diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@
 Various runit service files for per-user services. May need to be modified to work on your system.
 
 Helper scripts:
-- `log`: symlink as the `run` script in your service's log directory to enable logging to `~/.local/log/`
-- `setup-supervise.zsh`: run to create symlinks for `supervise` directories, so they are created in $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
-- `new-service`: create a new service, executing the given command line.
+- `log`: symlink as the `run` script in your service's log directory to enable
+  logging to `~/.local/log/`
+- `utils/setup-supervise.zsh`: run to create symlinks for `supervise`
+  directories, so they are created in $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
+- `utils/new-service`: create a new service, executing the given command line.
   Accepted options before service name:
 
     - `-l`, `--log`: create a log directory and symlink `log` script
     - `-i PROC`, `--import-env PROC`: include import-env script and import environment from process `PROC`
 
   Example
+  ```sh
+  utils/new-service -l my-daemon --foreground -a -b -c
   ```
-  ./new-service -l my-daemon --foreground -a -b -c
-  ```
+- `utils/svlogs`: like svlogtail for user services. Uses $SVLOGDIRS or
+  `~/.local/log/` as base dir. ZSH completion file available in
+  `utils/completions`
diff --git a/utils/completion/_svlogs b/utils/completion/_svlogs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a97e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/completion/_svlogs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#compdef svlogs
+
+local logs=( ${SVLOGDIR:-$HOME/.local/log}/* )
+logs=( ${logs:t} )
+local arguments=(
+	'-o[show old logs]'
+	'--old[show old logs]'
+	"::logs:(${logs})"
+)
+
+_arguments $arguments
diff --git a/utils/svlogs b/utils/svlogs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..87719bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/svlogs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+# based on svlogtail from socklock-void package
+
+usage () {
+	cat <<-'EOF'
+	svlogs [-o] [LOG...] - show svlogd logs conveniently, for user services
+
+	Without arguments, show current logs of all services, uniquely.
+	With arguments, show all logs of mentioned services
+
+	Uses $SVLOGDIR as base for log directories if set, defaults to ~/.local/log
+
+	Options:
+		-o, --old  Show old logs, too
+	EOF
+}
+
+BASE_LOGDIR=${SVLOGDIR:-$HOME/.local/log}
+
+zparseopts -D -E o=showold -old=showold
+
+if [[ -z $@ ]]; then
+	cat ${showold:+$BASE_LOGDIR/*/*.[us](N)} $BASE_LOGDIR/*/current | sort -u
+	tail -Fq -n0 $BASE_LOGDIR/*/current | uniq
+else
+	old=()
+	cur=()
+	for log; do
+		case "$log" in
+			-*) usage; exit 1;;
+		esac
+		if [[ -d $BASE_LOGDIR/$log ]]; then
+			old+=( $BASE_LOGDIR/$log/*.[us](N) )
+			cur+=( $BASE_LOGDIR/$log/current )
+		else
+			echo "no logs for $log" 1>&2
+                        exit 1
+		fi
+	done
+	cat ${showold:+$old} $cur | sort
+	tail -Fq -n0 $cur
+fi