diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Logger.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Logger.cpp
index 9a50442a03..328bcf5190 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Logger.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Logger.cpp
@@ -1261,14 +1261,25 @@ void MySQL_Logger::audit_flush_log_unlocked() {
 }
 
 void MySQL_Logger::events_open_log_unlocked() {
-	events.log_file_id=events_find_next_id();
-	if (events.log_file_id!=0) {
-		events.log_file_id=events_find_next_id()+1;
-	} else {
-		events.log_file_id++;
+	// Check if this is a special device file like /dev/stdout or /dev/stderr
+	bool is_special_device = (strcmp(events.base_filename, "/dev/stdout") == 0 || 
+	                         strcmp(events.base_filename, "/dev/stderr") == 0);
+	
+	if (!is_special_device) {
+		events.log_file_id=events_find_next_id();
+		if (events.log_file_id!=0) {
+			events.log_file_id=events_find_next_id()+1;
+		} else {
+			events.log_file_id++;
+		}
 	}
+	
 	char *filen=NULL;
-	if (events.base_filename[0]=='/') { // absolute path
+	if (is_special_device) {
+		// For special device files, use the filename directly without rotation
+		filen=(char *)malloc(strlen(events.base_filename)+1);
+		strcpy(filen, events.base_filename);
+	} else if (events.base_filename[0]=='/') { // absolute path
 		filen=(char *)malloc(strlen(events.base_filename)+11);
 		sprintf(filen,"%s.%08d",events.base_filename,events.log_file_id);
 	} else { // relative path
@@ -1310,14 +1321,25 @@ void MySQL_Logger::events_open_log_unlocked() {
 };
 
 void MySQL_Logger::audit_open_log_unlocked() {
-	audit.log_file_id=audit_find_next_id();
-	if (audit.log_file_id!=0) {
-		audit.log_file_id=audit_find_next_id()+1;
-	} else {
-		audit.log_file_id++;
+	// Check if this is a special device file like /dev/stdout or /dev/stderr
+	bool is_special_device = (strcmp(audit.base_filename, "/dev/stdout") == 0 || 
+	                         strcmp(audit.base_filename, "/dev/stderr") == 0);
+	
+	if (!is_special_device) {
+		audit.log_file_id=audit_find_next_id();
+		if (audit.log_file_id!=0) {
+			audit.log_file_id=audit_find_next_id()+1;
+		} else {
+			audit.log_file_id++;
+		}
 	}
+	
 	char *filen=NULL;
-	if (audit.base_filename[0]=='/') { // absolute path
+	if (is_special_device) {
+		// For special device files, use the filename directly without rotation
+		filen=(char *)malloc(strlen(audit.base_filename)+1);
+		strcpy(filen, audit.base_filename);
+	} else if (audit.base_filename[0]=='/') { // absolute path
 		filen=(char *)malloc(strlen(audit.base_filename)+11);
 		sprintf(filen,"%s.%08d",audit.base_filename,audit.log_file_id);
 	} else { // relative path
diff --git a/test/tap/tests/test_logger_special_devices-t.cpp b/test/tap/tests/test_logger_special_devices-t.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecffa4f077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tap/tests/test_logger_special_devices-t.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/**
+ * @file test_logger_special_devices-t.cpp
+ * @brief Tests for MySQL_Logger special device file handling (/dev/stdout, /dev/stderr)
+ * @details This test ensures that eventslog_filename and auditlog_filename can be set to
+ *          special device files like /dev/stdout and /dev/stderr without rotation errors.
+ */
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include "mysql.h"
+#include "mysqld_error.h"
+#include "proxysql.h"
+#include "cpp-dotenv/dotenv.h"
+
+#include "tap.h"
+#include "command_line.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+	CommandLine cl;
+
+	if (cl.getEnv()) {
+		diag("Failed to get the required environmental variables.");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	MYSQL* proxysql_admin = mysql_init(NULL);
+	
+	if (!mysql_real_connect(proxysql_admin, cl.host, cl.admin_username, cl.admin_password, NULL, cl.admin_port, NULL, 0)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "File %s, line %d, Error: %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, mysql_error(proxysql_admin));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	plan(6);
+
+	// Test 1: Set eventslog_filename to /dev/stdout (should not fail)
+	{
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "SET mysql-eventslog_filename='/dev/stdout'");
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "LOAD MYSQL VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
+		ok(true, "Successfully set eventslog_filename to /dev/stdout");
+	}
+
+	// Test 2: Set eventslog_filename to /dev/stderr (should not fail)
+	{
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "SET mysql-eventslog_filename='/dev/stderr'");
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "LOAD MYSQL VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
+		ok(true, "Successfully set eventslog_filename to /dev/stderr");
+	}
+
+	// Test 3: Set auditlog_filename to /dev/stdout (should not fail)
+	{
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "SET mysql-auditlog_filename='/dev/stdout'");
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "LOAD MYSQL VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
+		ok(true, "Successfully set auditlog_filename to /dev/stdout");
+	}
+
+	// Test 4: Set auditlog_filename to /dev/stderr (should not fail)
+	{
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "SET mysql-auditlog_filename='/dev/stderr'");
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "LOAD MYSQL VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
+		ok(true, "Successfully set auditlog_filename to /dev/stderr");
+	}
+
+	// Test 5: FLUSH LOGS with special device should work
+	{
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "SET mysql-eventslog_filename='/dev/stdout'");
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "LOAD MYSQL VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "PROXYSQL FLUSH LOGS");
+		ok(true, "FLUSH LOGS works with /dev/stdout");
+	}
+
+	// Test 6: Verify we can switch back to regular file
+	{
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "SET mysql-eventslog_filename='/tmp/test_events.log'");
+		MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "LOAD MYSQL VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
+		ok(true, "Successfully switched back to regular file");
+	}
+
+	// Cleanup
+	MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "SET mysql-eventslog_filename=''");
+	MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "SET mysql-auditlog_filename=''");
+	MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "LOAD MYSQL VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
+
+	mysql_close(proxysql_admin);
+
+	return exit_status();
+}
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