diff --git a/deployment/memcached/memcached-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/memcached/memcached-container-puppet.yaml
index ba48cb7b1f..911e95abe5 100644
--- a/deployment/memcached/memcached-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/memcached/memcached-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ outputs:
                 - 'v'
                 - ''
         memcached::disable_cachedump: true
-        memcached::logfile: '/var/log/memcached/memcached.log'
+        memcached::logstdout: true
       service_config_settings:
         collectd:
             tripleo.collectd.plugins.memcached:
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ outputs:
         config_image: {get_param: ContainerMemcachedConfigImage}
       kolla_config:
         /var/lib/kolla/config_files/memcached.json:
-          command: bash -c $* -- eval source /etc/sysconfig/memcached; exec /usr/bin/memcached -p ${PORT} -u ${USER} -m ${CACHESIZE} -c ${MAXCONN} $OPTIONS
+          command: bash -c $* -- eval source /etc/sysconfig/memcached; exec /usr/bin/memcached -p ${PORT} -u ${USER} -m ${CACHESIZE} -c ${MAXCONN} $OPTIONS >> /var/log/memcached/memcached.log 2>&1
           config_files:
             - source: "/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src/*"
               dest: "/"