diff --git a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go
index e4e40b28..406d8b95 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go
@@ -450,6 +450,15 @@ func (st *ServerType) serversFromPairings(
 		var hasCatchAllTLSConnPolicy, addressQualifiesForTLS bool
 		autoHTTPSWillAddConnPolicy := autoHTTPS != "off"
 
+		// if a catch-all server block (one which accepts all hostnames) exists in this pairing,
+		// we need to know that so that we can configure logs properly (see #3878)
+		var catchAllSblockExists bool
+		for _, sblock := range p.serverBlocks {
+			if len(sblock.hostsFromKeys(false)) == 0 {
+				catchAllSblockExists = true
+			}
+		}
+
 		// create a subroute for each site in the server block
 		for _, sblock := range p.serverBlocks {
 			matcherSetsEnc, err := st.compileEncodedMatcherSets(sblock)
@@ -563,13 +572,13 @@ func (st *ServerType) serversFromPairings(
 				} else {
 					// map each host to the user's desired logger name
 					for _, h := range sblockLogHosts {
-						// if the custom logger name is non-empty, add it to
-						// the map; otherwise, only map to an empty logger
-						// name if the server block has a catch-all host (in
-						// which case only requests with mapped hostnames will
-						// be access-logged, so it'll be necessary to add them
-						// to the map even if they use default logger)
-						if ncl.name != "" || len(hosts) == 0 {
+						// if the custom logger name is non-empty, add it to the map;
+						// otherwise, only map to an empty logger name if this or
+						// another site block on this server has a catch-all host (in
+						// which case only requests with mapped hostnames will be
+						// access-logged, so it'll be necessary to add them to the
+						// map even if they use default logger)
+						if ncl.name != "" || catchAllSblockExists {
 							if srv.Logs.LoggerNames == nil {
 								srv.Logs.LoggerNames = make(map[string]string)
 							}
diff --git a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/log_except_catchall_blocks.txt b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/log_except_catchall_blocks.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6fd0513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_adapt/log_except_catchall_blocks.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+http://localhost:2020 {
+	log
+	file_server
+}
+
+:2020 {
+	respond 418
+}
+----------
+{
+	"apps": {
+		"http": {
+			"servers": {
+				"srv0": {
+					"listen": [
+						":2020"
+					],
+					"routes": [
+						{
+							"match": [
+								{
+									"host": [
+										"localhost"
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"handle": [
+								{
+									"handler": "subroute",
+									"routes": [
+										{
+											"handle": [
+												{
+													"handler": "file_server",
+													"hide": [
+														"./Caddyfile"
+													]
+												}
+											]
+										}
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"terminal": true
+						},
+						{
+							"handle": [
+								{
+									"handler": "subroute",
+									"routes": [
+										{
+											"handle": [
+												{
+													"handler": "static_response",
+													"status_code": 418
+												}
+											]
+										}
+									]
+								}
+							],
+							"terminal": true
+						}
+					],
+					"automatic_https": {
+						"skip": [
+							"localhost"
+						]
+					},
+					"logs": {
+						"logger_names": {
+							"localhost:2020": ""
+						},
+						"skip_unmapped_hosts": true
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
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