diff --git a/can/io/asc.py b/can/io/asc.py
index 3a320f007..c57866b02 100644
--- a/can/io/asc.py
+++ b/can/io/asc.py
@@ -349,9 +349,7 @@ class ASCWriter(FileIOMessageWriter):
     FORMAT_EVENT = "{timestamp: 9.6f} {message}\n"
 
     def __init__(
-        self,
-        file: Union[StringPathLike, TextIO],
-        channel: int = 1,
+        self, file: Union[StringPathLike, TextIO], channel: int = 1, **options: Any
     ) -> None:
         """
         :param file: a path-like object or as file-like object to write to
diff --git a/can/io/blf.py b/can/io/blf.py
index efeba9488..0c8420ea6 100644
--- a/can/io/blf.py
+++ b/can/io/blf.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import datetime
 import time
 import logging
-from typing import List, BinaryIO, Generator, Union, Tuple, Optional, cast
+from typing import List, BinaryIO, Generator, Union, Tuple, Optional, cast, Any
 
 from ..message import Message
 from ..util import len2dlc, dlc2len, channel2int
@@ -358,9 +358,6 @@ class BLFWriter(FileIOMessageWriter):
 
     file: BinaryIO
 
-    #: Max log container size of uncompressed data
-    max_container_size = 128 * 1024
-
     #: Application identifier for the log writer
     application_id = 5
 
@@ -370,6 +367,7 @@ def __init__(
         append: bool = False,
         channel: int = 1,
         compression_level: int = -1,
+        **options: Any,
     ) -> None:
         """
         :param file: a path-like object or as file-like object to write to
@@ -400,6 +398,11 @@ def __init__(
         self.compression_level = compression_level
         self._buffer: List[bytes] = []
         self._buffer_size = 0
+        #: Max log container size of uncompressed data
+        if "max_container_size" in options:
+            self.max_container_size = options["max_container_size"]
+        else:
+            self.max_container_size = 128 * 1024  # bytes
         if append:
             # Parse file header
             data = self.file.read(FILE_HEADER_STRUCT.size)
diff --git a/can/io/canutils.py b/can/io/canutils.py
index 0cca82eb8..5c11d4175 100644
--- a/can/io/canutils.py
+++ b/can/io/canutils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """
 
 import logging
-from typing import Generator, TextIO, Union
+from typing import Generator, TextIO, Union, Any
 
 from can.message import Message
 from .generic import FileIOMessageWriter, MessageReader
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ def __init__(
         file: Union[StringPathLike, TextIO],
         channel: str = "vcan0",
         append: bool = False,
+        **options: Any,
     ):
         """
         :param file: a path-like object or as file-like object to write to
diff --git a/can/io/csv.py b/can/io/csv.py
index 0161b4f55..5c533939a 100644
--- a/can/io/csv.py
+++ b/can/io/csv.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 """
 
 from base64 import b64encode, b64decode
-from typing import TextIO, Generator, Union
+from typing import TextIO, Generator, Union, Any
 
 from can.message import Message
 from .generic import FileIOMessageWriter, MessageReader
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class CSVWriter(FileIOMessageWriter):
     file: TextIO
 
     def __init__(
-        self, file: Union[StringPathLike, TextIO], append: bool = False
+        self, file: Union[StringPathLike, TextIO], append: bool = False, **options: Any
     ) -> None:
         """
         :param file: a path-like object or a file-like object to write to.
diff --git a/can/logger.py b/can/logger.py
index 5aff5e4e1..1ec5afa48 100644
--- a/can/logger.py
+++ b/can/logger.py
@@ -170,8 +170,9 @@ def main() -> None:
         "--file_size",
         dest="file_size",
         type=int,
-        help="Maximum file size in bytes. Rotate log file when size threshold "
-        "is reached.",
+        help="Maximum file size in bytes (or for the case of blf, maximum "
+        "buffer size before compression and flush to file). Rotate log "
+        "file when size threshold is reached.",
         default=None,
     )
 
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     options = {"append": results.append}
     if results.file_size:
+        options["max_container_size"] = results.file_size  # bytes
         logger = SizedRotatingLogger(
             base_filename=results.log_file, max_bytes=results.file_size, **options
         )