diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 3d06bb008e..1d25a74b06 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 * Features
   * Add pumactl `thread-backtraces` command to print thread backtraces (#2053)
   * Configuration: `environment` is read from `RAILS_ENV`, if `RACK_ENV` can't be found (#2022)
+  * Do not set user_config to quiet by default to allow for file config (#2074)
   * `Puma.stats` now returns a Hash instead of a JSON string (#2086)
   * `GC.compact` is called before fork if available (#2093)
 
diff --git a/lib/rack/handler/puma.rb b/lib/rack/handler/puma.rb
index e846f13cfb..ba25895592 100644
--- a/lib/rack/handler/puma.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/handler/puma.rb
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ def self.config(app, options = {})
         end
 
         conf = ::Puma::Configuration.new(options, default_options) do |user_config, file_config, default_config|
-          user_config.quiet
-
           if options.delete(:Verbose)
             app = Rack::CommonLogger.new(app, STDOUT)
           end
diff --git a/test/test_rack_handler.rb b/test/test_rack_handler.rb
index 81790804fc..223dc683d0 100644
--- a/test/test_rack_handler.rb
+++ b/test/test_rack_handler.rb
@@ -226,4 +226,33 @@ def test_user_port_wins_over_config
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def test_file_log_requests_wins_over_default_config
+    file_log_requests_config = true
+
+    @options[:config_files] = [
+      'test/shell/t1_conf.rb'
+    ]
+
+    conf = Rack::Handler::Puma.config(->{}, @options)
+    conf.load
+
+    assert_equal file_log_requests_config, conf.options[:log_requests]
+  end
+
+
+  def test_user_log_requests_wins_over_file_config
+    file_log_requests_config = true
+    user_log_requests_config = false
+
+    @options[:log_requests] = user_log_requests_config
+    @options[:config_files] = [
+      'test/shell/t1_conf.rb'
+    ]
+
+    conf = Rack::Handler::Puma.config(->{}, @options)
+    conf.load
+
+    assert_equal user_log_requests_config, conf.options[:log_requests]
+  end
 end