diff --git a/lib/guard/lacquer.rb b/lib/guard/lacquer.rb
index 919d45d..80873bd 100644
--- a/lib/guard/lacquer.rb
+++ b/lib/guard/lacquer.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require 'fileutils'
 module Guard
   class Lacquer < Guard
     autoload :Varnishd, 'guard/lacquer/varnishd'
+    autoload :VarnishNCSA, 'guard/lacquer/varnishncsa'
 
     def initialize(watchers = [], options = {})
       super
@@ -14,11 +15,27 @@ module Guard
         :port => 3001,
         :backend => '127.0.0.1:3000',
         :storage => 'file,tmp/cache/varnish.store,32M',
-        :sbin_path => File.split(`which varnishd`.strip).first,
-        :pid_file => 'tmp/pids/varnish.pid'
+        :pid_dir => 'tmp/pids',
+        :log_dir => 'log',
+        :name => File.split(Dir.pwd).last
       }.merge(options)
 
-      @backend = Varnishd.new(@options)
+      if @options[:varnish_path]
+        @options.merge!(
+          :sbin_path => File.join(@options[:varnish_path], 'sbin'),
+          :bin_path => File.join(@options[:varnish_path], 'bin'),
+        )
+      else
+        @options.merge!(
+          :sbin_path => File.split(`which varnishd`.strip).first,
+          :bin_path => File.split(`which varnishncsa`.strip).first
+        )
+      end
+
+      p @options
+
+      @frontend = Varnishd.new(@options)
+      @logger = VarnishNCSA.new(@options)
 
       if !File.file?(varnish_erb = 'config/varnish.vcl.erb')
         UI.info "No config/varnish.vcl.erb found, copying default from Lacquer..."
@@ -29,14 +46,16 @@ module Guard
     end
 
     def start
-      @backend.stop if @backend.running?
-      @backend.start
+      [ @frontend, @logger ].each do |which|
+        which.stop if which.running?
+        which.start
+      end
 
       notify "Varnish started on port #{@options[:port]}, with backend #{@options[:backend]}."
     end
 
     def stop
-      @backend.stop
+      [ @frontend, @logger ].each(&:stop)
 
       notify "Until next time..."
     end
diff --git a/lib/guard/lacquer/varnishd.rb b/lib/guard/lacquer/varnishd.rb
index c79776c..156746a 100644
--- a/lib/guard/lacquer/varnishd.rb
+++ b/lib/guard/lacquer/varnishd.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+require 'guard/lacquer'
+
 require 'lacquer'
 require 'lacquer/varnishd'
 
 class Guard::Lacquer::Varnishd < ::Lacquer::Varnishd
-  attr_accessor :pid_file
+  attr_accessor :pid_dir
 
   def self.root_path
     Pathname.new(Dir.pwd)
@@ -12,14 +14,25 @@ class Guard::Lacquer::Varnishd < ::Lacquer::Varnishd
     ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'development'
   end
 
+  def self.app_name
+    self.name.downcase.split("::").last
+  end
+
   def initialize(options)
     if options[:backend].split(':').first.empty?
       options[:backend] = "127.0.0.1#{options[:backend]}"
     end
-    self.pid_file = self.class.root_path.join(options[:pid_file])
+
+    options[:working_dir] ||= options[:name]
+    self.pid_dir = options[:pid_dir] || 'tmp/pids'
+
     options[:listen] = "127.0.0.1:#{options[:port]}"
 
     super(Hash[options.collect { |k, v| [ k.to_s, v ] }])
   end
+
+  def pid_file
+    self.class.root_path.join(self.pid_dir).join("#{self.class.app_name}.#{self.class.env}.pid")
+  end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/guard/lacquer/varnishncsa.rb b/lib/guard/lacquer/varnishncsa.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e217143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/guard/lacquer/varnishncsa.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+require 'guard/lacquer'
+
+class Guard::Lacquer
+  class VarnishNCSA < Varnishd
+    attr_accessor :bin_path, :log_dir
+
+    def initialize(settings)
+      settings[:working_dir] ||= settings[:name]
+
+      self.working_dir, self.bin_path, self.log_dir = settings[:working_dir], settings[:bin_path], settings[:log_dir]
+
+      self.pid_dir = settings[:pid_dir] || 'tmp/pids'
+    end
+
+    def start
+      if running?
+        log("Aready running")
+        return
+      end
+      execute("#{varnishncsa_cmd} #{args}")
+    end
+
+    def stop
+      if running?
+        execute("kill #{pid}")
+        pid_file.delete
+      else
+        log("pid file not found or #{self.class.app_name} not running")
+      end
+    end
+
+    def options
+      opt = {}
+      opt["-P"] = pid_file
+      opt["-n"] = working_dir if working_dir.present?
+      opt["-a"] = '-D'
+      opt["-w"] = self.class.root_path.join(self.log_dir).join("varnishncsa.#{self.class.env}.log")
+      opt
+    end
+
+    protected
+    def varnishncsa_cmd
+      Pathname.new(self.bin_path).join('varnishncsa')
+    end
+  end
+end
+