diff --git a/jobs/carbon/spec b/jobs/carbon/spec
index 4f2db7f..df0be8c 100644
--- a/jobs/carbon/spec
+++ b/jobs/carbon/spec
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ templates:
   config/whitelist.conf.erb: conf/whitelist.conf
 
 properties:
+  carbon.cache.log_to_syslog:
+    description: Set this to True to enable logging to syslog.
+    default: False
   carbon.cache.enable_log_rotation:
     description: Set this to True to enable daily log rotation.
     default: True
diff --git a/jobs/carbon/templates/bin/carbon_ctl.erb b/jobs/carbon/templates/bin/carbon_ctl.erb
index 8c2d98f..c6be4a4 100755
--- a/jobs/carbon/templates/bin/carbon_ctl.erb
+++ b/jobs/carbon/templates/bin/carbon_ctl.erb
@@ -29,10 +29,19 @@ case $1 in
     rm -f /etc/cron.daily/prune_metrics
     <% end %>
 
+    <% if p('carbon.cache.log_to_syslog') %>
+    exec chpst -u vcap:vcap python /var/vcap/packages/carbon/bin/carbon-cache.py \
+      --config=/var/vcap/packages/carbon/conf/carbon.conf \
+      --debug \
+      start \
+      1> >(tee -a /var/vcap/sys/log/carbon/carbon.stdout.log | logger -t vcap.carbon.stdout ) \
+      2> >(tee -a /var/vcap/sys/log/carbon/carbon.stderr.log | logger -t vcap.carbon.stderr ) &
+    <% else %>
     exec chpst -u vcap:vcap python /var/vcap/packages/carbon/bin/carbon-cache.py \
       --config=/var/vcap/packages/carbon/conf/carbon.conf start \
       1>> /var/vcap/sys/log/carbon/carbon_ctl.stdout.log \
       2>> /var/vcap/sys/log/carbon/carbon_ctl.stderr.log
+    <% end %>
     ;;
 
   stop)
diff --git a/jobs/graphite-web/spec b/jobs/graphite-web/spec
index 9045c81..03b7827 100644
--- a/jobs/graphite-web/spec
+++ b/jobs/graphite-web/spec
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ templates:
   config/graphite-vhost.conf.erb: conf/graphite-vhost.conf
 
 properties:
+  graphite-web.log_to_syslog:
+    description: Set this to True to enable error logging to syslog.
+    default: False
 
   graphite-web.secret_key:
     description: Set this to a long, random unique string to use as a secret key for this install.
diff --git a/jobs/graphite-web/templates/config/httpd.conf.erb b/jobs/graphite-web/templates/config/httpd.conf.erb
index e5411f0..8ca89f5 100644
--- a/jobs/graphite-web/templates/config/httpd.conf.erb
+++ b/jobs/graphite-web/templates/config/httpd.conf.erb
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ WSGISocketPrefix run/wsgi
 </Files>
 
 LogLevel warn
+<% if p('graphite-web.log_to_syslog') %>
+ErrorLog "|$ tee -a /var/vcap/sys/log/graphite-web/default_httpd_error.log | logger -t vcap.graphite-web"
+<% else %>
 ErrorLog "/var/vcap/sys/log/graphite-web/default_httpd_error.log"
+<% end %>
 
 <IfModule log_config_module>
     LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
diff --git a/jobs/statsd/spec b/jobs/statsd/spec
index b23d8ea..382b5a2 100644
--- a/jobs/statsd/spec
+++ b/jobs/statsd/spec
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ properties:
   statsd.carbon_cache_line_receiver_port:
     description: Port the carbon cache line receiver listens on.
     default: 2003
+  statsd.log_to_syslog:
+    description: Set this to True to enable logging to syslog.
+    default: False
diff --git a/jobs/statsd/templates/bin/statsd_ctl.erb b/jobs/statsd/templates/bin/statsd_ctl.erb
index 47b6c4a..eac7aaa 100644
--- a/jobs/statsd/templates/bin/statsd_ctl.erb
+++ b/jobs/statsd/templates/bin/statsd_ctl.erb
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ case $1 in
     chown -H vcap:vcap /var/vcap/sys/log/statsd
     chown -H vcap:vcap /var/vcap/sys/run/statsd
 
+<% if p('statsd.log_to_syslog') %>
+    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -m \
+      --pidfile /var/vcap/sys/run/statsd/statsd.pid \
+      --startas /var/vcap/packages/node/bin/node \
+      --chuid vcap:vcap \
+      --background \
+      --no-close \
+      --chdir /var/vcap/packages/statsd \
+      -- /var/vcap/packages/statsd/stats.js /var/vcap/packages/statsd/localConfig.js \
+      1> >(tee -a /var/vcap/sys/log/statsd/statsd.stdout.log | logger -t vcap.statsd.stdout ) \
+      2> >(tee -a /var/vcap/sys/log/statsd/statsd.stderr.log | logger -t vcap.statsd.stderr )
+<% else %>
     start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -m \
       --pidfile /var/vcap/sys/run/statsd/statsd.pid \
       --startas /var/vcap/packages/node/bin/node \
@@ -27,6 +39,7 @@ case $1 in
       -- /var/vcap/packages/statsd/stats.js /var/vcap/packages/statsd/localConfig.js \
       1>> /var/vcap/sys/log/statsd/statsd_ctl.stdout.log \
       2>> /var/vcap/sys/log/statsd/statsd_ctl.stderr.log
+<% end %>
     ;;
 
   stop)