diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8022534a..d84efb37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 - Reporting version via `resque-scheduler --version`
+- Verbosity when run in background with logfile present
 
 ## [4.3.0] - 2016-06-26
 ### Added
diff --git a/lib/resque/scheduler/env.rb b/lib/resque/scheduler/env.rb
index e7e75f6d..5ea1df53 100644
--- a/lib/resque/scheduler/env.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/scheduler/env.rb
@@ -30,13 +30,7 @@ def cleanup
       def setup_backgrounding
         return unless options[:background]
 
-        # Need to set this here for conditional Process.daemon redirect of
-        # stderr/stdout to /dev/null
-        Resque::Scheduler.quiet = if options.key?(:quiet)
-                                    !!options[:quiet]
-                                  else
-                                    true
-                                  end
+        Resque::Scheduler.quiet = background_quiet?
 
         unless Process.respond_to?('daemon')
           abort 'background option is set, which requires ruby >= 1.9'
@@ -46,6 +40,12 @@ def setup_backgrounding
         Resque.redis.client.reconnect
       end
 
+      def background_quiet?
+        return !!options[:quiet] if options.key?(:quiet)
+        return false if options.key?(:logfile)
+        !!options[:background]
+      end
+
       def setup_pid_file
         return unless options[:pidfile]
 
diff --git a/test/env_test.rb b/test/env_test.rb
index b280100e..ed492584 100644
--- a/test/env_test.rb
+++ b/test/env_test.rb
@@ -44,4 +44,18 @@ def new_env(options = {})
     env.setup
     assert_equal(false, Resque::Scheduler.dynamic)
   end
+
+  [
+    [{}, true],
+    [{ quiet: 'nonempty' }, true],
+    [{ quiet: true }, true],
+    [{ quiet: false }, false],
+    [{ logfile: 'some/were.log' }, false]
+  ].each do |opts, value|
+    bgopts = opts.merge(background: true)
+
+    test "sets quiet=#{value} with opts=#{bgopts.inspect}" do
+      assert_equal(value, new_env(bgopts).send(:background_quiet?))
+    end
+  end
 end