diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 1a47b621..3fa34ff7 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ options:
       rbd pool has been created, changing this value will not have any
       effect (although it can be changed in ceph by manually configuring
       your ceph cluster).
+  use-syslog:
+    type: boolean
+    default: False
+    description: |
+      By default, all services will log into their corresponding log files.
+      Setting this to True will force all services to log to the syslog.
   # HA configuration settings
   vip:
     type: string
diff --git a/hooks/glance_contexts.py b/hooks/glance_contexts.py
index 48824a4a..0b759e16 100644
--- a/hooks/glance_contexts.py
+++ b/hooks/glance_contexts.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
     is_relation_made,
     relation_ids,
     service_name,
+    config
 )
 
 from charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.context import (
@@ -75,3 +76,11 @@ class ApacheSSLContext(SSLContext):
 
     def __call__(self):
         return super(ApacheSSLContext, self).__call__()
+
+
+class GlanceContext(OSContextGenerator):
+    def __call__(self):
+        ctxt = {
+            'use_syslog': config('use-syslog')
+        }
+        return ctxt
diff --git a/hooks/glance_utils.py b/hooks/glance_utils.py
index 4f1fca9e..7ce59a08 100755
--- a/hooks/glance_utils.py
+++ b/hooks/glance_utils.py
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ TEMPLATES = 'templates/'
 CONFIG_FILES = OrderedDict([
     (GLANCE_REGISTRY_CONF, {
         'hook_contexts': [context.SharedDBContext(),
-                          context.IdentityServiceContext()],
+                          context.IdentityServiceContext(),
+                          glance_contexts.GlanceContext()],
         'services': ['glance-registry']
     }),
     (GLANCE_API_CONF, {
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ CONFIG_FILES = OrderedDict([
                           context.IdentityServiceContext(),
                           glance_contexts.CephGlanceContext(),
                           glance_contexts.ObjectStoreContext(),
-                          glance_contexts.HAProxyContext()],
+                          glance_contexts.HAProxyContext(),
+                          glance_contexts.GlanceContext()],
         'services': ['glance-api']
     }),
     (GLANCE_API_PASTE_INI, {
diff --git a/revision b/revision
index c748b568..0d667b5e 100644
--- a/revision
+++ b/revision
@@ -1 +1 @@
-147
+148
diff --git a/templates/essex/glance-api.conf b/templates/essex/glance-api.conf
index f694af9a..be405c8a 100644
--- a/templates/essex/glance-api.conf
+++ b/templates/essex/glance-api.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 verbose = True
+use_syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
 debug = True
 {% if rbd_pool %}
 default_store = rbd
diff --git a/templates/folsom/glance-api.conf b/templates/folsom/glance-api.conf
index 817dccfa..ea11bdec 100644
--- a/templates/folsom/glance-api.conf
+++ b/templates/folsom/glance-api.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 verbose = True
+use_syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
 debug = True
 {% if rbd_pool %}
 default_store = rbd
diff --git a/templates/glance-registry.conf b/templates/glance-registry.conf
index 4686b841..b9b90904 100644
--- a/templates/glance-registry.conf
+++ b/templates/glance-registry.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 verbose = True
+use_syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
 debug = True
 bind_host = 0.0.0.0
 bind_port = 9191