diff --git a/hooks/cinder_contexts.py b/hooks/cinder_contexts.py
index 055621e8..61c7f1f2 100644
--- a/hooks/cinder_contexts.py
+++ b/hooks/cinder_contexts.py
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ class CephContext(OSContextGenerator):
             # ensure_ceph_pool() creates pool based on service name.
             'rbd_pool': service,
             'rbd_user': service,
-            'host': service,
-            'use_syslog': config('use-syslog')
+            'host': service
         }
 
 
@@ -76,3 +75,11 @@ class ApacheSSLContext(SSLContext):
         if not service_enabled('cinder-api'):
             return {}
         return super(ApacheSSLContext, self).__call__()
+
+
+class CinderContext(OSContextGenerator):
+    def __call__(self):
+        ctxt = {
+            'use_syslog': config('use-syslog')
+        }
+        return ctxt
diff --git a/hooks/cinder_utils.py b/hooks/cinder_utils.py
index e9bdf15a..54fa329c 100644
--- a/hooks/cinder_utils.py
+++ b/hooks/cinder_utils.py
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ CONFIG_FILES = OrderedDict([
                           context.OSConfigFlagContext(),
                           cinder_contexts.CephContext(),
                           cinder_contexts.HAProxyContext(),
-                          cinder_contexts.ImageServiceContext()],
+                          cinder_contexts.ImageServiceContext(),
+                          cinder_contexts.CinderContext()],
         'services': ['cinder-api', 'cinder-volume',
                      'cinder-scheduler', 'haproxy']
     }),
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_cinder_contexts.py b/unit_tests/test_cinder_contexts.py
index 524564c8..b5a6ca7d 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_cinder_contexts.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_cinder_contexts.py
@@ -43,14 +43,12 @@ class TestCinderContext(CharmTestCase):
         self.relation_ids.return_value = ['ceph:0']
         service = 'mycinder'
         self.service_name.return_value = service
-        self.config.return_value = False
         self.assertEquals(
             contexts.CephContext()(),
             {'volume_driver': 'cinder.volume.driver.RBDDriver',
              'rbd_pool': service,
              'rbd_user': service,
-             'host': service,
-             'use_syslog': False})
+             'host': service})
 
     def test_haproxy_configuration(self):
         self.determine_haproxy_port.return_value = 8080