n", counts.FinishedActions, counts.TotalActions, cmd)
+
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(v.w, "FAILED: %s\n", strings.Join(result.Outputs, " "))
+	}
+
+	if result.Output != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(v.w, result.Output)
+	}
+}
+
+func (v *verboseLog) Flush() {
+	v.w.Close()
+}
+
+func (v *verboseLog) Message(level MsgLevel, message string) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(v.w, "%s%s\n", level.Prefix(), message)
+}
+
+type errorLog struct {
+	w io.WriteCloser
+
+	empty bool
+}
+
+func NewErrorLog(log logger.Logger, filename string) StatusOutput {
+	f, err := logger.CreateFileWithRotation(filename, 5)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to create error log file:", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return &errorLog{
+		w:     f,
+		empty: true,
+	}
+}
+
+func (e *errorLog) StartAction(action *Action, counts Counts) {}
+
+func (e *errorLog) FinishAction(result ActionResult, counts Counts) {
+	if result.Error == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	cmd := result.Command
+	if cmd == "" {
+		cmd = result.Description
+	}
+
+	if !e.empty {
+		fmt.Fprintf(e.w, "\n\n")
+	}
+	e.empty = false
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(e.w, "FAILED: %s\n", result.Description)
+	if len(result.Outputs) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(e.w, "Outputs: %s\n", strings.Join(result.Outputs, " "))
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(e.w, "Error: %s\n", result.Error)
+	if result.Command != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(e.w, "Command: %s\n", result.Command)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(e.w, "Output:\n%s\n", result.Output)
+}
+
+func (e *errorLog) Flush() {
+	e.w.Close()
+}
+
+func (e *errorLog) Message(level MsgLevel, message string) {
+	if level < ErrorLvl {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !e.empty {
+		fmt.Fprintf(e.w, "\n\n")
+	}
+	e.empty = false
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(e.w, "error: %s\n", message)
+}